Reel Repair by Alan Tani

I was fishing from a boat in the river when a good size fish tooked me line. I was fighting the fish when it jumped and my huihuang reel drag sistema, wich isnt smooth, suddenly stoped. I Heard a bump and my one piece trolling rod trasformed onto a 2 piece rod. So the leson is verify your reels before fishing and dont buy cheap stuff!

hahaha.. You get what you pay for I guess

same thing happened to me
i bought 3 pflueger 12kg contender rods for $100
exactly what i wanted.
5lb weight,snapped like a carrot
other 2 still unwrapped.
back to the uglies.

Quote from: wallacewt on February 03, 2014, 11:42:03 PM
same thing happened to me
i bought 3 pflueger 12kg contender rods for $100
exactly what i wanted.
5lb weight,snapped like a carrot
other 2 still unwrapped.
back to the uglies.

I'd be getting my money back!

hi mudguts
closing down sale

Maybe it was a Friday rod that broke.
Try the others,nothing to lose

Quote from: LucasGeneau on January 28, 2014, 07:55:25 PM
So the leson is verify your reels before fishing and dont buy cheap stuff!

Sorry to hear about your rod Lucas.  Many of us perform a post-purchase service (to grease our drags) before we use our reels even if it's new.  Maybe you could do a tutorial on it.

I hope you get a nice rod to replace that broken one, and that you catch that good size fish.

Check if the reel is toast and if not replace the drag washers with carbonfiber ones assorted with a teflon base grease (Cal's or Shimano).
The rod is pretty much toast. You should get a solid blanked one.
From what I can see the reel is somewhat decent.