vancouver bound!

alantani · July 31, 2018, 12:17:49 AM

i know i'm leaving a bunch of guys in the lurch, but i've been working like hell to get things done. i have a trip to vancouver tomorrow with ben, fishing port hardy. looking forward to meeting todd! then towards the middle of august, it's off to southern washington for a few days of albacore. the reels are going to have wait till i get back .....

alantani · July 31, 2018, 01:08:00 AM

Can't forget this. It's from alan and sal!

whalebreath · July 31, 2018, 04:24:55 AM

Bring sunscreen it's been quite hot & sunny in southern BC.

alantani · July 31, 2018, 04:27:57 AM

ok, last reel tonight! i've gotta get this reel packaged up to ship and them finish packing myself. i'm headed to vancouver tomorrow. the reel is headed to east timor via portugal! i found a perfect steel main gear inside. i added a stainless steel gear sleeve, a stainless steel dog, my 5/0 grip and stainless steel arm, and 400 yards of 60# big game. i guess this makes it kind of a unique reel. except for the plain steel main gear, the entire drivetrain is stainless steel.

Hardy Boy · July 31, 2018, 06:22:29 PM

See you soon !

Cheers:

Todd

alantani · July 31, 2018, 10:08:57 PM

Mount Ranier!

alantani · July 31, 2018, 10:11:05 PM

Welcome to Vancouver!

alantani · July 31, 2018, 10:13:10 PM

Lunch at the Flying Beaver!

alantani · July 31, 2018, 11:11:21 PM

Taking the guppy to Port Hardy!

Gfish · July 31, 2018, 11:36:04 PM

Gotta love that upside down "aloha" hoodie!

Joao Tavares · August 01, 2018, 12:07:33 AM

That beautiful 114H reel Alan worked on as the last reel before going out to Vancouver, is for me. I cannot thank Alan enough for his effort and grace to ensure that my reel would be ready for shipping before he finished packing his stuff.

Alan deserves this public recognition and I wish him a great fishing trip.

I'll post pictures of that reel in action, after it travels half way around the globe to fish the waters of Timor-Leste (East Timor).

theswimmer · August 01, 2018, 12:17:22 AM

Quote from: alantani on July 31, 2018, 11:11:21 PM
Taking the guppy to Port Hardy!

That's no guppy .
Nice bird , first class .

Keta · August 01, 2018, 12:27:43 AM

You did not wave when you went buy but the smoke is bad.

What port and what boat are you albacore fishing mid August?

alantani · August 01, 2018, 04:33:01 AM

Iwalco. I forget the name of the boat.

alantani · August 01, 2018, 04:39:39 AM

Quote from: Joao Tavares on August 01, 2018, 12:07:33 AM
That beautiful 114H reel Alan worked on as the last reel before going out to Vancouver, is for me.

Joao, it was pretty rushed getting everything done, but it's all good now. The reel actually came together on the first try. So many times it can take a dozen attempts to get these right. The good thing is that you had a perfect plain steel main gear. Now you have an all steel drive train. This should be a very tough reel.