10-13-2009, 03:34 AM
[quote MadBasser]Sorry rusty, My intention was not to knock-down your equipment. Hope you didn't take it that way.
==> Nope. Didn't think that at all.
You probably have more skill than me, being able to compensate for each reel's quirks.
==> Not really. For years I waded with just one pole, then added an ultra-light spinner for the fun of landing a bull red on a flimsy rig. I added a second rod holder to my wading belt for three rigs in my U-boat. Now with a custom 3-rod holder on my ODC, I went up to four this spring. So quirks still are new to me.
I remember hearing Rick Clunn say on a TV show that he used to shuffle between several rods and reels until he realized how much time he was wasting getting comfortable again with each reel during the day. I think he now uses copies of the same reel to keep it simple. That utopia would be nice, maybe the subject for another post: what one reel would that be?
As far as reparing your old ones with new bearings. I say jump in! It is easy to tear apart a reel. ... I have yet to tear one down and have stuff fly all over the place and not be able to put it back.
==> So you've successfully changed bearings? Do the reels perform as new, I hope?
One good trick is to tear it down inside a large plastic zip lock bag so it will catch all the peices and not have to look for them on the floor.
==> Now that's a tip I can and will use! The next time in fact.
You just take the old ones out, measure them with a caliper (digital one is best, get a cheap one from Harbor Frights), call them up with your specs and they will send you replacements. I will say that if you do that it might cost you more than you might want to spend.
==> I gotta price bearings then. Can two or three of them add up to more than $40?
I can put then in a flat rate box for the post office and send them your way. I just need to check which ones i can send. I will send you an email in the next few days
==> Fabtastic! Let me know when you're ready, and I'll gladly cover your postage and then some. .[/quote]
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==> Nope. Didn't think that at all.
You probably have more skill than me, being able to compensate for each reel's quirks.
==> Not really. For years I waded with just one pole, then added an ultra-light spinner for the fun of landing a bull red on a flimsy rig. I added a second rod holder to my wading belt for three rigs in my U-boat. Now with a custom 3-rod holder on my ODC, I went up to four this spring. So quirks still are new to me.
I remember hearing Rick Clunn say on a TV show that he used to shuffle between several rods and reels until he realized how much time he was wasting getting comfortable again with each reel during the day. I think he now uses copies of the same reel to keep it simple. That utopia would be nice, maybe the subject for another post: what one reel would that be?
As far as reparing your old ones with new bearings. I say jump in! It is easy to tear apart a reel. ... I have yet to tear one down and have stuff fly all over the place and not be able to put it back.
==> So you've successfully changed bearings? Do the reels perform as new, I hope?
One good trick is to tear it down inside a large plastic zip lock bag so it will catch all the peices and not have to look for them on the floor.
==> Now that's a tip I can and will use! The next time in fact.
You just take the old ones out, measure them with a caliper (digital one is best, get a cheap one from Harbor Frights), call them up with your specs and they will send you replacements. I will say that if you do that it might cost you more than you might want to spend.
==> I gotta price bearings then. Can two or three of them add up to more than $40?
I can put then in a flat rate box for the post office and send them your way. I just need to check which ones i can send. I will send you an email in the next few days
==> Fabtastic! Let me know when you're ready, and I'll gladly cover your postage and then some. .[/quote]
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