Reel Repair by Alan Tani

General Maintenance Tips => General Questions and Trouble Shooting => Topic started by: lois on September 10, 2010, 11:23:49 PM

Title: reels...obsolete?
Post by: lois on September 10, 2010, 11:23:49 PM
http://www.vimeo.com/13073967

wait till the middle of the video.  ;D
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: broadway on September 11, 2010, 06:36:46 AM
That is UNREEL!!!  How that guy didn't get dragged in is beyond me :o  He's definitely not a rookie.  Thanks for the eye-opening video
Dom
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: wallacewt on September 11, 2010, 07:21:53 AM
what was weird,the fish hardly moved once in the boat.gaff in the head???
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: wallacewt on September 11, 2010, 07:35:29 AM
yep,had a closer look,looks like it brained him.whats that blue mat?
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: BigT on September 12, 2010, 10:28:50 PM
Oh wow, Lois :o

Talk about insane fishing...

BigT
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: Fishermans Paradise on September 12, 2010, 10:32:47 PM
this is an older video but still a classic.  makes you really wonder about our dependence on modern gear.  Enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_Rs75-5vI
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: lois on September 12, 2010, 11:19:47 PM
wow! they just slingin' them in! my friends who just dropped a pretty penny on Tiagras and Stellas are going to cry when they see this.
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: alantani on September 13, 2010, 06:21:29 AM
i think there were just more fish back then.......... :-\
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: kapnd on December 13, 2010, 02:42:21 AM
Commercial guys in the south Pacific use a similar thing they call a "dangler" that looks like a gin pole on the gunnel. They dangle a plastic squid on 1000# mono just above the surface as they chum the ahi right up to the boat, then swing it aboard immediately on the strike.  The fish is unable to get its head back in the water, so it literally swims aboard.
Not necessarily sporting, and can be devestating to the shins and ankles! 
Title: Alan You RETIRED YET ?
Post by: Wintu on December 27, 2010, 04:47:09 PM
Just checking to see if you made the step that I did 10 year's ago? :)
Title: Re: reels...obsolete?
Post by: alantani on December 27, 2010, 05:00:22 PM
nope, still working.  it would be nice, though.  i'm getting a little to old to keep up with the younger staff at the office.