Reel Repair by Alan Tani

The older reels pull in the fish no,,,problem,,,,

Bass fishing

bushleague,
Caught from the bank

Benni you got some nice gear & fish !

A couple Tiger Trout I caught on a Mitchell 308.

P5100061 by , on Flickr

Rod info?

Quote from: jgp12000 on March 13, 2026, 12:54:09 PMRod info?

 Same rod as the other trout pic, early 2000's Fenwick Eagle. Its a medium action but for a long time it was the lightest rod I owned, as such it was my designated "trout rod".

Quote from: bushleague on March 13, 2026, 01:41:51 AMbut rainbows on a Surfmaster is next level

Yep, as a landlocked fisherman I have to be content to use my surf reels for catfish, carp, and whatever else I can catch locally while I dream about the 5-6 days each year that I am at the beach and can surf fish.

I've been taking the Surfmaster 150 out every time I go fishing, just to practice casting it a bit.

Benni, those are some nice carp you caught. I love to catch carp, as they usually put up a very good fight.

A Penn 350. Yak-trolling with 2-rigs, 2-lures/rig(big fly ahead of a lure), 4 KawaKawa (pronounced Kava-Kava) struck at once, 4-hook-ups. Lots of crazy fun. The other rig was Sailfisher so I grabbed the lighter 350 rig first. In the end 3 break-offs, 1 landed on the fly of the 350 rig. I think that's when the Sailfisher's stand got tweaked—-it never worked without spool rub after that, both those fish broke off.
The 350's drag-stack was not up to the task, I had to assist with my thumb.
Maybe take a lesson from benni; better to be overgunned than undergunned.

Landed a fresh water drum with 3' rod and DQ1001 last week while fishing for crappie ,the fish at least 5 lbs

That's a good size Kawakawa Gfish! Had a 350 on which I put a Beachmaster 155-L spool. Turned it into a decent caster, but that retrieve rate at times tested patience.

Almost 2# full of eggs,pulled  like a catfish

Langley Lurecast, 50 yards of 15lb braided mono (Gudebrod Meatmaster) and 6' of 8lb fluoro as a leader.
Casts surprisingly well down to about 1/4 oz, below that I'm not good enough to control the backlash..

That is a 1940s reel on a 1970s fiberglass rod, with a 2026 Megabass lure.. at one point was also trying a 1950s wood Creek Chub Jointed Pikie.

the reel and I worked hard for 8 hours of throwing everything I could think of, tubes slow on the bottom, jerkbaits midwater, spoons deep and slow, etc etc but no fish to show.. boo.

Also had the Shakespeare 2062 on a Wonderrod for when the wind got up and it was just too unpleasant to baitcast.

Penn 350


Penn 704Z


Airex Saltwater Mastereel


Pflueger Alpine

That's a lot of fun and successful fishing reflected in those photos, bja105! I've been intrigued by the 350 and may try one after I get done with the 180s I'm currently working on. Those are nice carp! Is that Pflueger Alpine a knuckle buster? I've been thinking of trying one of those as well, maybe a Penn 78, for some old school carp fishing.