Old reels in action, lets see em!

[work2fish]

Modern UL rod.  Vintage UL reel.  Small creek bass.  The combination works well for my style of fishing.

That's a beautiful smallie. What make and model is the reel? I can't magnify the picture enough to tell.

[work2fish]

Check out this link.  Unfortunately the pictures are gone but those carp make great subjects for gyotaku.  Dominick

 https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,8210.0.html

I had never heard of that, Dominick. I googled gyotaku to see some pictures. The article I found said it was the ancient Japanese equivalent of taxidermy, or of taking a photo of your catch before you release it. Cool!

[work2fish]

Mark what do you use for Carp Bait?
I have grass carp in my pond 30" now around 12#.I have caught them on red wigglers & crickets.

Only when the feeder goes off they love fish food,big splash they show off.

I usually use sweet corn on the hook and a mix of oatmeal, panko beak crumbs, and creamed corn as a pack bait to pack around the sinker as chum.

It must be a lot of fun to have your own pond. You can stock fish and watch them grow, catch them, put them back, and catch them again when they are bigger.

[Gfish]

Come-on Work2fish give that big beautiful Carp a kiss!
My first Bonefish(Oio) took me a day and a-half of going at it hard to land one. A cheap Shakespeare Synergy spincaster.
A nice Grey Snapper(Uku) overgunned a bit with a Jigmaster

[work2fish]

Come-on Work2fish give that big beautiful Carp a kiss!

I was so happy to catch the carp I would have given it a kiss if I had thought of it 

Here is my son, with a carp he caught last Fall. (I think he was just looking into its mouth, but I'm not sure...)

Hawaii must be a paradise for fishing.

[slosh]

My oldest with a bass in the 4lb range today. His first fish on his Daiwa SS 1300, hopefully that is a sign of good juju.

I managed a 2 lber on that Shakespeare 2200II. I love that reel except that the bail trip seems to leave a spot from about 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock where you can't flip the bail!

[jgp12000]

I been reading about the Daiwa SS reels that reel should last him awhile, nice bass & pond

 ,Shakes 2200?

[JasonGotaProblem]

I been reading about the Daiwa SS reels that reel should last him awhile, nice bass & pond

 ,Shakes 2200?

If the daiwa SS series came with a metal body there would frankly be no reason to own any other spinner. They're truly otherwise a pile of perfection.

You can have my SS700, when you pry it from my cold dead hands.

[slosh]

I been reading about the Daiwa SS reels that reel should last him awhile, nice bass & pond

 ,Shakes 2200?

Thank you! Sorry yes it was 2200II, I corrected that.
Those SS Tournaments don't have the solid feel of an old worm drive reel, but they have some benefits:
-World class drag (multi-stack even in the 700 size)
-Machined aluminum alloy gears (these + the drags are why these reels have the reputation for doing well against really large fish)
-worm gear oscillation -- uses a worm gear and pawl (think baitcaster levelwind) to handle spool oscillation. This means line management is great, it works well with even the newer nanobraids. My wife has an SS 700 on an old Falcon Streamside Special, spooled with 4 lb braid it will throw a crappie jig a mile.
-Graphite body -- generally frowned upon, but it's heavy duty graphite and rock solid. I've never had any issues with frame flex on these reels, and I've put them to work over the years.

To me the downside is the handle, but you can put a new knob on it, put a new handle on it (there are some options out there), or learn to live with it.

Also if you're used to servicing '70s and older reel tech, these are a little more of a pain, but not too bad. Definitely easier than a Baitrunner.

[JasonGotaProblem]

-Graphite body -- generally frowned upon, but it's heavy duty graphite and rock solid. I've never had any issues with frame flex on these reels, and I've put them to work over the years.
 

You're not wrong. I've used my 700 way above it's designed range and it's a trooper. No sign of flex. The problem I see with the graphite frame is that over time and multiple services the screw holes will get chewed out and weaken (it's already happening to mine), and the tolerances will loosen to the point of failure. Eventually. But until that day, it's a beast.

[bushleague]

-Graphite body -- generally frowned upon, but it's heavy duty graphite and rock solid. I've never had any issues with frame flex on these reels, and I've put them to work over the years.
 

You're not wrong. I've used my 700 way above it's designed range and it's a trooper. No sign of flex. The problem I see with the graphite frame is that over time and multiple services the screw holes will get chewed out and weaken (it's already happening to mine), and the tolerances will loosen to the point of failure. Eventually. But until that day, it's a beast.

Yeah, I recently got a new version Daiwa BG. Was a bit dissapointed to find that while the body is metal, you really cant service the gear train without removing the rotor... which is graphite. Alot of folks will tell you that a graphite rotor isnt a bad thing, some will even claim its a good thing, but in this case of the BG I think it will be a limiting longevity factor.

[slosh]

Surely someone out there is bored and has a machine shop.

A full aluminum frame and sideplate for an SS 700 would be a cool project!

[jgp12000]

Tincanary spoke of this great reel in the link below,Sounds like it has a tapered long stroke spool I suppose aides in the long casts mentioned.Sounds like other brands have tried to mimic it.The graphite body ain't a deal breaker for me, but a concern while shopping. Me caveman, me like metal grrrr....

https://www.michigan-sportsman.com/threads/farewell-daiwa-ss-tournament-you-were-truly-legendary-1987-2022.742341/