08-24-2004, 03:33 AM
look at it this way.
when you have the time you will do the required maintance.
when you have the money you will replace to save time.
when you havent the time or the money you will find a cane pole [url "javascript: addTag('
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keeping them out of the sun when not in use, replacing greese and lube will extend the life of your reel.
what will kill your reel the fastest is dipping them in to the lake or river. the floating and silk and sand will distroy your equipment in almost a days use if not emediatly cleaned replacing greese and lube. you need to compleatly strip down the reel all the way down to just a pile of parts in to a tub of parts cleaner spraying off every thing with an air hose before reasembly.
I have a shimano that I have been using and is my most used reel for 10 years. I have had to replace reels in the past only due only to breakage of parts, Bail Crank Cracked housing and only once due to geers stripping and that was because I had 70 pound test line on a reel designed for 12 pound test and caught a tempory hold on a fish worthy of the 70 pound test.
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when you have the time you will do the required maintance.
when you have the money you will replace to save time.
when you havent the time or the money you will find a cane pole [url "javascript: addTag('
')"][][/url] keeping them out of the sun when not in use, replacing greese and lube will extend the life of your reel.
what will kill your reel the fastest is dipping them in to the lake or river. the floating and silk and sand will distroy your equipment in almost a days use if not emediatly cleaned replacing greese and lube. you need to compleatly strip down the reel all the way down to just a pile of parts in to a tub of parts cleaner spraying off every thing with an air hose before reasembly.
I have a shimano that I have been using and is my most used reel for 10 years. I have had to replace reels in the past only due only to breakage of parts, Bail Crank Cracked housing and only once due to geers stripping and that was because I had 70 pound test line on a reel designed for 12 pound test and caught a tempory hold on a fish worthy of the 70 pound test.
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