conniek

thanks road warrior. depends on gas prices.. we watching the prices and changing mind almost everyday, we say no and then think"well, if prices stay at this rate, we'll go" and then dang, next day, gas price goes up again.

great ideas, the smoooothies will help for the anglers who have forgotten to release the star drag. reel mech mentioned direct drive reels, i have not seen those for many years, first one i had ever seen was a challenge for sure, i had not ever seen one like it, it was the old green abu, can't remember the number, but direct drive and anglers said they used them for catfishing. Almost as bad as first time i got a hold of a two speed- i can tell you my career in two speeds ended right there. sometimes when anglers tighten the drag down so tight and if using mono, wonder why they lost a fish, with the mono and drag really tightened down, the stretch is taken up and the fish will and can snap the line and say "good-bye". even tho anglers say that they do not want to take chance of losing one and tighten down the drag,,, the "horsing" of a huge old lunker into boat is a thrill, especially when they try to make a run for it .. Fun time for sure. I was glad i had a little bit of loosiness in mine when i landed a 9.7 pounder here on fork. We danced for a little bit. ;D

hi road warrior i've been busy as usual. wewere in nashville at tackle show this past january. Great show. I was seminar speaker and all. just like the big boys.LOL we going to michigan for some smallies in june and thinking about coming back to tx thru your neck of the woods and do some fishing. our good friend, mike whitten lives in germantown too I think. We're thinking of forcing him to take off work and take us fishing. LOL> if you would like, we'll t ry to meet up and at least have cup of coffee. drop me an e mail and i'll give you my phone info and we can visit more. good to hear from you. conniek

great information. there's some drag washers that anglers are using today called smoooothies and they will stop drag slippage for sure. you can go to their web site and order and read more about them.

george welcome is correct. always a good idea to back off the star drag so the drag washers will keep their elasticity. Leaving the drag tightened down will cause the slippage for sure.

here's a tip. grease the gears, oil the bearings.

2002 195 Charger . red, wht , black. with a 200 mercury EFI.

thanks for the compliment. actually, i've been around this joint for quite awhile and even ran a banner,however, just now re-joined. Fishing folks are always nice and fun and Glenn is a good guy too with a great site. conniek

Annglers should take good care of their reels just like they do their vehicles. A once a year complete tear down of reel for servicing will provide good performance throughout the year. Cleaning bearings as mentioned above is crucial to bearing longevity and performance. After cleaning in bottle cap of lighter fluid, let bearing dry and then put on a pencil and spin, the bearing should spin for good length of time and you should be able to hear it spin. If you don'thear it spin, go back and re-clean again until you get all the crud out of the bearing. If after cleaning and bearing does not spin freely, you will probably need a new one.A good rule of thumb is this"Grease the Gears, Oil the Bearings" Hope this helps. conniek cv