Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Thank you Alan. Next time I pass through i will take a look.

Hmmmmm,.....
well
Last was a BB-1NG for a tenner...
before that a Daiwa bg10 for the same...
 and before that a bps korean cast frame round reel and a pinnacle the same for 5 ea.

and slightly before that a Penn early eighties 704z, a Shakes 2071 and a 3 tray box filled with 4 pounds of various lead (bank, pyramid, egg and trolling) 3 diamond jigs (needs tubes), 2 Hopkins no-eqauls, an Atom striper swiper, a Rapala magnum 14, a Storm saltwater chug bug, 3 crippled herring, 2 Krocodile spoons, and some wire leaders, a well worn 1oz Kastmaster, and a 3oz swing hook flarehawk type jig.
...for $35

Picked up a rare DAM Quick Stationary Drum Bait Casting Reel with the "Quick-O-Mat" line counter, and a low serial number.

Every function is perfect in operation.

I will do a full restore on this.

The line counter is in yards —- so this is a North American version made in West Germany.  The European versions are in meters.

Got 4 of these now with the QOM —- including one new in the box with paperwork and one with a clear sideplate, as it is a salesman sample. Time to let others have them.

I have a lot of the Standards, as well as the S.W. 68's —- however, the ones with the line counter kit are far and few between.  One might come up for sale every few years.

Best Regards, Fred

I picked up a package of Berkley Powerbait Maxscent Moebas last evening at a local sports retailer.

It was an impulse/experimental buy as I recently saw a video of someone using them for Bass fishing.  A previous experimental buy was Berkley's Mousetail for winter pond fishing in Texas.

I'm not sure who comes up with these baits; so far the Mousetails work well for trout, so I'm going to try another crazy bait idea.   

The Berkeley mouse tail have worked quite will for me on stocked rainbow trout in the local lake. Teeny tiny hook and let them float up off the bottom about 20"