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BirdDog, that Shimano oil you have will do just fine. I use the Daiwa oil only for the spool bearings. I use Zebco oil for all the other bearings. I bought a bearing greaser, and used grease in all the frame bearings once. When it came time to do a complete tear down and service, it took forever to get the old grease out of the bearings, so I went back to oil for the frame bearings, using the heavier Zebco oil. I do a complete tear down, clean and relube once each year, during the time when the water is hard. The spool bearings in all of my reels get cleaned and relubed several times a year. In a typical year, I fish from April until November. I remove, clean relube the spool bearings every four to six weeks. Depends on the usage. I do the levelwind parts at the same time. The lighter the oil you use, the more often you will need to give the spool bearings a little TLC.

The only thing you're "supposed" to do with any bait is fish it in the water.

Here's a little more info; viscosity for some of the more common oils used in reels. Numbers are in Cp (centipoise). the higher the number, the more viscous the lube. Water is 1 for reference. Zebco Needle Oiler 206 Abu Silicoat 176 Red Rocket Fuel 93 Daiwa Needle Oiler 84 Reel-X 74 Shimano Std 60 Yellow RF 59 3-In-1 Oil 40 Reel Butter 28 Quantum Hot Sauce 25 Daiwa red lube 18 WD 40 6 Tournament Rocket Fuel 4 Friction Zero 4 Rem Oil 3 I use the Daiwa red lube. I have several of those tiny bottles of Daiwa oil, and will use that until I run out. Also have some Reel Butter oil, and I like it too. Keep in mind that the lighter the oil, the more often you'll have to service the spool bearings.

I got two pasks last year to try out, and did well enough with them to buy several more for this year. I fished them t-rigged with a pegged weight, with an internal jighead, and with a t-rigged hook and internal tube weight. the last was the best producer for some reason. A versatile bait. Godd for slow deadsticking, and good ,with a bit more weight, for a faster bottom hopping retrieve.

Rooster, you are now on the right path. Use a brush to apply grease to the gears. If you see any grease when finished, you've used too much. The gears should simply be shinier than they were when cleaned and ungreased. I use a soft, kid's toothbrush. These last a lot longer than the artists brushes I used to use. By the way Mr Franchot, I've found the perfect grease. Got a small 0.5oz sample. I'll have it in all of my reels this year. I'll let you know how it works out. If it does work as the rep stated, I'll give you the contact, or order some for you. I will not buy it for you. It costs about $80 for a 2oz tube.

jenga, good to you show up here occasionally. I would not recommend a snap-swivel for anything. The knot will always be the weak link in your rig, and should be re-tied often. Using a snap encourages one to be a bit lazy about having a fresh knot. The best knot is the one you tie best. Any knot will work just fine, if you tie it well, lubricate it well before cinching it down, and (the key for knots in flouro) cinch it up tight slowly. Flouro is more "grabby", and is much more prone to weakening from friction generated heat. I did a little testing a couple of years ago, and discovered that the best knots for me were the palomar, uni knot and SD jam knot. I can't tie a clinch or improved clinch knot that tests out at any better than 50%. Same for the trilene and no-name knots. I stick with the uni knot for line-to-line connections and for snelling hooks. SD jam knot for all treble hook baits, and palomar for everything else. Doesn't matter what line I'm using. The knot is chosen by the application, not the line.

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Sable? Now there's something I don't see very often, out here in the middle of BFE. I miss it. Used to have it for breakfast a couple of times a week, back when I lived in civilization.

If you're wanting to buy some, *** has "em.

Is he still your buddy?? Ya know, depending on how many people were around, and how nice that rod was, I might have kept it and threw him in the lake instead. ;D Rooster, you're wrong, twice. This is the funniest thing in this thread. ;D ;D ;D

I use Daiwa Millionaires, CV-X 103A. 5.8:1, 24 IPT one on my deep crank rod one on my smaller crank rod one on my jerkbait / spinnerbait rod 10lb test green Sufix Elite line on all of them I love these little round reels, particularly after all the mods and tuning I've done, but I won't hijack your thread detailing all that. I love everything except the IPT, that is. I know I'll be the odd man out here, but 24 IPT is just too slow. If I could find some 6.3:1 gears that would fit, I'd have "em in there right now. re, the Calcutta; I found a 50 on sale cheap about three years ago, and snatched it up, thinking it would be a great crankbait reel. I used it for all of five minutes, put it away, and sold it at the first opportunity. 16 IPT is waaaaaay toooooo sloooooooow. For me anyway.

One of the baits I always have with me. Fish it T-rigged weightless, with at least a 5/0 EWG hook, or a superline hook, to work shallow areas. Add some weight, pegged for deeper water. And for the wildest action you've ever seen from a soft plastic bait; keep the torn up baits from the t-rigs. Bite off the torn up part, and rig what's left on a Shake2 jighead. As long as what's left still has the tail, it will work, even if it's only 3" long. Crazy action on the drop. Fish this any place you'd fish a jig or ti-rigged bait.

Catt, after seeing that picture all I can say is, I don't have any gear that would pull a bass out of there with any kind of consistency. Except my muskie rods. Looks like a real challenge.

Aw, you southern guys ain't seen nothin. Just try punchin a jig through 12-14" of ice. Takes a 22lb jig, tossed straight up in the air, at least 200 feet, to get any penentration.

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T-rigged, or on an Evo Shake2 jighead. Both work. Sometimes one is better than the other.

the right "dog" for a fishin trip is Vienna.

I'm takin the Fifth on this one.

I'll be the large guy with the Bass Resource short and white hair.

John, finally saw what you described. It was in the one reel I dunked in the water last year. This happened in October. I took the reel off the rod and left it in my reel case for a cleaning, and forgot about it until this past weekend. As soon as I took it out of the case I remembered that it had been submerged for a couple of minutes, and gave myself a quick mental kick in the *** for forgetting all about it. The main gear and pinion gear both had the goo in the depths of the teeth. What's strange is, the reel felt just fine with the black goo in the gear teeth. Just as smooth cranking before cleaning and re-lubing as after. I had serviced the reel right before that trip, so it had about two hours of use on a fresh service when it went in the drink. Everything seems fine with the reel, a Flooger Summit that I've had for three years. I've finished with all 18 of my baitcasters now, and this is the only one with the goo. Haven't been into the spinning or fly reels yet. None of the spinning reels have been dunked. And, I didn't even get the fly rods out of the garage last year. Just though I'd let you know that; 1. you're not seeing things, and 2. I'm not blind. ;D ;D ;D Cheers, GK

The other night a lady was invited to a night out with the "girls". She told my husband that she would be home by midnight, "I promise!" Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily. Around 3am, a bit loaded, she headed home. Just as she got to the door, the cuckoo clock in the hallway started up and cuckooed 3 times. Quickly, realizing her husband would probably wake up, she cuckooed another 9 times. She was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick witted solution, in order to escape a possible conflict with him. (Even when totally smashed... 3 cuckoos plus 9 cuckoos totals 12 cuckoos=MIDNIGHT!) The next morning her husband asked me what time she got in, she told him midnight. He didn't seem ticked off in the least. "Whew, I got away with that one" she said. Then he said "We need a new cuckoo clock." When she asked him why, he said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then said "oh crap the clock", cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another three times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the coffee table & farted."

There is a screw that runs from the handle side to the brake side. You can see it at the top of the reel. Loosen this completely before trying to rotate the side cover.

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