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[Bryan Young]

Welcome TunaBelly.  Glad to finally have you on board.

[alantani]

thanks for joining us!  with the 35 photo limit, i was able to get the post cut up in the small enough pieces and get everything up on your board.  it only took an extra 3 minutes, so not a problem at all! 

[Alto Mare]

Welcome aboard Tunabelly.
Sal, from Pa.

[Shark Hunter]

Welcome Tunabelly!

[alantani]

george, i finally found that hat!  http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Farmer-Woven-Leave-Bamboo/dp/B008RFJKTW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378342514&sr=8-1&keywords=thai+farmer+hat



i know it looked hokey, but it worked great!!!!!! 

[Shark Hunter]

I thought you were straight up pimpin' in that lid Alan!

[Tunabelly]

george, i finally found that hat!  http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Farmer-Woven-Leave-Bamboo/dp/B008RFJKTW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378342514&sr=8-1&keywords=thai+farmer+hat



i know it looked hokey, but it worked great!!!!!! 

Thanks Alan................... I am a little concerned that the new hat might clash with my crazy socks. 

It's not easy being a fishing fashionista !!! 

I will have to invest in a customized hat strap like you did.... just say'in.

tb

[Bryan Young]

Alan, next time you need to take that umbrella hat.

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

Tunabelly welcome to the neighborhood...

[Tunabelly]

george, i finally found that hat!  http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Farmer-Woven-Leave-Bamboo/dp/B008RFJKTW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378342514&sr=8-1&keywords=thai+farmer+hat



i know it looked hokey, but it worked great!!!!!!  

OK Alan............... Yikes.......I bit the fashion bullet and ordered one of your original "Lamp Shade" hats.  

I will now have to re-coordinate all my fishing clothes and accessories to accommodate the hat into a presentable fashion ensemble.    

tb  

[andyj]

Hi I'm Andy, new to the forum.

First of all I'd like to thank Alan and all the folks on this forum for the great info and guidance on reel repair.
I've been fishing fresh and salt since the late 1960s and have WAYtoo much old tackle as artifacts, some still worthy.  So I'll be trying to dust off, fix, and fish a few relics.
I have a 2-day tuna trip leaving this Thursday so the first project is a Shimano Triton Beastmaster Graphite 20/50 two speed reel with a frozen bearing and tired dog spring.
I'll submit a question about the dog in a separate post.

Andy

[alantani]

welcome!  if you have trouble with that reel, get in touch with glen pamaran in san diego.

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=55.0

[Shark Hunter]

Welcome Andy!

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

Andy welcome  to the neighborhood...

[Alto Mare]

Welcome Handy!