Hi everybody,
This is my first post and I hope to learn a lot here.
Cheers!
aloha and welcome piskada
welcome! you just had a big earthquake!!!!!!! i saw a report that it was 6.1. i hope everyone is ok.
Welcome Piskada!
Thanks guys!
We indeed got many earthquakes, strong ones, the last 2 weeks. Strongest was 8.6 at north Sumatera and yesterday was in Papua. Thanks for your concern, Alan.
Welcome from New Zealand Piskada.
Big fan of Indo meself - particulalrly the Mentawais.
All the best, Justin
Welcome from another noob.
We get a lot of earthquakes here also, but I think less than you do.
Hope to get to Indo for a surf and fish some day.
Thanks for the nice words, guys, appreciate it!
Hey Piskada, what's the reel in your avatar pic?
That's the good old Fin Nor Tycoon 7.5. Filled it many years ago with 100# braided line, but never got the heart to use it, too beautiful to me.
Welcome from Souther California,
I pray for all of you for your safety with those earthquakes and that you and your families are well.
Peace and Blessings,
Leo
Thanks Leo, much appreciated
Welcome.
Bill
Hi
welcome to the community! ;D
Piskada: Welcome to the site. You'll be sorry though. I checked above and I have, 16 days, 7 hours and 44 minutes logged in on this site. :o I gotta get a life. :-\ This mechanical stuff is addicting. Dominick
Welcome!
QuoteThat's the good old Fin Nor Tycoon 7.5...
Love to see a few more pics at some stage, if you're inclined - looks like a cracker bit of gear. ;)
Cheers, Justin
Quote from: Pescachaser on April 26, 2012, 05:14:47 PM
Piskada: Welcome to the site. You'll be sorry though. I checked above and I have, 16 days, 7 hours and 44 minutes logged in on this site. :o I gotta get a life. :-\ This mechanical stuff is addicting. Dominick
Hahaha you're right, Dominick, no shot invented against it, yet!
Thanks Alto Mare!
I'll look for a picture of the reel, Redsetta, and post it here.
Here's a few pictures of the Tycoon 7.5.
Nice - cheers mate!
To shift gears you have to push the safety tab and pull out the handle, at some point there is a detent, then you turn the handle to another opening and push it in. That takes some getting used to, but once mastered you can shift pretty quick. The Tycoon 9.0, if not mistaken, has even 3 speeds, shifting is the same way.
Another thing that's unique is the drag lever and adjustment. Turning the little knob increases or decreases the drag and to activate is like operating a miniature lever drag, but with a very wide range.
It is built like a tank and the finishing is superb, I think this series of Tycoon reels has broken lots of world records.
I do change the handle bar, it is not the original, as you can see in the picture. The original is a small old fashioned t-bar, not nice to hold and use, although I've never used the reel ;D
Great info - cheers Piskada.
I recently customised a decades-old Daiwa Ventura with a similar pre-load adjustment, here: http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=3463.0 (http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=3463.0)
Catch ya, Justin
I don't see where you step on the clutch. ??? Dominick
Hahaha no need to step on the clutch......semi automatic ;)