04-05-2006, 03:38 PM
I have quite a collection of Penns, Daiwas, Shimanos and others on the lower end scale. Most of them I relube often because of constant and frequent use. Others I have replaced inferior bearing with quality bearings and they are good to go for a longer time.
Some of my better stuff has come with poor quality bearings and frozen up at unopportune moment causing line breakage and therefore lost photo opps.
I still continue to use my Jiggmaster 500s, 9Ms, 501s,505 and 506HS. I just replaced the cradle style bearings with an NMB R-4 bearing. They are sealed and never need additional lube.
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Some of my better stuff has come with poor quality bearings and frozen up at unopportune moment causing line breakage and therefore lost photo opps.
I still continue to use my Jiggmaster 500s, 9Ms, 501s,505 and 506HS. I just replaced the cradle style bearings with an NMB R-4 bearing. They are sealed and never need additional lube.
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