Olympic Dolphin 615

Shark Hunter · February 10, 2014, 08:20:02 PM

I can see a big hunk of melted plastic in your future.

alantani · February 10, 2014, 11:49:30 PM

so here is the level of performance that i recommend. for me, any drag system needs to pass this test. put the reel on the rod, run the line through the guides, put the rod in a holder and tie the line off to a container with the same weight as your desired drag setting. if you are going to use 50 pound test and want a 30% drag setting of 15 pounds, use a bucket with 15 pounds of lead in it. tighten the drag and reel up the bucket up to the rod tip. now adjust the drag until the bucket falls by one foot every 5 seconds. the drag has to be perfectly smooth. THAT is the level of performance that i look for.

coralsea · February 11, 2014, 12:24:03 AM

Ok, will do it later...( i dont have the rods at home now).
I need the backet fall just smooth...right?
I dont quite understand how the backet would STOP every 5 sec. without adjusting the drag every 5 sec...

alantani · February 11, 2014, 12:32:40 AM

that's it!

Ron Jones · February 11, 2014, 04:05:17 AM

Coralsea,
You adjust the drag so that it falls 1 foot every 5 seconds continously. If your rod tip is 3 meters off the ground then it should take your bucket 45 seconds to hit the floor. During that 45 seconds it should not jerk, stop and start or change speeds. It needs to start and fall perfectly smooth.
Ron

coralsea · February 11, 2014, 04:31:40 AM

Got it, thanks. I"ll do it at home with the short rod. Anyway the fall must be smooth....I noted...

alantani · February 11, 2014, 07:44:26 AM

oops, thanks for clarifying that.

Ken_D · February 11, 2014, 05:05:30 PM

Aside: A web site in Scandinavia that has expired now, had almost a full collection of Olympic reels.
scandicfishing.com Perhaps Mooki, Killerbug or Dr. Rob could speack to the old owner, and see if the collection is still out there, or on a server, that could be exported to an active site.
There were 187 Olympic drawings on the page.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060412175648/http://www.scandicfishing.com/schematics_index.htm
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coralsea · December 12, 2014, 03:12:37 PM

In conclusion:
I performed a simple test to see the maximum possible drag for that reel.
The reel holds 20LB weight (in the air) with no problem.
One cannot say , of course, about the smooth drag with new drag washers due to the limited drag washers set and material structure ( not carbon material).
But I satisfied with the result and would like to express my gratitude to this Site for the ocean of useful info in reel's repairs.