New guy from Singapore!

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Vogelspinnen

March 03, 2025, 04:14:48 AM
Hi everyone, I've been a long time lurker on this forum and have just decided to make my account.

I fish every other day, mainly hunting Giant Snakeheads in the jungle, so my reel gets put through a lot of abuse from rain, mud, and heavy use so the maintenance tips I have learnt here are invaluable, thank you!

For my first post I thought I would share with you a recent modification I did to my 21 Daiwa Zillion HD. I had always been thinking of ways to increase drag as much of my fishing involves thumb-locking the spool to pull giants from heavy cover. I was looking at the puny drag washer and realized there was so much more room for drag material, so I cut a piece of carbontex and put it in the inner circle. Voila! I did not measure exactly how much, but a quick pull test by hand and I feel the drag has increased a 20% or so.

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I know I'll probably increase the wear on my gears and bearings, but nothing should explode in the immediate future...right?

Landed my personal best on the same day I modded the reel, and it feels really good so far!

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MarkT

#1
March 03, 2025, 04:17:08 AM
Damn, that's a huge snakehead!
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Gfish

#2
March 03, 2025, 08:19:06 AM
Wow, nice fish, nice picture. Welcome to the site, Vogelspinnen. Supposedly drag surface area is important for heat dissipation, but drag pressure is more important for drag increase. Daiwa has pretty good quality metal in their higher-end reels.
Would love to visit Singapore someday. My wife lived in Malayisa for 11 years and loved going to that country.
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Donnyboat

#3
March 03, 2025, 01:30:25 PM
Nice catch & thanks for the picture, also welcome from Sunny Western Australia, cheers Don.
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March 03, 2025, 02:13:05 PM
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#5
March 03, 2025, 02:47:24 PM
Greetings, fellow angler, from Minnesota USA.

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March 03, 2025, 03:23:07 PM
Welcome  and nice modification to the drag .
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foakes

#7
March 03, 2025, 05:04:26 PM
Welcome aboard!

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March 03, 2025, 07:00:53 PM Last Edit: March 04, 2025, 11:56:07 AM by Gobi King
Welcome from west Michigan
Dang that is a big fish
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Mine was around 13 inches
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Crow

#9
March 03, 2025, 10:13:05 PM
Howdy!! That's quite a fish!!
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alantani

#10
March 04, 2025, 02:30:44 AM
well done.  welcome!!!!
send me an email at alantani@yahoo.com for questions!

Bill B

#11
March 04, 2025, 04:15:25 AM
What a way to ring in to the forum  :al  Innovative and functional modification and a huge snakehead.  Warmest welcome from the mountains of Southern California.   Bill
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nelz

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March 04, 2025, 05:03:13 PM Last Edit: March 04, 2025, 05:04:06 PM by nelz
Quote from: Vogelspinnen on March 03, 2025, 04:14:48 AMLanded my personal best on the same day I modded the reel, and it feels really good so far!

Wow, what a beast! Reminds me of a Amazon Wolf fish. I would still use the thumb when forcing a big one from cover, it will relieve some stress on the gears.

Welcome aboard.

Vogelspinnen

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March 05, 2025, 01:55:47 PM Last Edit: March 05, 2025, 01:58:14 PM by Vogelspinnen
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome! Look forward to learning more from you all, I love how in-depth the knowledge on this forum goes.


Quote from: Gfish on March 03, 2025, 08:19:06 AMWow, nice fish, nice picture. Welcome to the site, Vogelspinnen. Supposedly drag surface area is important for heat dissipation, but drag pressure is more important for drag increase. Daiwa has pretty good quality metal in their higher-end reels.
Would love to visit Singapore someday. My wife lived in Malayisa for 11 years and loved going to that country.

Thank you that makes sense, I guess extra contact surface will give a little more drag too, just not as much as I expected. But the added smoothness even on dry drags is a bonus too!

Welcome to visit anytime, if you're looking to fish hit me up ;)

Quote from: nelz on March 04, 2025, 05:03:13 PMWow, what a beast! Reminds me of a Amazon Wolf fish. I would still use the thumb when forcing a big one from cover, it will relieve some stress on the gears.

Welcome aboard.

Thank you, and yes that's what I'm thinking too, I still use my thumb to take some stress off the gears and ARB, but the increase in drag does help especially during hooksets. Hope nothing blows up in the near future :p

Benni3

#14
March 05, 2025, 10:29:24 PM
Welcome from Salem va,,,,,, ;D
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