Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Size does not matter  . 

My daughter shamed her lackadaisical fisherman husband (he is a avid hunter) into buying a real fishing reel.... and the shop he got it at spooled the ABU5601 poorly.  I was visiting and I took the never used reel apart and found nothing that would keep the drag from working.  I did not have access to a line winder so I went up to their airstrip (bush planes) walked the line off, respooled it TIGHT and problem solved.


I am more concerned about preventing line from spinning on the spool and we have several methods that work but I find it interesting seeing some here trying to figure out what is causing it.   10 years ago Jerry Brown told me that I should spool at 10#, Alan's method based on the reels drag can be much higher.   I occasionally strip my reels and repack the line and have seen wavy line on the spool about 1/2 way down and assume it is caused by loose spooling.  Alan can get 2x the drag with his winder but once I started spooling tight with a winder I have not noticed it.  I have a 3 day on the Intrepid in mid May and have to put paying repair aside and get my reels serviced and repacked this week.

Man, you guys are diggin' deep into this subject.  😱

My solution is to fish only open face spinners, not use braid and not go after fish so big that they could spin the line at the bottom of a fully filled spool. 😉 😂

Hope you got it all out, but if you didn't many times your body will reject foreign matter and push it out itself, it just takes some time.

Years ago I got a piece of steel embedded deep into my finger. My Doc tried to get it out but gave up because he was afraid he would cut a ligament or tendon. He said it would probably eventually be rejected and work it's way out. Low and behold six months later I was out in the middle of nowhere fishing in South Dakota on Lake Oahe 50 miles from the nearest town and that callused over lump on my finger was kind of tender. Took a closer look at it and could see a dark spot under the skin. Dug around on it with a knife and sure enough, that 3/8" long piece of metal had worked its way to the surface. Pulled it out, put some ointment and bandaid on it and it healed up just fine. 🙂

Quote from: Keta on Today at 03:05:19 PMIs it an early (pre serial # J100001) or late model, there were some changes in the clicker.   Try the upgrade and see if it cures the problem.
https://scottsbt.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203741379-16VS-and-16VSX-Technical-Updates

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I use braid on size 10, 20, 25 spinning reels and have landed many 12 to 30 lb chinook in streams running 3 to 5 knots.

I watched a few videos which suggested the following:

tie knot and leave a tag on the arbor > wind the first many wrap REAL TIGHT over said tag > till said tag is covered, keep winding braid at reasonable tension

I use a bees kneez spool holder screwed to a plank of wood with a 10lb barbell weight I bought back when I was in college in Lincoln, NE (some how I till have it).

I am pretty sure I am up in the mind numbing 6 lbs of drag 

Is it an early (pre serial # J100001) or late model, there were some changes in the clicker.   Try the upgrade and see if it cures the problem.
https://scottsbt.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203741379-16VS-and-16VSX-Technical-Updates

Every time I get a wood splinter it feels bigger that it is can you imagine getting shot with an arrow 1" is pretty big.Under a fingernail is probably my all time favorite place to get a splinter 

Found it. It's at the carbon/glass interface. It seems like a surface defect. I bent the rod way deeper than a fish likely would while also creating a non-favorable fulcrum. Didn't snap. I'll just put a guide over that spot.

I also held the splinter up to it to make sure there's not more in my finger. That was not a "surface" splinter it went deep. I couldn't see any of the shaft of it under my skin.

I lucked out that the shard was clean/soaked in alcohol at the time it entered or I bet I'd be looking at something worse. And thankfully I was thinking clearly enough to clean my reel work tweezers in that same alcohol before I went digging.

I think what your hearing is the spring-loaded anti-reverse dogs.  The dog noise should be quieter than the actual clicker though.  Spring anti-reverse are noisier but more reliable than the ambassadeur "wing" type.