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Spinning Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => D.A.M. Quick => Topic started by: Paul Roberts on July 01, 2022, 07:44:19 PM

Title: Trout Decal Missing! What to do? I know!! ...
Post by: Paul Roberts on July 01, 2022, 07:44:19 PM
Picked up a DQ 440N in fine shape but missing the jumping trout decal. It's not going to be used as a trout reel and seeing that I live an easy mile from a musky and pike river, I came up with an appropriate fix.  8)
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Post by: Gfish on July 01, 2022, 07:53:28 PM
Cool!
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Post by: oldmanjoe on July 01, 2022, 10:21:19 PM
 I like that .. :d
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Post by: Brewcrafter on July 02, 2022, 02:43:27 AM
Custom!  Nice! - john
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Post by: Midway Tommy on July 02, 2022, 03:24:17 AM
Way to be innovative and creative!  8)
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Post by: Crow on July 02, 2022, 11:53:30 AM
Neat !
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Post by: Paul Roberts on July 02, 2022, 01:34:51 PM
Thanks! To be more Esocid-like, the fish should have been more horizontal But I wanted it to be reminiscent of the jumping trout. So I angled it a bit.
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Post by: happyhooker on July 02, 2022, 02:34:18 PM
Love it.

Frank
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Post by: sandbar on July 02, 2022, 09:10:38 PM
Very nice and 3D to boot!
Trend setter?
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Post by: Paul Roberts on July 02, 2022, 09:50:04 PM
Quote from: sandbar on July 02, 2022, 09:10:38 PMTrend setter?
I've actually been considering peeling the trout off of some of the others. >:D
Title: Re: Trout Decal Missing! What to do? I know!! ...
Post by: Gfish on July 02, 2022, 11:49:39 PM
What the heck. They supposedly have good populations of N. Pike in Germany where those reels came from. Don't know about the Muskie's there though.
Title: Re: Trout Decal Missing! What to do? I know!! ...
Post by: Paul Roberts on July 03, 2022, 05:25:08 PM
Quote from: Gfish on July 02, 2022, 11:49:39 PMWhat the heck. They supposedly have good populations of N. Pike in Germany where those reels came from. Don't know about the Muskie's there though.
This piece came from the UK, and its actually a pike. I did find a muskie but it was a bit too large for the reel. Muskie's are a NA species. European pike can get larger than NA pike, so possibly they can occupy both roles there.
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Post by: Milan S on July 04, 2022, 09:45:32 AM
Extra!
Super!
I like that!
Title: Re: Trout Decal Missing! What to do? I know!! ...
Post by: Gfish on July 04, 2022, 10:28:47 PM
My Minnesota relatives don't like "Pike". "Gregg, it's "Northern". Yeah, and a creek to them is a "crick". My favorite is the Rapala swim bait: they say it fast with all "short A's".
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Post by: Paul Roberts on July 05, 2022, 12:51:04 AM
In Canada they call Minnesota pike, "Southerns". :)
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Post by: TJAndrews on July 13, 2022, 01:02:32 PM
The decal fell off my 331 a few years ago. I've been thinking it would be cool to have a nice smallmouth bass to replace it - as long as it didn't hurt the fish-catching ability of the reel...
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Post by: Dominick on July 13, 2022, 07:50:26 PM
Quote from: TJAndrews on July 13, 2022, 01:02:32 PMThe decal fell off my 331 a few years ago. I've been thinking it would be cool to have a nice smallmouth bass to replace it - as long as it didn't hurt the fish-catching ability of the reel...

You'll never get a big mouth bass to bite.   ;D   Dominick
Title: Re: Trout Decal Missing! What to do? I know!! ...
Post by: Paul Roberts on July 14, 2022, 08:05:06 PM
Quote from: Dominick on July 13, 2022, 07:50:26 PM
Quote from: TJAndrews on July 13, 2022, 01:02:32 PMThe decal fell off my 331 a few years ago. I've been thinking it would be cool to have a nice smallmouth bass to replace it - as long as it didn't hurt the fish-catching ability of the reel...

You'll never get a big mouth bass to bite.   ;D   Dominick

Just put a largemouth pin on your lucky hat. That should do it. :)