Davidhorowitzski

I just hurt myself whipping out my wallet. The dreaded "wallet burn"!

That's heart breaking! It's happened to me twice now. Same exact way. Dropped from 30".

Anyone have any fun tackle or gear finds? These three arrived today from eBay. I've always wanted a Coriolis!

This is exactly what I use most of the time along with Abu Oil for the ball bearings. I think the best idea is GO LIGHT! I've seen many people scoop the stuff and just smear it on everything inside. I just finished cleaning a nice Team Daiwa reel from about 15 years ago. Looked horrid at first but now it feels like silk.

I've had this happen before once. Turned out to be the small piece that pushes up and resets the thumb button. Just take the cover off and start reeling the handle. It'll be rather obvious what the problem is.

My new 4500 Daiwa is a tad bigger than I was expecting.

For most things I'm spoiled with 4/6lbs on a 2500. For bigger pike/striper I move up to a 4000. I just bought a Daiwa emcast plus 4500 to boot. Still the 2500 size is still good for big fish too. Two reels. On the left is a 4000 penn battle. The right is a Daiwa legalis 3500. If you hold them up side to side the Daiwa is a little bit bigger than the penn. the 3500 Daiwa fits 190meters of 12lbs the 4000 penn fits 170 yards of 12. I think the only real standard is within each company that has their own standards that arent the same as all the rest. Woman's clothing is the same. A Gap shirt that's size 6 isn't the same size as another company's size 6.

I not only can't toss anything, but I can't stop buying rods and reels from when I was young. This weekend Iv'e already bought two Daiwa baitcasters from the late 80's early 90's and it's only saturday Nice magforce ones with "gasp" 2 bearings!

Hartford county here. Pflueger's feel nice in my hand.

Figured I'd say hi and thank all the old timers and new timers for the great tips and convos! Up in canton/ Collinsville area (real fly fishing country). Been fishing since I was 4'7". I like tackle. Lots of tackle. In the last month I've picked up 10 Daiwas, one tsunami Shield, one penn Battle, 4 Quantums, 5 Abu Garcias, 2 Pfluegers, and a whole bunch of rods! Been fishing finesse dine every saw Guido Hibdon excel at the technique, Carolina's and variants for three decades. Fish on!

Behold the Abu Garcia xlt adjustable ambassadeur. Been cranking for 24 years now. Still the best flipping and jigging reel I've used. Still can tug a cruise ship. For finesse baitcasting I'm sticking with the pfluegger Asaro such a smooth reel. Even Madonna couldn't say not to it. I like it better than my revo beast. My favorite spinning gear must be the Daiwa Fuego. I did the anodizing too.

I'm curious as to what everyone here uses to degrease a reel with. You know, the ones with 25 year old caked grease.

I hate that place but this sale around I did end up going. Abu blackmax combos were on sale. They only had 6 left. They were $15 each. Abu vengeance rods were $12 each and Berkeley Lightnings were $6.00. I bought all they had. They're resetting the fishing section. And I still say they're not going to be replacing all the clearance merch. I think it's going to get smaller. To date I still buy almost all my goods from eBay, Local shop, cabelas, and more eBay!

I found that a good knot makes WAY more difference in cranks and such Lures with similar mechanics for action. A uni knot, rapala, or arbor knot I believe are 3 knots that are strong and leave a small loop at the end. Between the knot and the eyelet of the lure. It seems to facilitate better action.

George Bush. I remember watching the news when I was younger and they reported that he was something like 100 days fishing without a fish. So I'd out fish the president.