Okay, I'll start off with a couple:
1) Your favorite tool is an Alan Tani handle nut wrench, and you inscribe/engrave your name on it.
2) You build your own grease gun like Alan's.
Okay, one more
3) Your wash basin has a drain screen to catch the little parts from going down the drain.
I'll put one up for Alan:
You experiment with a dishwasher to clean an old cruddy reel!!!
I can't wait to hear what you all have to say!
maybe you can also add these 2;
1. you are a member of this site very wonderful site
2. you constantly log in to this site everyday.
tight lines...
Purchasing a reel just to tear it apart and see how it's put together.
Taking apart several reels and seeing what parts are interchangeable, even between different manufactures. You can get in trouble fast doing this though.
Quote from: Keta on March 08, 2012, 02:33:23 PM
Taking apart several reels and seeing what parts are interchangeable, even between different manufactures. You can get in trouble fast doing this though.
x1
When you replace your Wedding Picture on the dresser with a framed Penn reel poster.
Quote from: Keta on March 08, 2012, 02:33:23 PM
Purchasing a reel just to tear it apart and see how it's put together.
Or buying a reel just because you're going through withdrawals cuz you haven't serviced a reel in a while. ;D
The guys who do the last two have a very severe case.
You have more reels in the gun safe than guns...
When you are at the shooting range you talk about fishing...
You hide your Penn Catalog next to the Victoria Secret's Catalog...
You plan your next business trip around when the next season opens...
You get caught trying to hide your last reel purchase from your wife...
You know you're a reel-head when you're doing a job estimate and end up with a sketch of a custom reel that you would like to build :-\.
You put more into a reel,, than the owner is willing to pay..
You observe a sick reel your buddy is using on a trip, and,try and figure out how you can convince him to let you take it apart on the boat..
After, you have all your own reels at "perfect",,, you keep messing with them...
When your girlfriend asks how the guys on Alan Tani are
When your mother asks if Alan Tani.com sells gift certificates for my birthday
When you sit in a lawyers office all day thinking about how to maximize a reel's capabilities when you really have a lot at stake and should be listening...ooops!
The list could go on, but all of these things happened this week to me :o
Thanks for a fun topic!
Dom
you know your a reel head when you start giving advice,dunno what your talkin about to guys that do
When you start to quote job cost higher to afford that reel and or parts on eBay that you MUST have!!
when you look at this website several times a day, and check ebay every day for frame kits, high speed gears, etc for reels that are going to be used basically three days a year for the annual halibut fishing trip.
Wow!!! I'm sicker than I thought. :o If these are all symptoms then I must have a bad case. I already have the wrench, the grease gun, spend more money on parts and upgrades than the reels are worth, and when the wife just picked up the UPS delivery yesterday of two new reels I had just purchased, I had to tell her that they were just more reel parts. ;) And the scary part is I've been at this for less than a year. Not sure if I'll find a cure before I run out of money!
Oh, and your hands constantly smell like reel grease.
You hope and pray that when you die..
Your wife/kids dont sell all your gear/tools/parts etc for what you told them you paid for it!!!!!!!!
....Your wife ask "Why do you have so many reels/rods?" and you reply "Cause I can't afford more than one woman!"
....You just got a new reel and you stop at a traffic signal/stop sign to open the box and play with the free spool and in turn hold up traffic
....You wake up thinking of ways to improve your rod/reel combination instead of planning a day with family
When you keep checking the USPS website for delivery date and try to intercept the package before your wife gets a hold of it.
When you have to get rid of any evidence of purchase receipts.
When you take off the postage/shipping labels and hide the boxes until trash nite.
Quote from: Caranx on March 16, 2012, 11:46:44 PM
When you keep checking the USPS website for delivery date and try to intercept the package before your wife gets a hold of it.
When you have to get rid of any evidence of purchase receipts.
When you take off the postage/shipping labels and hide the boxes until trash nite.
Start working on reels for money and the boxes slip right past the lovely wife, it works for firearms too.
Panama hit the nail on the head with the traffic quote. That was me the other day LOL!
Geoff
Quote from: Keta on March 16, 2012, 11:53:43 PM
Start working on reels for money and the boxes slip right past the lovely wife, it works for firearms too.
Hey Lee: Do you have a FFL? I had to ship a rifle to a Scapoose, Oregon dealer charged $30.00. Nice money for receiving a package. Dominick
Quote from: Caranx on March 16, 2012, 11:46:44 PM
When you keep checking the USPS website for delivery date and try to intercept the package before your wife gets a hold of it.
When you have to get rid of any evidence of purchase receipts.
When you take off the postage/shipping labels and hide the boxes until trash nite.
Caranx, have you been watching me? ;D. You forgot to mention erasing emails stating that you won another reel. ;)
Quote from: Pescachaser on March 17, 2012, 12:45:36 AM
Hey Lee: Do you have a FFL? I had to ship a rifle to a Scapoose, Oregon dealer charged $30.00. Nice money for receiving a package. Dominick
I let it go when I got sick. $30.00 is ridiculous.
Quote from: Alto Mare on March 17, 2012, 12:48:47 AM
Quote from: Caranx on March 16, 2012, 11:46:44 PM
When you keep checking the USPS website for delivery date and try to intercept the package before your wife gets a hold of it.
When you have to get rid of any evidence of purchase receipts.
When you take off the postage/shipping labels and hide the boxes until trash nite.
Caranx, have you been watching me? ;D. You forgot to mention erasing emails stating that you won another reel. ;)
Oh yeah, I forgot about those emails. They go straight down the black hole!
When my wife does receive the package before me, she gets the same old story from me "I got the reel dirt cheap and I can sell it for a good profit!" yeah right... Hardly any reel gets sold. The bad buys just get put aside for extra parts or given away for free.
When you get excited about an old toothbrush.
Quote from: broschro on March 17, 2012, 11:03:14 PM
When you get excited about an old toothbrush.
That's funny. ;D
cigar for broschro :D :D
Quotecigar for broschro :D :D
x2.
My six-year-old daughter says I smell like fishing reels - she means marine grease and carb cleaner. ;)
Quote from: broschro on March 17, 2012, 11:03:14 PM
When you get excited about an old toothbrush.
;D ;D ;D
Thats so true.......... We are weird..... ::)
You mean you guys use old worn toothbrushes???? ;D
I prefer firm straight bristles!! Lol
My favorite is the "Tek DeLuxe" brand. Not sure if it's still being made. I had it for quite a while...
You know you're a reel head when... You use the same toothbrush to brush your teeth as you do to smear grease on a reel ;D
Dom
Ohhhh man, that's extreme!!
Good one!!! Lol
I'll call that King of the Reel-heads
You know off the top of your head what Penn reels take the same drag size.
When you loose track of what you've bought and the packages coming
from FleaBa, Alan, and Smooth Drag are a suprise.
When you buy reels and have them stacked 3-4 deep that you will use someday. :P
-g
When the UPS Delivery Man knows your name and says "hi" when you're at the grocery store :P
or
You wait for the UPS guy and flag him down at the end of your block, to intercept the last ebay purchase
You are taking a shower and think about reel designs and modifications.
You see a brand new reel series and think about modifying it.
There's always the oldie but goodie, "I hope when I'm gone, my heirs sell my reel and parts collection for what it's worth, NOT what I told my wife I paid for it."
This thread made me laugh, at first, then I thought...
Why did I go to buy black paint to fix a scratch on my car and come home with gold paint to match a scratch on my Tiagra?
Oh dear :-\
you know you're a reel head when you use 80lb mono to floss your teeth..or is that a crack head ;D
....When you can pinpoint the exact price a reel will sell for on Ebay days before the auction ends.
....When you catch yourself saying to...yourself, "wow, that guy really overpaid for that reel. It was only worth $62, not $63.50"
And this brings me to a favorite saying by Mr. Winston Churchill talking about a fellow statesman that he didn't care for:
"He has none of the vices that I admire, and all of the virtues that I despise" Or something like that. Certainly taking apart reels is a vice worth having...no?
The wife bought two battery operated tooth brushes for her and I and I had to remark "those would be great for cleaning reels" the look she gave my said it all.
Hadge, you shouldn't have mentioned it, those have replaceable tips...she would have never known ;D.
Quote...she would have never known ;D
If it weren't for the greasy fingerprints ;) ;D
Could have claimed it was from fried chicken ;D
if you feel like you are the son of Rembrandt when you paint your reels with grease :)
If your wife recognizes the type of lubricant you just got done putting on your reel like a fragrance.
Your wife didn't even notice you swapped tips and cleaned reels with the electric toothbrush because the greasy fingerprints are normal.
I took the rotating assembly to 113h (Bridge, gears, yoke, sleeve, dogs...) polished every part to a hi-shine and assembled it- have it sitting on my desk. Several times a day I find myself just sitting there spinning the gears in my hand while I think. It is very satisfying. I love the way the complete assembly looks, the way it sounds and feels in my hand as I spin it. It seams to be therapeutic and I swear it helps me think better. (I need all the help I can get)
When u buy a brand new reel and take it apart. That's what I've been doing. I feel that I need to inspect it to make sure its to my standards. Sorry if its been mentioned, I didn't read all pages.
sounds good by me.....
You know you're a reel head when......ohhh shoot....here come the UPS guy gotta go ;D
you know your'e a reel-head when you replace the original washers to carbontex in your bobbin knotter! :)
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You are a perfectionist Thor, well made bobbin. No Cal's grease I presume.
x2 Thor - great job ;) ;D
you know after you sent me that sheet justin I try to find things that I can replace with CF! haha! it has become an obsession. I should have bought ten sheets from you! :) I did actually smudge it with cals! Although I want to try fisherman and the Studio ocean mark drag grease but I can't seem to ever buy any... and I never have problems with cal's. Cutting and grinding carbon fiber sure is fun but it itches like hell on my underarms! :)
In fact I was thinking about cutting a sheet to the dims that the instrument panel in my boat is and replace it! think it would look awesome! But I do wonder one thing. maybe somebody is able to help me out! On aftermarket handles and clem's drag plate, dog bracket etc the CF has a shiny hard feel to it. Is it coated with something? varnish?
This thread has been quite entertaining and so many examples hit home pretty hard. I am no doubt a certified Reel-Head.
hafnor, the carbon fiber composite handles are made by using carbon fiber cloth and a resin such as epoxy. The basic layup is similar to fiberglass.
Bob
Or when you buy (another) reel you don't need just so that you can take it apart and make it better!
Chris
Recently replaced the clutch on my old truck, The night before before , at the kitchen table (aka workbench)
Opened the box of parts The parts included a sealed bearing .I removed the sealed bearing shields
put Alan Tani yamaha blue grease & reinstalled the shields.
Quote from: surfcaster on March 27, 2013, 01:32:46 PM
Recently replaced the clutch on my old truck, The night before before , at the kitchen table (aka workbench)
Opened the box of parts The parts included a sealed bearing .I removed the sealed bearing shields
put Alan Tani yamaha blue grease & reinstalled the shields.
Haha! classic man! alooot of bearings to pack when it comes to cars :)
when you're just a guest (my mom's place) and you're doing this,
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Love that chair. Classic Leave it to Beaver time period.
You know you're a Reel-head when you crack open and reassemble your reel three times in three days because you couldn't wait for all the parts to arrive.
You can't wait for that next upgrade! :P
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^^^^ You have no room for plates!^^^^ ::)
You buy two reels for one rod in case you like one better then the other!
Lucky for me I have two young boys who put a screeching halt to any reel work - tiny parts and a two year old do not mix at all
Plus he likes to use the tools - took a door handle apart on me last week. .. errrrgh!
Looks like the aquarium shark is leaving ;D
You look at Mr. Shark's collection and think, "Yeah, I could do that..."
NOT!! (http://querytracker.net/forum/Smileys/default/eek.gif)
~A~
I'm pretty sure there are a few here with collections bigger than mine. :D
Not knocking yours, but.... yep! ;) ;D
thought about this post when in found a tub of the original dark blue yamaha grease a few minutes ago.
When during the course of compiling taxes for your side reel repair buisness, you realize 9 months of free time (~1400-1500hrs) have been devoted exclusively to working on fishing reels.
when you wake up & panic, because there's a strange, oily discharge on your sheets... then, you remember that you dozed off while playing with a reel in bed
Receiving an Alan Tani wrench is given the same admiration as receiving a college degree.....
Quote from: OldSchool on March 15, 2014, 04:08:27 AM
Receiving an Alan Tani wrench is given the same admiration as receiving a college degree.....
I love it! :D
Quote from: philaroman on March 11, 2014, 02:48:21 PM
when you wake up & panic, because there's a strange, oily discharge on your sheets... then, you remember that you dozed off while playing with a reel in bed
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
having your post pinned feels like employee of the month....
Quote from: philaroman on March 11, 2014, 02:48:21 PM
when you wake up & panic, because there's a strange, oily discharge on your sheets... then, you remember that you dozed off while playing with a reel in bed
I let the wife read your post & laughed. She said "She will check in the morning"
Mike
... you read stuff like this and say "Nawww, that's really not me", but the only one you're trying to convince is yourself.
When you insist your wife calls you by your online name..
1-When you cruise flea markets & garage sales, and the first thing out of your mouth is "Any fishing stuff?"
2-When you rank reels in your top 3 things in life. (ie: for me it's -girls, guitars & fishing gear)
3-When you have one special reel that you - use a reel cover, treat like crystal, have not scratched it yet since you bought it, and would bawl like a toddler when/if you do. (Hey don't laugh, I have one) ;)
...and lastly, the only true indicator........
.................YOU WANT MORE REELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amen! to that Brother! ;D
Love that Avatar! ;)
When the highlight of your weekend is doing a double dogged, stainless sleeved, Keta Kranked, 9 stack, 12/0 that you never get tired of listening to! Clickety Clack Baby!! Thats the Dinner Bell! Come and get it! ;D
When you make posts like this,
Quote from: Shark Hunter on April 12, 2014, 10:19:46 PM
When the highlight of your weekend is doing a double dogged, stainless sleeved, Keta Kranked, 9 stack, 12/0 that you never get tired of listening to! Clickety Clack Baby!! Thats the Dinner Bell! Come and get it! ;D
;D
Quote from: Shark Hunter on April 12, 2014, 10:19:46 PM
Thats the Dinner Bell! Come and get it! ;D
Daron,
that's the clicker, fish on... :D ;D
No, Its not the clicker Mel. Its Lee's double stainless dogs making Music to my Ears! ;)
We should record dog clicking from different reels and put out an album! It will be a hit! :D
And no, I'm not kidding! ;)
classic rock, classic click... :) ::)
And we get Morgan Freeman to narrate and present each Dog and Reel... :P
"Following is a Penn Senator 9/0 that was equipped with double alternating dogs in early 2014. Stainless dogs and a stainless gear sleeve, lightly greased." *CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK*
:)
My sister told my that the 646 newell that I just build reminded her of the Jaws movie with the loud dog clicks.
Quote from: Mandelstam on April 14, 2014, 09:42:29 AM
We should record dog clicking from different reels and put out an album! It will be a hit! :D
And no, I'm not kidding! ;)
Only for nuts like us. But now that we're talking about it I kind of like the Penn 113 clicker myself.
:D
Karl, You are something else! :D :D
you sleep at AT at night and wake-up at AT in the morning... ;)
You pass time at work by thinking of the next mod possible for your modded out tanks.
You have your "reel of the month" or "newest build" handy right next to your lazy-boy chair and you grab it during tv commercials and start admiring or fiddling with it. Your wife walks by and doesn't even care or she's immune to it all.
or you didn't even notice the TV is on and the wife walked by... :) :D ;D
You get rid of the wife so you can have more reels... ;D
Quote from: OldSchool on April 17, 2014, 12:13:04 AM
You get rid of the wife so you can have more reels... ;D
i already did, twice...:)
You avoid getting a wife. Cause 1 commitment is plenty :o
Quote from: Mel B on April 17, 2014, 12:15:18 AM
Quote from: OldSchool on April 17, 2014, 12:13:04 AM
You get rid of the wife so you can have more reels... ;D
i already did, twice...:)
Quote from: Tightlines666 on April 17, 2014, 01:08:06 AM
You avoid getting a wife. Cause 1 commitment is plenty :o
yeah, she may demand half your reels, just to be nasty... or as a bargaining ploy >:( ...and then you gotta' hire Cochran & prove the glove doesn't fit :o
Easy fellas! My Wife has no problems with my Habit and I'm sure a lot of other guys do too. Lets not turn this into a Wife bashing. ;D
worst she'll use the kids... ;D
...when you read all the posts on Alan Tani dot com...Dominick
Quote from: Dominick on April 17, 2014, 03:19:22 AM
...when you read all the posts on Alan Tani dot com...Dominick
Yeah, like your coming up on almost 30 days on the site :'( :'( I need to get a life :D
30 days, two hours and 18 minutes! ;D
I don't have the luxury of living close to the coast. I manage to make it at least twice a year.
Once for two weeks and another short four day trip.
The bills have to be paid! And the reels need to be bought! ;D
Every 12 hour shift I have to work, I tell myself, "I could have drove to Florida in those 12 Hours" ::)
I'm not far in time spent on the site 28 days +. I can't wait to go to work on the boat again this year. This will be my 7 th. year working galley on the boats. I did 10yrs. working dock in the 80's in a different port.
Mike
Since the subject of wives came up earlier, I need to get some advice from you guys about a serious problem:
I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me... the usual signs: if the phone rings and I answer, the caller hangs up; she goes out with the girls a lot, I try to stay awake to look out for her when she comes home but I usually fall asleep. Anyway, last night about midnight I hid in the shed behind the boat. When she came home she got out of someone's car buttoning her blouse, then she took her panties out of her purse and slipped them back on... It was at that moment, crouched behind the boat, that I noticed a hairline crack in the outboard engine mounting bracket. Is that something I can weld, or do I need to replace the whole bracket?
Lol...
Don't think you can weld cast alum. Though I admit this is not my specialty. As far as the wife thing goes...can't really offer much advice there either, since I've litterally got no real world experience with either. Good luck! Might involve a bit more work then anticipated?
I think you better replace that whole bracket Phil. That was funny! You get the Cigar Now! :D :D :D
OK, Im officially a reel head. I can identify with more than half of the previous threads, but here is mine;
When you have a therapy reel that you have just to hold and crank (my squidder 140, red side plates, red handle, and red plastic spool with all the metal parts buffed down to brass).
Ha ha ha Phil a good one. Dominick
Use the welder on the wife then you can buy a whole new boat. Problems solved
Quote from: fng on April 19, 2014, 05:38:16 AM
...therapy reel...
and it becomes your mantra, then you definitely belong to the "CLUB"...:)
When your wife says. "You didn't get any packages today?" ;D
When the mail man goes out of his way to let you know there are no packages to pick up from the post office this week.
Also when all of the local reel repair shops inform you they are all outta bearings, and Bellevilles for all 80 and 130 reel models since I am using them faster then their orders have been filled.
You name your first born Penn and second born Senator.
Joel 8080
Quote from: joel8080 on April 23, 2014, 01:53:16 PM
You name your first born Penn and second born Senator.
Joel 8080
or Senator Penn... ;) :)
Senator Penn sounds like some one thats going to serve time down the road..
Joel80880
I wouldn't be too happy if I was born Richard Squidder ;D
Quote from: Tightlines666 on April 19, 2014, 02:40:52 AM
Lol...
Don't think you can weld cast alum. Though I admit this is not my specialty. As far as the wife thing goes...can't really offer much advice there either, since I've litterally got no real world experience with either. Good luck! Might involve a bit more work then anticipated?
Cast aluminum welds fine, just make sure it's very clean. Grind to the bottom of the crack, and fill with weld.
It's cast iron that's problematic to weld. Not impossible, just takes special procedures and precautions to do properly.
:D :D :D good one eric
richard hammerhead
Quote from: wallacewt on April 30, 2014, 11:50:37 PM
richard hammerhead
how about DICK Hammerhead... ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D exactly
Several months ago I was selling the threaded inserts that replace the factory inserts on the top of the Newell 300 series that eliminate the crossbar on the J models.
A lady bought a set and her name was Mary Trout and she lived on Bonita Ave. For real and no joke.
Right next to Pompano Park and the Bull Red Reservation! The Amberjack Gym across the street and the Red Snapper Retirement Center on the Corner! ;D
There are 21 Mary Trout names listed in LinkedIn and a lot of Bonita Avenues in the state of CA.
I'm just joshing you Dwight! ;D
Why aren't you fishing? Mother Nature is making us stay home today so I get to play in the garage with my Newell toys.
yeah, weather has us pinned down here too today... should be fishing.. :-\
Because I'm working. 16 Hour shifts don't leave time for much else.
I found out my Aflac Agent's name is Thomas Fishback!
You are a reel head when you have so many upgrades that I had to create and excel spreadsheet to keep up with them all. ???
You're a Reel head when you buy a 9/0 beautiful new frame and you don't own a 9/0 Reel.
;D ;D ;D ;D x5 :o
Quote from: anglingarchitect on May 14, 2014, 08:41:21 PM
You're a Reel head when you buy a 9/0 beautiful new frame and you don't own a 9/0 Reel.
Lol, I've got 2 frames and only one reel
There is still a few left if you want to jump on this Bandwagon! ;D
Hey Shark Hunter,
Thats a nice looking cat you got there. I miss mine. :'( He went galivanting and never came home. Its been two months now. He looks just like yours.
I hope he finally comes home Franky when he is done Carousing! ;)
You test your new Sebile poppers & stick baits in the bath. As this is a family forum I will refrain from posting any pictures. ;D
Rgds
Mark
be careful!!! the possibility of injury is bad enough, but having to explain what happened in the ER could be even more painful
No worries, piercings are all the rage now.
Quote from: MFB on May 16, 2014, 05:57:41 AM
You test your new Sebile poppers & stick baits in the bath. As this is a family forum I will refrain from posting any pictures. ;D
Rgds
Mark
On that subject Mark, allow me to share a video of a friend here..and our first attempt at an ad for our local shop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC9XRNmE-AY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC9XRNmE-AY)
Everyone, meet The Donno. Cheers
Now that was funny Erik! :D
I think I'm going to need a bigger bath. ;D
Rgds
Mark
I love it. Good job Erik. It's funny and seems that it would be effective. Dominick
When you buy a new combo and dream about using it that night... Did just that last night for the first time ever.
Quote from: Norcal Pescador on March 09, 2012, 01:35:46 AM
Quote from: Keta on March 08, 2012, 02:33:23 PM
Purchasing a reel just to tear it apart and see how it's put together.
Or buying a reel just because you're going through withdrawals cuz you haven't serviced a reel in a while. ;D
I'm guilty. Thanks Ebay.
When you tell your wife that a restaurant has a $20.00 a plate special and she says "you'd rather buy a lure." ;D ;D Maybe that's when you know you are a fishaholic. Related conditions I'm told.
Ron
Quote from: noyb72 on July 05, 2014, 09:32:19 PM
When you tell your wife that a restaurant has a $20.00 a plate special and she says "you'd rather buy a lure." ;D ;D Maybe that's when you know you are a fishaholic. Related conditions I'm told.
Ron
;D ;D
When I get the bill from taking the family out to dinner, the first thing that comes to mind is...boy, the reels I could have had with this :(
Quote from: Alto Mare on July 05, 2014, 11:22:36 PM
When I get the bill from taking the family out to dinner, the first thing that comes to mind is...boy, the reels I could have had with this. :(
EXACTLY... I got my hair colored the other day, and I couldn't help thinking, "This costs as much as a new Seeker!" >:(
~
A~
my wife had mention once that she needed to go see farah, her hair dresser, because she needed a cut and a color. christina, my younger daughter walked over, reached up with both hands, tipped my wife's head down and said "yup!" i almost snorted coffee out of my nose and had to leave the room before i wound up in the dog house!
i caught up with christina later and "christina, that was funny as hell! don't ever do that again......". ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Newell Nut on May 04, 2014, 03:21:51 PM
You are a reel head when you have so many upgrades that I had to create and excel spreadsheet to keep up with them all. ???
I did that also! I forget what's in some of them and also put dates when parts were installed.
It won't help, because we keep moving along. I stopped messing with mine, I'll put them back together when we're done with upgrades. I'm wondering if we're ever going to hit a dead end :-\.
By the way, I just tested a jigmaster with a Derlin washer under the gear and one on top of the drag stack, right below a keyed washer.
That reel reeled in 20lbs smooth as silk, by turning the handle.
I have a spreadsheet, recept books, emails, texts, posts, many random pages in notebooks, and even a few tagged reels to try to keep it all straight....and I consider myself to be pretty organized. Someday I'll get my spreadsheet up to date with everything.
I like the idea there of islolating the main gear/drag stack with those slippery Delron washers. Not surprised to hear the reel is smoother and is not experiencing any handle binding issues at higher settings. I can't wait to strat experimenting myself.
Saw this today and thought the sentiment was spot on ;) ;D
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Wow, what a RIDE ! 8)
I had one of those in 1963. It was my first car. It was Canary Yellow to match the boat.
Old Chevy's are like Senators. They Last Forever! ;)
Quote from: bluefish69 on July 18, 2014, 08:41:06 PM
I had one of those in 1963. It was my first car. It was Canary Yellow to match the boat.
Did you pull the boat with yours? I wouldn't be surprised if you did..
I did, with my 72 Impala and you couldn't even tell it was back there! ;D
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my parents had a 72 impala with a blue interior. it was a great cruiser!
Quote from: Alto Mare on July 18, 2014, 10:05:53 PM
Quote from: bluefish69 on July 18, 2014, 08:41:06 PM
I had one of those in 1963. It was my first car. It was Canary Yellow to match the boat.
Did you pull the boat with yours? I wouldn't be surprised if you did..
Sal
The boat was too large to be towed by that car. The boat was 29' Jersey Skiff & she needed 3'-3 1/2' of water to float her.
That most have been some boat Mike...any photos?
The good old days, when we made very little money and still able to buy toys, while the wife stayed home.
Not 1 picture. We fished 12 months & No Heat, just put your hands in your pockets. We had full Electronics for the time - Ship-Shore, CB, Direction Finder & a Paper Graph Depth Recorder. We were going to get the Loran A soon when Dad Passed.
You know you are a reel head. When you get nervous when you get down to your last couple of grams of "Cals Grease". Or You are cleaning out the Shed (to repair reels in) and find a pair of broken scissors and start picturing Anti reverse dogs. It is confirmed when you return with some verniers to Measure the thickness. (damn to thin) :) ;) :D ;D
..you fantasize that the next reel has a problem you have never seen before!
You constantly have at least two reels on the Kitchen Table that need servicing. I consider it the Centerpiece! ;) And Handles and drag washers, and whatever else I just got in the mail. This is mild, I usually have more than half of the table taken up at any given time! ::) It usually is only clear if Company is coming over.
I married a good woman! ;D
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I married a good woman! ;D
You certainly did; and patient, too. ;)
Is that a Penn 950SS in lower right?
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A~
Yes, I'm starting on that collection too. ::)
you buy a reel you don't need in a state that offends your eye just to see if it can be made better ;D
Your Driveway is littered with center punches from drag washers that you and your son had a blast throwing at each other as you made them! ;D
You have bearing sheilds all over the floor
You 'volunteer' to wash dishes to get the reel grease out from under your nails!
Good one! ;D ;D ....works every time
You no longer have a 'dining room'... It is now overrun with fishing reels and associated parts.
Like this John ?? :o :o
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That's exactly what I'm talking about :)
Looks like it's starting to migrate outta the dining room proper.
Nice Shot Erik! ;D
I stepped in the cats litterbox :'(
Quote from: erikpowell on August 16, 2014, 04:49:09 AM
I stepped in the cats litterbox :'(
;D ;D Not yet, there are still a few chairs free and heaps of floor space, although you could do with another table - that one is full!!
I might not get the reference to the litterbox, but the dining table decorations are great!
No really.. I was stepping backwards to get the whole table in the picture..and poof, splat, expletives deleted.. stepped right into
my cats litterbox..nasty
My mistake - I thought "stepped in the cat's litterbox" must have been a Fijian expression for 'stuff' everywhere!! ;D
cats stuff is the worst Peeeeeuuwww
Quote from: mhc on August 19, 2014, 07:58:49 AM
My mistake - I thought "stepped in the cat's litterbox" must have been a Fijian expression for 'stuff' everywhere!! ;D
Mhc, you never know until you ask, but sometimes you are lied to. In this case it was literally a litter box. Now here's the real story about lying. Whenever Erik would meet a Fijian they would say "Bula." When Erik asked what that meant they told him it was a happy greeting like aloha in Hawaii. Hey Erik they lied to you. All those years they have been calling you an (expletive deleted). :D :D Dominick
Quoteyou never know until you ask, but sometimes you are lied to. In this case it was literally a litter box. Now here's the real story about lying. Whenever Erik would meet a Fijian they would say "Bula." When Erik asked what that meant they told him it was a happy greeting like aloha in Hawaii. Hey Erik they lied to you. All those years they have been calling you an (expletive deleted).
Its great we have guys like you around Dominick
Just so full of BULA
Bula vanaka Jon
Bula!
I don't even have an answer for that Dom ;D ;D You guys are hysterical! ;D
Actually, there is some truth to what you said... sometimes you never know....But, it shouldn't take one long to figure out their ruse ;)
Here's one for example..."Sona i sali" ... now I've been here awhile, & jus till yesterday!, I thought it was just the name of another pretty resort down the coast from us .... mwahahaha ! ;D ;D try to look that one up
mhc, ;D good one..Vinaka... "the dogs lunch" is a popular descriptive here ;D
moce mada
erik
I hate to get back on track but,
You know you are a reel head when you get goose bumps when you find a reel posted on eBay as 'for parts or restoration'.
You start getting requests from members to "Hot Rod" their Senators. ;)
You join this site and live in New Jersey, wake up at 6:30 AM EST and log on waiting for the West Coast guy to wake up and post something new and interesting so you can learn MORE !!!
You spend 5 hrs getting things tuned just right, to go fishing in a drawn down lake, with four rods and reels, to fish for planter trout, that you don't catch, and walk out feeling good because all the reels worked to perfection.
Hey Captain,
I just always figured we could never get ahead of you East Coast guys -- since you get up 3 hours earlier than us every day!
😀😀😀
Best,
Fred
My wife grabbed my phone right out of my hands today, she started searching through the photos, It was obvious she was ticked off, I asked her what she was doing? She said I heard you talking to one of your friends earlier! And I just want to see what the "pretty little thing from tiburon" looks like! So I showed her
And I have only been on AT for a week? THIS PLACE SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN MSDS, a warning sign or flashing light anything to warn the poor and unsuspecting, there usually no fun anyway!
It bought my wife a fishing boat for our 35th anniversary.
it was a surprise! Oddly she never uses it?
We're together 41 yrs now and I love her boat!
That's Good Stuff David! :D
Reminds me of the State Farm Commercial.
Who are you talking to?
Its Jake from State Farm.
What are you wearing? Jake from State Farm?
Khakis
Well, She sounds Hideous! :o
That's because she's a Guy. ::)
The Pretty little thing from Tiburon is the same. Just Hideous! :D
Life is Good Here! Stay Thirsty My Friends! ;)
There is more to sound Hideous to the ones not in the know. :P
You clean off the kitchen table for the Holidays, and in less than a week, it looks like this. ;D
Fresh off the truck! ;)
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David, great story. The disease is progressing nicely I see ::)
Daron...diawa's :o :o your gonna need an addition on the house soon!
I started out young on Daiwa spinners Bob. The only two conventionals I have are the 600 and the 900H.
They are worthy. ;)
You're glad you live on the East Coast so you can post a couple of questions at bedtime on AT knowing the West Coast gurus will have your answers when you get up the next morning.
Just the opposite in my case -- I count on the pearls of wisdom from the East Coast guys every morning.
Got up at 4:30 this morning -- had coffee -- drank some water -- went for a two-mile 30 minute walk with Sue -- warmer this morning, 40 degrees -- back home at 6:00 -- still dark -- just starting to get light now at 6:30 -- checked the stealth night cam for visitors -- popped the SD card in my iPad -- couple of foxes -- Sue feeds them dog food every night, and they now have names...one is Eat, the other is Run -- now I check the AT site for smart comments from the East Coast as I have my second cup of coffee.
Of course, with the World Wide reach of Alan's site -- there are 24 time zones -- always something going on.
Best,
Fred
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Eat & Run... brilliant! :D
~A~
Now I know I have a problem when I'm doing the same things that Fred is doing every morning...WOW ;D
Do you think this might work when the UPS driver shows up with another box?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxIsvd80ClA
Does anyone here remember seeing these during your service? Way before my time...
No; but I like the ending....gets your attention. ;D
I guess this makes me a Reel-Head: Total time logged in: 13 days, 1 hours and 13 minutes.
Quote from: Panama on March 16, 2012, 07:23:25 PM
....You just got a new reel and you stop at a traffic signal/stop sign to open the box and play with the free spool and in turn hold up traffic
I can really picture myself doing this one! lol
You're a Reel Head when you spend your lunch hour running across town to pick up a reel you just bought, and racing back to make it back in under an hour...
You know you're a Reel-Head when......you buy a duplicate used reel (a model of which you already own) to go through and repair as a backup because your thinking about taking #1 down for repairs. You don't want to be without a working reel for that one specific
task. And another is never a bad thing! ;D -g
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