Reel Repair by Alan Tani

 These beauties came into the shop for some line. Tiagra 50 W's.

Great little reels.
Those look to be a little more special.  (I.e. Why are they silver w/blue spools?)

 Owners choice. He had 4 others, 2 80's and 2 30's done the same. Done by this place http://www.reelcolors.com/index.html

I handled one once.  They are one smooth reels.  The blue spools look terrific but not with the green line (or does the blue make the yellow line look green?). Am I color blind?    Dominick

Quote from: the_reel_doc on February 11, 2015, 05:50:21 PM
Owners choice. He had 4 others, 2 80's and 2 30's done the same. Done by this place http://www.reelcolors.com/index.html

Sweet!

I've got the gold(standard) 30WLRS. Now that Bryan has serviced it I believe he changed the drag curve on it. So I might be wrong, but with a different drag curve is it still a long range special. I thought the LRS designation was because of the drag curve? Anyway these are nice reels. I hate to admit it but when we go out tuna fishing it's the first reel I chunk with. I have great confidence in these reels to put meat in the box! After a fish or two I switch to my penn 6/0 or 4/0 tanked.

Quote from: Dominick on February 11, 2015, 05:55:57 PM
I handled one once.  They are one smooth reels.  The blue spools look terrific but not with the green line (or does the blue make the yellow line look green?). Am I color blind?    Dominick

   I didn't think it looked good either but I guess he wanted the high viz yellow. Blue and yellow make green so..........

Tom did an awesome job as usual.  By the way, what shop do you work at?

I like the high vis mainline when trolling.  

Quote from: Bryan Young on February 11, 2015, 06:14:37 PM
Tom did an awesome job as usual.  By the way, what shop do you work at?

    I do reel repair for J & M Tackle in Orange Beach Alabama. Use to work there but got so busy with the reels I couldn't do both and keep up so I opted to just work on the reels. I go once a week and pick them up and bring them home to work on them.

Quote from: the_reel_doc on February 12, 2015, 12:48:46 AM

Quote from: Bryan Young on February 11, 2015, 06:14:37 PM
Tom did an awesome job as usual.  By the way, what shop do you work at?

    I do reel repair for J & M Tackle in Orange Beach Alabama. Use to work there but got so busy with the reels I couldn't do both and keep up so I opted to just work on the reels. I go once a week and pick them up and bring them home to work on them.

I have heard good things about the work they/you do.
Your reputation proceeds you

So if you are in the area, meet up with reel doc.

Quote from: BMITCH on February 11, 2015, 06:09:04 PM
I've got the gold(standard) 30WLRS. Now that Bryan has serviced it I believe he changed the drag curve on it. So I might be wrong, but with a different drag curve is it still a long range special. I thought the LRS designation was because of the drag curve? Anyway these are nice reels. I hate to admit it but when we go out tuna fishing it's the first reel I chunk with. I have great confidence in these reels to put meat in the box! After a fish or two I switch to my penn 6/0 or 4/0 tanked.

Bob, your cam is the same so the sweep of the lever will increase the drag similarly except I reconfigured the bellevilles so your soft initial is not as soft, and should be ramp up a little quicker.  If you don't like it I can put it back to stock.

Quote from: the_reel_doc on February 12, 2015, 12:48:46 AM

Quote from: Bryan Young on February 11, 2015, 06:14:37 PM
Tom did an awesome job as usual.  By the way, what shop do you work at?

    I do reel repair for J & M Tackle in Orange Beach Alabama. Use to work there but got so busy with the reels I couldn't do both and keep up so I opted to just work on the reels. I go once a week and pick them up and bring them home to work on them.

we have a section on member's businesses.  if you have time, post up some info on your shop, your contact info and some photos!

Larry is a great Guy! He has helped me out quite a bit here.