Reel Repair by Alan Tani

6x19x6 QT. Its a cheap easy upgrade,I ordered the 3 bearings to make it worthwhile for the shipping costs.

Mine have same head as 110 and 220 ,chrome when worn out have brass color ,what is size of bearing you use on 265 , Good to hear that

I just installed the fast eddy ceramic bearing in this 265, it is really smooth ($4.99)! I Also installed one in a 220($5.99),not affiliated with FE at all,just impressed by their performance.Both reels were great before, but it made a notable difference.Also,they had a regular bearing for the Penn 712,best $1.25 ever Spent.

Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on Today at 02:56:39 PMTo her credit and my annoyance my wife is an extremely frugal person who almost never spends a penny on herself, and when she does she feels bad about it and sometimes needs to be reassured that it's ok to be happy about a purchase.

Your wife and my wife are cut from the same mold. Copper wire was invented when she and her brother and father were fighting over a penny.

Steve

The second 265 I acquired came with smaller head brass cover screws,
Unlike my 1st 265 has more of a pan head chrome screw.Just curious if
This might be an older reel or a previous owner's replacement?

Quote from: akfish on Today at 05:57:32 PMHmm. Doesn't this mean that the sardine can't really swim? That has to affect the effectiveness doesn't it? A dropper rig with the bait on a foot or two of leader would look more natural I would think...

The great thing about this rig is you can drop it fast and get it to the zone before the fish are gone and it can't tangle.

It does limit the baits ability to swim a lot but it does still move around a lot.

Hmm. Doesn't this mean that the sardine can't really swim? That has to affect the effectiveness doesn't it? A dropper rig with the bait on a foot or two of leader would look more natural I would think...

The trend the last few trips has been shorter/smaller jigs like sk, WJC hd, eddie bombs, heavy snipers and tungsten jigs.

The hot jigs right now are tungsten jigs because they are way heavier than lead and come in smaller sizes. Most TG jigs are shipping out of Japan right now so they wouldn't get here in time for your trip.

I highly suggest if you see any in any local store that you pick up 4-6 in the 150-180g size.

I made this one,it's hung up in my shop

To her credit and my annoyance my wife is an extremely frugal person who almost never spends a penny on herself, and when she does she feels bad about it and sometimes needs to be reassured that it's ok to be happy about a purchase.

Alan's steel handle blade arrived today. I'm happy about that purchase.