shackman

I have both old and new Shimano reels.Shimano is all i use but that’s just me. I have 2015 aldebaran’s and Metanium 20’s on expride rods but find myself fishing with the good ol tried and true 6 pin centrifugal braking system on OG Powell max rods that I’ve fished for years. 7 ch50 mg’s and 6 curado/citica 100 D’s. I just like the footprint of those reels and just set spool tension where there is no side play, set brake pins and forget em. Also if I do have to adjust brakes, don’t have to worry about side plate falling off cause they’re hinged unlike Mets and Alde’s. Who else finds their self fishing with older tech reels more than your newer tech reels?

I use an old Powell max 682c with a CH 50mg for jerk baits and small topwater poppers

They’re good little reels, I’ve been fishing with mine about 4 years now with no problems

I Take my (7) ch50 mg’s with me every time I hit the water. I just like the VBS set em and forget em system and the way they palm vs the newer brake Technology. I guess it’s whatever you get used to. I just like em!

Did you buy that one off marketplace that had a 200B handle in it?

Chronarch 50MG/Denali attax 7 3 mh..this rod has a nice tip to it for loading and it’s a light combo

Where do you get these spacers? I have a gomexus handle for a daiwa that I want to use on a Shimano

Yes sir, way overfilled and when spooling, you need a lot of tension on the line or when you pull drag it will dig in because the line is loose.

Braid to FC/mono FC straight braid straight mono/co-poly Uni for everything for years. Never had a fail

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Nice! Looks like steel blue Berkeley big game spooled on em

All my rods that don’t have cork on em have the heat shrink tubing cause I don’t like Eva foam.

Yes the purpose of it is to keep the spool from falling out when adjusting centrifugal brakes. It’s actually in the handle side plate and the spool shaft has a groove in which it sits.

Original power pro is all I’ve ever used and never had a reason to change.

Aldebaran 50/ 6’ 10” med expride 8.2 oz

Electrical tape is the absolute worse to put on reel grips, especially if it’s on Shimano septon grips. Isopropyl alcohol might work but I doubt it

Yeah I do use it for frog primarily but when the frog bite is done, I put 20# fluorocarbon on it for big jigs and sensitivity is pretty good

Expride 7’ 3” XH is what I use for big jigs. It’s got plenty of backbone

I’ve got the A series 7’ 3” XH EX and it weighs 4.8 oz I figure the B series is around the same

Tag ends fall in the bottom of the boat and I guess eventually blow out or live in the carpet

Ok thanks. I used Flickr file share

That’s where I ordered it from for him,Was it a fully assembled side plate? Just slap it in and go? I think that price is without all the guts

Man this pic quality ain’t no good, what do y’all use to download your pics from?

Gone be Junk Fish’n at its finest