Good afternoon ladies and gents. ;D ;D
I've been secretly admiring the pro gear reels for a few years and finally decided to pull the trigger. I'm a total rookie when it comes to these reels, so opening it up will be an adventure, but from what I've seen & read about this 541 model, it has 113H gears and is basically a jigmaster magnum in disguise. I'm not expecting any surprises, mainly because it appears unused, so just routine maintenance on this one..... Any helpful pointers on this one would be appreciated.
Thanks, Ted
Very nice Ted. Nothing special. It's straight forward. You'll have no problems, I'm sure.
Come on Ted you know what you are doing. You just wanted to show off a nice buy. and it is a beauty. :D ;D Dominick
You would have to get a more rare blue one.
I have a bunch of these Ted. Mostly gold and one black. I have a couple still new in the box.
The black one has all the upgrades that you can put in them and I don't even use them anymore.
Quote from: Dominick on August 27, 2016, 11:58:53 PM
Come on Ted you know what you are doing. You just wanted to show off a nice buy. and it is a beauty. :D ;D Dominick
Knowing Ted a few years before I joined this great site, I'm going to agree with you Dominick.
Ted knows what he has and where he's going with it.
Ted, great looking reel! ;)
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 28, 2016, 12:59:05 AM
Quote from: Dominick on August 27, 2016, 11:58:53 PM
Come on Ted you know what you are doing. You just wanted to show off a nice buy. and it is a beauty. :D ;D Dominick
Knowing Ted a few years before I joined this great site, I'm going to agree with you Dominick.
Ted knows what he has and where he's going with it.
Ted, great looking reel! ;)
Sal, I am not messing around. I've never laid my hands on a pro gear until recently when I bought 2 from a guy selling his dads reels. I've heard the blue ones are dime a dozen and common ;) ;), same as silver................ and Dom says show it off, so here is the other one from same guy. ;D ;D
Ted, I've noticed you've been on a shopping spree lately, I need to see them all lined up at ones ;).
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 28, 2016, 02:58:28 AM
Ted, I've noticed you've been on a shopping spree lately, I need to see them all lined up at ones ;).
Sorry Sal, but my wide angle lens can't fit em all in when they're "lined up" down the hallway ;D ;D
Quote from: Maxed Out on August 28, 2016, 03:06:41 AM
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 28, 2016, 02:58:28 AM
Ted, I've noticed you've been on a shopping spree lately, I need to see them all lined up at ones ;).
Sorry Sal, but my wide angle lens can't fit em all in when they're "lined up" down the hallway ;D ;D
I believe you ;D. I just keep enjoying them a little at a time.
Pro Gear vault door ajar... ::)
Andy
Those two are super sweet Ted. Buy two double dog bridges, and two SS gear sleeves and you're set. Well, you will probably need the 5 stack Penn parts too. That's if you are going to fish them.
Coincidentally, I am working on one while I watch 'Batman vs Superman'. Unfortunately, I just realized Pro Gear eccentric parts (spring) are reverse of a 113h. With no parts out there, I now have a 541 pile of parts.
Quote from: Rancanfish on August 28, 2016, 03:49:46 AM
Those two are super sweet Ted. Buy two double dog bridges, and two SS gear sleeves and you're set. Well, you will probably need the 5 stack Penn parts too. That's if you are going to fish them.
Coincidentally, I am working on one while I watch 'Batman vs Superman'. Unfortunately, I just realized Pro Gear eccentric parts (spring) are reverse of a 113h. With no parts out there, I now have a 541 pile of parts.
Randy, I believe a jigmaster spring is reverse of a 113H and should work
Bless you Ted. I was a bit disappointed until I checked one of my Jigmasters.
Thanks to RiverAngler Ralph's assistance yesterday (with my boat), I was a little tired, and a little sunburned.
Sent you a PM.
Quote from: steelhead_killer on August 28, 2016, 03:20:15 AM
Pro Gear vault door ajar... ::)
Andy
Andy, you always make me laugh, and you may be right about the door ajar, soon to be "open the flood gates". ;D ;D
Ted
Very nice, Ted. I have 4 Pro Gear reels , and like them a lot. You may want to consider installing 2 small rubber O-rings on the eccentric levers, so they don't mar the frames.
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=10111.0
YES! Good point. Would be sad to see those with a chip.
I have one the previous owner knocked a heck of a chip out of. But the fish won't see it.
That looks like a different blue than I've ever seen... neat reel, Ted. ...The silver one looks to be in rough shape though, lol ;)
You have one hell of a colorful collection... they would look cool all lined up, as Sal suggested. ::)
Keep it up,
Dom
Ted here is the black one that's all goodied up with parts from here.
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Wow Keith :o :o Those are some beautiful reels. My next pro gear venture will likely be a 545, and I see you have some rare dandys. Shazzaaam :o :o
Funny you mentioned your upgraded 541, as I just finished doing same to the silver 541 I pictured earlier in this thread. I found one Alan's DD bridge/sleeve laying around and fell right in.
Ted
You know our own MarkT has been using and talking about Pro Gears for a loooong time.
If you do a google search of Pro Gear models his comments come up a lot.
I'll bet he can answer any question we can ask.