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That might be a tough one to find. I'm not sure if you have the ability to melt and pour your own lead, but you could easily make a free sliding weight that could go on a swimbait hook. I dont know much about the rig, but is this something the jika rig could cover? If so, you would have many more options.

I used to reload and shoot three times per week. I wish there was more time to reload, shoot, and fish. I started out with a lee single stage that I used for close to ten years. Then I got a pretty nice turret press last year and since then I've used it only once. I'm hoping to get a lot more use out of it this year. That's awesome! You beat me to it lol. Sounds like fun. I still do the delayed harvest-artificials on occasion. I'll take my fly rod and crush trout. The year I stopped trout fishing was after catching over 30 trout on a green sucker spawn fly I tied. I haven't done steelhead in a while either. I guess this is why the state record for Pennsylvania LM is around 11 lbs...

Fishing for me has pretty much ended for the year. I have 3 more baitcasters to clean and lube, then I'm going to clean my rods and seal the cork. I don't think I'm hunting this year, but I'll probably work up some reloads and get some trigger time in. What do you all do when/if you put the rods away for the year?

I would probably not fish and just supervise and help my daughter. It's gotta be more relaxing than paddling like a maniac all over the lake and casting or pitching as many times as I possibly can in 12 hours :-)

The 20 or 30 would be fine. I have an Stx20 that balances well on my ML avid x 6'9

I took it apart again... I put one drop of oil on a cue tip and swabbed the inside of the roller bearing cage. I re-assembled and tried to get it to backreeL for 15 minutes and it wouldn't. I honestly think that it's because my garage is un-heated. I don't understand because there is absolutely no grease that could affect the the reel adversely in the cold. Could these reels really suck that bad in the cold?

Yeah, I definitely can't wait for that. It might give me a chance to slow down and relax for once.

@.ghoti. I stripped down the whole reel again. I simple greened the plastic, rinsed with hot water. Soaked the bearings in acetone for 5 minutes. Added one drop of oil per bearing did not add any oil or grease to the roller bearing I'm not if that's what it's called-there is a metal sleeve that contains a plastic cage that has 8 little compartments that stores the 8 little metal posts. It's hard to find pictures online, but here is what looks most similar to the part I'm talking about. Its backreeling worse than ever do you have any ideas?

Wow, that looks like $200 worth of soft plastics...

Cool video! I can't believe how clear that water is.

I was going to put everything but the plastic parts in acetone like the bearing and bearing sleeve. Is the plastic part considered the clutch? That part I was going to clean with simple green and rinse. Will that work?

I'm really doing it to get all of the grease off of the bearing. The reel is only a few months old and I'm thinking it was greased from the factory and whenfishing in colder temps it thickens and the ARB doesn't work. I have simple green that could do the trick as well. Figured the acetone might do a better job though. What do you think?

I have never cleaned my bearings with acetone. How long should I soak them? I would rather not take the seals off the bearings if possible. Should I blow them out with compressed air after the soak? Also, can the little rod bearings on the anti reverse in my spinning reel be soaked in acetone?

Good enough, I have a hard enough time finding them anyhow lol.

Here's what I bought. Baby not included.

It's not the married part alone that makes it difficult. It's the married + little rugrat running around part. My wife likes to fish, but if we take my daughter, one of us isn't going to be able to fish, and it's not gonna be me. I'll count my blessings though, because next year I'll get to teach the little one how to fish.

Congratulations on the retirement

So was I...

I really wish I needed one...I would pull the trigger in a heartbeat

This reel is really good for light baits: weightless baits, shakey heads, and light t-rigs. It still is good for heavier baits, but it doesn't cast them nearly as far as an STX with all brakes off.

I know a descent bit about fly fishing. I have lost interest over the last few years as I've switched over to bass. I have a 5 wt, and two 7 weights, one still needs to be built. A 7 or 8 wt would be good for bass and would be a good steelhead/ salmon rod. A 5 wt is better for trout and panfish. Okuma makes some good, affordable fly rods and reels.The SLV rod is pretty good to get you started. The SLV reel is good too for the price, but it is made of cheap metal and it will bend if dropped. The drag is OK on it as well. That would be my recommendation and would be well under 250 dollars. I would stick with a floating fly line. They are probably the most versatile, you can use them for nymphs, streamers, etc and obviously you could use them with dry flies too. Also, the floating lines usually have an indicator that will let you know if you've been bit especially in streams when you typically don't feel the bite, you just see your line stop and you set the hook. Check out this link for more on line info: http://www.troutlet.com/Choosing-Fly-Line-W19.aspx I would also recommend getting fly tippet gauge that measures the diameter of your leader/tippet material. That way you always tie on a tippet that's the same or lesser diameter than your leader. If you are going to get serious about it, I would recommend getting a vice and some fly tying material. Especially for bass. You can make them for fractions of what you will pay @ retail price.

1. Teach my daughter how to fish. She will be two next spring 2. Improve my fishing in deeper water 3. Get better at pitching a jig accurately and softly 4. Catch my PB

I went fishing last week and it was in the high 20's low 30's in the morning. I was messing around with the centrifugal pins which I usually set at "2" and forget. I noticed one pin instead of staying perfectly upright, and turning on or off, would bend and not click into place. It worked on/off throughout the day. When I took it home in the garage they worked great.... Is this something I should have addressed or is it another cold weather issue? *This reel has a warranty until mid-summer 2017

You're disqualified.