relaxing with reels

[grekim]

Hello to all!  This looks like a great site and thanks for allowing me to participate.  I found this site because many searches led back to here with all its great information.

This year I have become addicted to restoring older reels and then fishing them.  I started pulling apart Mitchell 302's and 402's and then putting them on my grandfather's old Browning rods.  One of the reels that I found up in his attic was the Peerless 9.  It had lots of rust corrosion, but was very rewarding to pull completely apart and clean up.  Then came the challenge of learning to cast one of these (in the surf).  The 9 led me to refurbish a 109, then a 209 and 309.  Then, I started in on the Longbeach series.  I found I really love using the Longbeach 60.  It feels powerful and just the right size, and is simpler than the Peerless series.  And I caught a very nice bluefish at the end of the season on it...a rite of passage.  So, restoring these reels has been a great way to unwind and there seems to be no end in sight for me.
Thanks,
Grekim

[bhale1]

Welcome Grekim,
Sounds like your already hooked! No turning back now😀
Brett

[Keta]

Hi, looks like you will fit right in here. 

[Crow]

   Welcome !

[mo65]

   Welcome aboard!

[Tiddlerbasher]

Welcome to the dark side

[Bryan Young]

Welcome Grekim,

I find that I too enjoy working on reels.  It's quite relaxing to me (except working on my own reels, I just don't find any enjoyment working on my own reels) and challenging at the same time.

Just be careful with all these upgrades that these guys do...it could break the bank.  Some upgrades will be essential someday, but restoring and using what you have restored sound like pure pleasure to me.

Welcome from rainy California.

Bryan

[STRIPER LOU]

X2 as to what Chris said,  ...  welcome to the darkside! Your hooked now Bud, but its all good!

Enjoy,  ..  Lou

[thorhammer]

Another one falls down the rabbit hole....you've picked a good cross section to work on. I might suggest a Mag Ten if you've been throwing the 9. It's the same size and functional design but with aluminum spool, ball bearings and a Mag cast control. I love both in their intended application.


welcome!

John

[grekim]

Many thanks for the warm welcome!

[alantani]

welcome!

[Midway Tommy]

Welcome, Grekim. It's nice to see how much you enjoy working on older reels. It sounds like you might have lost your way a little bit, though, but, hey, I'm sure you'll make it back to those beautiful spinners in short order.  

[Shark Hunter]

Welcome Grekim!

[grekim]

Welcome, Grekim. It's nice to see how much you enjoy working on older reels. It sounds like you might have lost your way a little bit, though, but, hey, I'm sure you'll make it back to those beautiful spinners in short order.  

LOL!  It's all good.  I think I have a slight preference for undoing a (mild) backlash as opposed to a wind knot. 

[steelfish]

feel sorry for you amigo, now you will have tons of sleepless nights, an empty wallet and friends in line waiting to send you their reels to fix.