06-29-2011, 07:53 PM
[quote AdirondackDave]Thanks for your input on this. I am pretty much as amateur as it get's I suppose.
Am I wrong to assume that even if my real does start to get water residue in it I can't just disassemble it and clean it out and replace the grease?
Anyways Thanks for the info, I will certainly consider that in my search.[/quote]
yes once silt and sand get in your reel will be toast. ya i like shimano reel cadrnial reel etc... problem is the river will eat a good reel alive. see most reel were not miltary tested like a good field riffle design errors never were fixed this is most like why so cheap compared to a good fly reel that is cleanable simplisty is best when you start adding in 8-10 bearning, gears ,bails, etc... you lose simplisty. and cause catastrope.any ways not trying to detour you from getting a good decent reel i think those ix reels are total crap but do have a drag that can with stand salmon. if you can find some thing being clearence out woukld be best this way you did not pay as much and just try to be as carefull as posible not to dunk it. the max i woukd spen on a river reel is 40 bucks max. like a mitchell 3000 ya i would not spend 120 on a reel for the river as you can see why. i do own better reels most of the time i use them on a boat or a dock or shore but not wadeing as you can see why the river will eat it alive.
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Am I wrong to assume that even if my real does start to get water residue in it I can't just disassemble it and clean it out and replace the grease?
Anyways Thanks for the info, I will certainly consider that in my search.[/quote]
yes once silt and sand get in your reel will be toast. ya i like shimano reel cadrnial reel etc... problem is the river will eat a good reel alive. see most reel were not miltary tested like a good field riffle design errors never were fixed this is most like why so cheap compared to a good fly reel that is cleanable simplisty is best when you start adding in 8-10 bearning, gears ,bails, etc... you lose simplisty. and cause catastrope.any ways not trying to detour you from getting a good decent reel i think those ix reels are total crap but do have a drag that can with stand salmon. if you can find some thing being clearence out woukld be best this way you did not pay as much and just try to be as carefull as posible not to dunk it. the max i woukd spen on a river reel is 40 bucks max. like a mitchell 3000 ya i would not spend 120 on a reel for the river as you can see why. i do own better reels most of the time i use them on a boat or a dock or shore but not wadeing as you can see why the river will eat it alive.
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