I have seen these mentioned but cannot find a website. Does one exist for these frames? Are they still being made?
no website but they still have 50 frames.
Will Fish Tackle
(530) 887-0839
11944 Masters Ct
Auburn, CA 95603
Did you have a rebuild posted already?
not on this one, but it is very similar to the tld 20/30 II.
thanks....do they have an email address that you know of? again thanks for this wonderful site!!!
no website. you have to call them. sorry. alan
Hi,
Can you still get hold of these frames for tld50 ? Anyone know a rough idea on price. If I do a google search You get Tiburon site.
Quote from: Ukfishman on December 30, 2015, 12:32:47 PM
Hi,
Can you still get hold of these frames for tld50 ? Anyone know a rough idea on price. If I do a google search You get Tiburon site.
I would call the kind folks at Willfish Tackle at the number that Alan listed. They just might have a couple laying around, you never know.
Looks like I may have to, I am in England and wondered if they have an email address yet as a good few years have past since this thread started.
They do not have a e-mail address nor website unless they have recently changed. They are still a bit "old fashioned" but super nice people. I purchased a 50 size frame from them about 5-6 years ago or so. Good product.
Quote from: conchydong on December 30, 2015, 02:12:20 PM
They do not have a e-mail address nor website unless they have recently changed. They are still a bit "old fashioned" but super nice people. I purchased a 50 size frame from them about 5-6 years ago or so. Good product.
What amount of drag do you find its good for now ? I picked this reel up discounted at a closing down sale ex display without knowing much about them. Have since read there have been many fails with 25lb of drag got me a little worried, and now think it may not have been the right buy.
25# of drag is a bit much for that reel considering the graphite composite frame and side plate. I personally would not push that reel more than 20# of drag. With the WillFish frame, it's possible to achieve 25# of drag safely, but you still have to contend with the graphite composite side plate which scares me a bit because the anti-reverse pawl is held on with a pin that is pressed into the graphite composite side plate.
Bryan, unlike the 20 and 30, the sideplates on the Willfish 50's are aluminum. The left side plate and frame are one solid piece. I only fish 80 on it but I have heard of some Long Rangers fishing up to 130.
Hi ConchyDong,
As I recall, and I'm probably wrong, but I though the right sideplate from the TLD, and therefore, is still graphite composite. My fear is with the AR Pawl pin in the graphite composite side plate breaking then the handle goes knuckle buster.
Quote from: Bryan Young on December 30, 2015, 07:22:59 PM
Hi ConchyDong,
As I recall, and I'm probably wrong, but I though the right sideplate from the TLD, and therefore, is still graphite composite. My fear is with the AR Pawl pin in the graphite composite side plate breaking then the handle goes knuckle buster.
Bryan, the 50 is the unique as they cast* an aluminum right side plate. It is the only one that has this feature.
* it could be machined, I am not sure of that
Scott
Then the upgrade would be Awesome. Thanks for the info.
Sound good, thanks for the info.
UK, The Willfish frame is great but it does add a lot of weight to the reel. I use mine mostly for high speed trolling and fighting out of the rod holder. It is a very solid frame though. Hope you have luck finding one.
10 or 12 years ago when only Internationals and Tiagras were the common heavy duty reels used in long range fishing, the conversion kits were a great idea. Then Avet, Accurate and eventually Penn and Okuma came out with topless frame heavy duty reels and put a damper in the conversions of TLDs. I really like mine but I got a great deal on my frame. If I had not, I would have sold the TLD and applied that money to a more modern reel that already has the required features built in.
I realize this is an older thread, but, news has it there is a new owner and frame production has started up again.
The new owner of Willfish tackle lives in Sacramento and is listing on BD. He is currently offering frames for 2-speed TLD20 and TLD30 reels, in four different colors. The offer of TLD50 reel frame upgrades has not been discussed yet. The shop itself, on Masters Court in Auburn, continues to be open for business.