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Kudo's Glenn....... Good Luck & Tight Lines All!!!

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As often as every other outing to every 3 outings, and always full spools. Tight Lines!!!

I would say there are none it is a great reel, service the reel and you will see it's full abilities then.

Absolutely ! The line and lure pull free a lot easier too. I make a point of opening my bail or on a conventional putting in free spool to take all the tension of the rod tip. I learned my lesson by a few broken tips. 100% There ya go..! Never use the rod for anything except fish fighting.

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2pc. rod do have their place... I wouldn't glue it up, just get the same rod in 1pc. If your 2pc rods are coming apart, then try a little paraffin on the male side, this should cause a good suction between the 2pcs and keep them together.... Tight Lines!!!

Nope wouldn't even waste my money using it on a rod. Different finishes's on the blanks and way more flex... If the nicks don't break the carbon fibers in the blank then not to worry to much. If the nicks go deep enough into the fibers of the rod, that will be a failure point (sooner or later) in the blank. It can be repaired by a good builder using a good rod finish. Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!

I build with Flex Coat exclusively. All of my marbling/flaming is done with it, and tap resin pigment colors.... Marbling Help Tight Lines!!!

Yes Sir...... The service form has the discount prices for baitcasters and spinning reels.. Tight Lines!!!

As you stated you should have used casting gear for slop. That 2+ pounder did it have slop with it or just the fish? Either way sounds like the reel was not cranking as freely as it needed. Also didn't the crank on that reel just screw in. I could see were to much torque would cause the threads of a crank that just screws in to fail over time... The newer reels I have seen have a shaft and a thumb screw that screws into the shaft from the other side. Plus reel mfg' today will have already taken into consideration handling the torque. Many of the older Daiwa® spinning reels also as stated use bushings on one side, and, list them as bearings in the count and usually on the parts list (Shimano® use to do the same things).. One more thing that has been stated. While the number of bearings in spinning reels can make or break a quality reel. The quality of those bearings is also important and must be taken into consideration. Tight Lines!!!

I would grab the 7 if fishing the blade's you can always slow down a taste... Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!!

The power and torque are all in the gearing of the spinning reel, the quality of bearings can cut the torque needs down to get the rotor moving, and then smooth out the feel of the crank. If you can imagine the rotors pinion gear runs off of the main drive gear (the crank), as well as the spool's oscillation gear (whether is be a standard gear or worm gear) running off of the main drive gear also. This all takes a lot of power (torque) to get moving all at once, thus the reasons for higher bearing counts in spinning reels as apposed to baitcasting reels were there is very little in the way of torque to get the spool turning. Hope this makes some sense. Tight Lines!!!

True. All reel mfg's we service are using an ABEC3 tolerance bearing pack. As for the manufacturer of the bearings all of the reels we service carry bearing packs with NBR stamps on the race edges (www.nbr-bearings.com)...Tight Lines!!!

Any bearings in a spinning reel only influence the cranking abilities of the reel.. Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!

The main reason to have the reels schematics on the table with the reel/s.....Bearing counts, anything over 3 (spool support) are used in cranking (making the reel smoother). The spool support bearings, then crank shaft upper support bearings, then crank shaft base bearings, then the paddle bearings (under the cap with the whole). Some reels (C3-C4-etc) have support bearings for the level wind worm gear. Looking at the reels schematics will show the placement of the bearings, understanding that at the most only 3 will be spool support, you can tell what the rest are for..... Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!

IMPO an out of focus video without sound doesn't prove a thing to me...... (the tape on the line just keeps it so all is tight and the spool is weighted) Willing to bet that the reel has all brakes turned off and no lateral pressure being applied to spool shaft ends by the cast control cap. Definitely not a normal casting setup.. Nope doesn't prove anything.. Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!

If they are spinning reels, they are for setting the stacking of the line as it is going onto the spool. Start with 1 washer on the axel just under the spool then as you spool line onto your reel you will notice if the line is going on in a level stack if not add another washer and so on... If they are baitcasting reels then you will have to describe the washers, they could be extra drag spring washers shaped like so ( )... Good Luck & Tight Lines!!!

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From a Vietnam vet, that is an excellent job must be about 100hrs on that weave.. Peace & Honor... Tight Lines!!!

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