Abu Garcia Reels lets post some pictures

PacRat · August 23, 2020, 05:25:49 PM

Great reel you got there. Where do the steel gears come from?

mo65 · August 23, 2020, 05:47:23 PM

Quote from: PacRat on August 23, 2020, 05:25:49 PM
Great reel you got there. Where do the steel gears come from?

Thanks Mike. The gear set came from Akios, but it looks like they are currently sold out. Absolutely silky smooth ss gears...for 40 bucks. Why did I not buy a few more sets?? $:-\$

https://akios-superstore.co.uk/epages/eshop1251544.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/eshop1251544/Products/%22Stainless%20Steel%20Gears%22

basto · August 23, 2020, 08:44:22 PM

Beautiful reel Mo. I bought a 7000 in early eighties. Another reel I regret selling.
Greg

jon_elc · August 23, 2020, 10:40:04 PM

Quote from: Swami805 on August 23, 2020, 12:22:22 PM
I have a few 5500c and a 4500c that I beat up pretty good, take a licking and keep on ticking. There's some handles on Ebay for cheap that are a big improvement. The downside of that model is only 2 drag washers, still plenty good for 20lb and under.

good to know! all of my fish are definitely under 20lb. probably more like under 2lb

tincanary · September 07, 2020, 12:13:50 PM

I love the 4000 size, did up this 4500 not long ago. Me and a friend were fishing a couple of weeks back and I handed him my rig. I ended up going home without it as he bought it from me lol

mo65 · September 07, 2020, 12:21:21 PM

Sweet reel tincanary!

tincanary · September 07, 2020, 02:08:48 PM

Quote from: mo65 on September 07, 2020, 12:21:21 PM
Sweet reel tincanary!

Thanks! The level wind and spool came from a new production 4600 C3 I got at Gander Mountain during their going out of business sale last year, paid something like $40 for it. Side plates, gears, brake plate, star wheel, and handle came from a donor 5000 I took in on trade, and the frame was from a 4500CS I had lying around. I did change out the clutch washer and brake blocks for the Bakelite parts and accommodating clutch washer. She moves out.

My next one will have blue side plates, I scored a pair from a 6500 CT Sport Mag on eBay really cheap about a year back so it will have the Magtrax braking system instead of the centrifugal unit.

steelfish · September 08, 2020, 04:40:01 PM

Quote from: mo65 on August 23, 2020, 01:42:36 PM
Those good ol' 5500Cs are great reels stock, but with some hot rodding they become a beast. This one has all steel gears, CF drags, and the aluminum frame. If Akios made a frame to fit the 7000, we'd have a complete monster of an Abu!

awesome !! beautiful machine Mo, congrats compadre

0119 · September 11, 2020, 01:15:39 PM

Quote from: tincanary on September 07, 2020, 12:13:50 PM
I love the 4000 size, did up this 4500 not long ago. Me and a friend were fishing a couple of weeks back and I handed him my rig. I ended up going home without it as he bought it from me lol

Wow that's beautiful. Nothing like Abu red. The Record style thumb rest really gives it a custom look.

tincanary · September 12, 2020, 01:34:13 PM

Another 4500 I did. I really like the way this one came out.

tincanary · September 12, 2020, 01:41:09 PM

5500 C3 I set up for fishing Kings in the Great Lakes tribs. This one has a stainless main gear and hardened bronze pinion from The Rocket Reel Company. I'll have this guy with me next weekend on the Betsie River.

Swami805 · September 13, 2020, 03:15:49 AM

With inspiration from Moe's green 5500 I took the plunge to build a 5000 based Akios. Parts were here in a week, top grade stuff. I changed the frame, spool,drag star, handle, bearing cap and retainer with a black 5000. Added 3+1 CF drag washers and ceramic bearings otherwise it's stock inside. Everything went together with no modification needed.
Super light and smooth reel, can't wait to give it a try, should cast like a bullet

mo65 · September 13, 2020, 08:15:37 AM

Fantastic Sheridan! You'll love that reel, and yes, it will cast like a bullet.

oc1 · September 13, 2020, 09:25:46 AM

You guys are killing me with those Akios' frames. Their web site says to pick either a 5500 or 6500 size Akios frame. I have ABU 5000, 5000c, 6000CA but not 5500 or 6500.

Sheridan, did you put the guts of a stock ABU 5000 onto the Akios 5500 frame with Akios 5500 spool? Would the guts from a 6000CA fit their 6500 Akios frame?

Man, the bits and pieces add up fast, don't they?
-steve

Swami805 · September 13, 2020, 12:01:12 PM

Yes, a bone stock 5000, fit perfect. The only thing was I had to use the plastic gear to hold the bearing in the spool on the tail plate side and I had to shave the small ridges off so it would fit in the bearing opening. Maybe I got lucky but it went right together really easy.
I have a 5500C so I was ready to use that if the 5000 didn't work. I like the gear in the 5000 with 4 drag washers better and the black side plates look pretty sharp