Newbie to the site, not to reels or fishing..

[DanteV]

Hi all! My name's Dante and I've been fishing since I was a wee tot slingin a fly rod from pappy's shoulders on skinny water.. I live in the Sacramento area and fish when I can, for whatever I can. I've got a 2004 Striper 2301 that hasn't seen much action the past few years but hopefully this year will see plenty of water time!




I would also like to thank Alan for all the effort he puts into his craft, as it encouraged me to start servicing my own!






The highlight of my reel servicing days was last year when I was on a 3.5 day trip with the Pacific Voyager and I caught a 100+ pound Bluefin on an Avet SX 6/4 that I maintain at home!






Looking forward to being part of the family here!

Cheers,
Dante

[Keta]

HI, nice work with the BFT on a tiny reel.   Many years ago my father had a ranch NE of Sac and just south of Coloma, it's all subdivided now.  I spent some time fishing the American
River.

[Irish Jigger]

Welcome aboard Dante, nice boat you have there.

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

welcome to the "neighborhood"...

[alantani]

dude, it's about time.....  welcome!   

[alantani]

he's also got a great website!  http://www.outcastanglers.com/forums/index.php

[Capt Ahab]

Nice stuff - welcome aboard

[foakes]

Warm welcomes -- thanks for showing us your gear & boat...

Best,

Fre

[Shark Hunter]

Welcome Dante!
Nice Boat!

[DaBigOno]

Aloha!    Welcome Dante


Wow, nice boat and awsome job on that BFT!

[MFB]

G'day form New Zealand

Rgds

Mark

[johndtuttle]

Hey thar!

Nice bend in ur rod and strong work on the catching .

[Keith Adams]

       My name is Keith Adams most people call me "Grim", please don't ask about the nickname I got it in Afghanistan while in the U.S. Army.  I have been transplanted to sunny FL, due to Medical Retirement at 31 years of age.  So if I seem a little slow don't get offended I suffer from very bad muscle spasms in my spine and have damage to my short term memory. 
       
        I have been following the fishing forum on reel rebuilding and upgrading for some time now and now I have the speech to text stuff worked out MOSTLY so if my spelling is bad sometimes it is caused by a serious southern accent and some of my brain issues.   I recently serviced both of my 9/0 reels with great success thanks mostly to this forum and you-tube. 
        I have been fishing many years, mostly spinning, so I am pretty Green with conventional reels.   

[Mr.Grinta]

Hi and Welcome from Italy!!!
leonard

[Dominick]

Dante, welcome from San Mateo, CA.  Dominick