Potentially my craziest idea yet (cork power knob)

[philaroman]

Ugly gonna sue you

that's hilarious, I'm using it! the joke, not the wrap

it all goes around:  I'm stealing,

"'X' is an unkown quantity and 'SPERT' is a drip under pressure"

from Tiddlerbasher

   

[JasonGotaProblem]

nope, can't help w/ 4000 -- need more direct-drive stuff, myself
have extra 6000 handles -- thought that would be your ballpark, judging by your Penn's

Just realized I missed this one.

Yeah I've been drifting toward larger rigs lately, but I need to stop that. I don't go enough places with big fish. I do mostly inshore fishing so my next purchase should really be a salt friendly ultralight. Or maybe a house first? That's what my wife would say. Thanks though.

[philaroman]

nope, can't help w/ 4000 -- need more direct-drive stuff, myself
have extra 6000 handles -- thought that would be your ballpark, judging by your Penn's

Yeah I've been drifting toward larger rigs lately, but I need to stop that. I don't go enough places with big fish. I do mostly inshore fishing so my next purchase should really be a salt friendly ultralight. Or maybe a house first? That's what my wife would say. Thanks though.

hey, I'm plannin' a really light Dunkin'Stradic 4000/5000 for that (have plenty through-the-gear Shimano stuff):
going back to early 90's graphite white frame & rarenium 80's solid bronze bushings on main gear
can downgrade to Malaysian brass bush line-roller assembly, or have plenty spare BB's to keep swappin'
can go w/ earlier model w/ multi-point rotor AR, that's easier to flush, inspect, etc.
or, FE instant AR & have a stack of spare clutch assemblies (easy to pop a fresh one in & less reeducation to service many together)

[JasonGotaProblem]

So the one I ordered arrived yesterday. I like it, but wish it were a hair softer, which is why i wanted to go with non-burl cork. But the hardware is perfectly set up for me to re use it for a home made knob in the future if I really wanna go that route.

[Donnyboat]

Brings to mind, if you had a large cork handle, the reel may float as well, ha haa, cheers Don.

[Benni3]

That looks fantastic man,,,,,,,,

[basto]

Would look great on a rod with cork grips too.