Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Welcome Mike from the SoCal Inland Empire! - john

Steve,

We are fully booked. If something changes I will let you know.

Nick

Nick,

Is there an open spot on the trip?

I have a friend who "may" be interested.

Thanks,

Steve

I do not know all the details of this story, other than it was horrible.

All I know is since it happened I started paying a lot more attention of emergency exits on any boat I spend the night on.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/captain-of-dive-boat-conception-faces-sentencing-for-the-deaths-of-34-onboard/

Wow 

Too bad quality Spectra grade line winders are so expensive.

Everything packed and ready to ship tomorrow, Steve —-

Included screw, bail spring, bail, and tape for your DQ 5001.

Best, Fred

Quote from: Gfish on May 02, 2024, 07:19:41 PMSoooo, the take-away for me is 1) don't let someone else tie the line to spool knot, nor should I trust the "shop" to wind it right, much like I don't trust mechanics and have to inspect everything they do that I can see. Use a self tightening knot, faced the right way. Maybe de-line it more than I wanna and check or re-do the knot and lower coil tightness.

Guy did my timing belt(including pulleys, hoses, radiator fluid, water pump and thermostat), but he didn't use what I expected him to with the fluid I bought. Overheating light came on a week latter. He didn't TAKE THE TIME to "burp" the cooling system, and over the next 3 days, I added about a gallon.

Difficult to tell if lug nuts are tight once the vehicle is off the lift/jack. The weight of the vehicle might put pressure on the wheels/loose nuts making them seem tight.

Guy in the 1st video complained about braid wrapping on the rod tip. One has to untwist about 100' of braid every couple of trips, especially if there's been any trolling.

I would watch him do some one else reel and watch for the details . Than you can decide is he your guy or turn and walk away.

Yer  they forget to burp the baby.  You can check the lug nuts on the ground , in fact I would see if you can loosen one a little .   Impact guns will get them stupid tight .    That spool had a extra free spool feature going on .

Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on May 02, 2024, 06:26:38 PMSo I keep circling back mentally to the recent experience at the shop. Specifically that the person who was strongly in favor of mono backing to avoid slipping, tying an arbor knot with braid that ultimately failed completely. Not slipping on the spool, the tag end slipped thru and the knot was history. Complete failure.

I've been beating around the bush here because I hate insulting anyone. The point I'm circling around is that he felt that mono was necessary to prevent slipping, because he might not be that good at tying knots in general.

Sounds like a DIY project  .  Here just in case .https://www.animatedknots.com/fishing-knots#ScrollPoint
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That is slick!!!