Another long term 6/0 project

[David Hall]

Im trying to imagine the fish you might land with that beast.  The name
Tank just doesn't do it justice.
I think this reel deserves its own class name.
Super Tank?
Godzilla?
TRex?

[Shiftee]

Im trying to imagine the fish you might land with that beast.  The name
Tank just doesn't do it justice.
I think this reel deserves its own class name.
Super Tank?
Godzilla?
TRex?

I agree, tank may not be adequate...tank's roll off an assembly line. I think "Thor's Hammer" works better. Little more to say but the implication is appropriate, hand crafted, work of art and lethal.

[johndtuttle]

"We are gonna need a bigger....fish!"

[coastal_dan]

I agree with some of the others, without reading through this whole thread you can't begin to appreciate the time/effort/pure awesomeness of this build.  Thanks for bringing us on the journey.

[Jerseymic]

More like, Königstiger (Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B) the daddy of all WW11 tanks.

Absolutely superb reel, your work is amazing.

[Rothmar2]

Thanks for the kind words fellas.

I actually only took this reel out for its first full blown trip y'day.
I bought a Penn Torque rod for it, but I wasn't happy with the length of the butt, and had it modified.
Seriously thinking of putting the harness lugs in after I battled this....



While I didn't use the 6/0 for it, I think it is mechanically capable of beating a fish like this. I will be using this reel to attempt it in the future.
So there may be more posts to come.
I hope someone out there has been inspired to do similar mods to their reels.

[Tightlines667]

Nice Sword!

[bestout]

nice catch

[johndtuttle]

A few final pix







Now to get out and fish it......

What small quibble I would add (please do not take this as a criticism but something to consider) is that the radius on the outside edge of the reel is not quite in balance with the soft round edges of the frame. I wonder if you could take the radius down a little and improve the feel in the hand??

Regardless, just a tremendous job of craftmanship. *applause*...

[Rothmar2]

No offense taken, it kind of bothered me a little too the radius on the outside rings, but I guess I have just got used to the look of it. The other thing I was worried about was taking a bit too much metal off and possibly weakening the rings. I'm limited a bit with the tool-ling I can access. I just didn't really feel the need to produce a couple of specialised radiused tools just for a set of rings that at the time were probably only going to be "one offs".
IMO, so far while spooling the reel up and tuning, I really don't notice anything negative about how the reel "feels". But then again, I haven't caught a fish with it yet either, so I need to have some real time work with it to have any solid opinion on it.

[Alto Mare]

A Masterpiece!!!

[Shark Hunter]

Great Job on that Swordfish! Looking Good!

[broadway]

You should be proud of yourself, not only for creating a work of art but for showing what that "master piece" can do.
Well done and very impressive and thank you for sharing.
Dom

[jonnou]

Nice Broadbill. I am really keen to tick one of those off the list. I went out to a local mount on Wednesday(Far north New Zealand). No bites But Geoff Stone on Major Tom (world record holder for Broadbill swordfish) steamed over to ask us if we had caught any Bluenose. I replied "no we were fishing for swordfish" think he was surprised. we were on a 5.6m aluminium boat that was built in 1992. Was good to see him fishing the same grounds as I was only suspecting the area would hold one of these creatures.
well done on your catch and I think the radius on the frame is wrong not your rings.
Best Jon

[Marcq]

The wow factor 

Marc..