Surfmaster 150 - Getting it Ready to Fish

[jurelometer]

I also discovered that the stock sleeves are very inexpensive. If one of those gets rounded, does it cause damage to other components?

Mark

No.  The flats on the end of the sleeve  get rounded off by the hole in the handle arm.  Just get a new sleeve and you are good to go.

And you won't round off the sleeve if you don't wind against heavy load- so if you are surf fishing with  something like 20 lb mono and keep this in mind, you should be fine.  Those of us that push the reels a bit  past it limits are the ones that run into trouble.

Thanks for all the info, jurelometer! Sounds like a good argument for the pump and
reel technique.

Exactly.

Nice looking reel!

-J