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uglykat26

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every year roundthis time i start itching for open water , and big live shad flying through the air attached to my line .Well i cant get the bait outthere to far if i dont do yearly maintenance on my reels, so here is some pics to show ya how i do it and why i do it

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i use the shakespear tidewater tw30 reels spooled with 30 pound berkley big game mono line , i need the bigger line cause of the size of bait and floats i am throwing and the energy it takes to get em out to 100 yards or farther

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strip the line from the reel , i can usually fit 230 yards of 30 pound line on these reels which is alot of pulling with your hands , so i like to use a drill with a old gun cleaning rod attached and tape the line to the rod pull the trigger and giggle mysteriously , usually with in a minute the line is off the reel

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detach side casing , another reason i like this reel is cause it all comes off together so less parts to loose

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detach opposite side casing

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pull spull out and set aside

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clean out any dust or sand or anything in there thats not supposed to be in there and grease up every bearing , wheels , springs basicly anything that moves , then put it back together , by greasin my internal reel parts i add 30 to 40 yards of casting distance compared to when i didnt grease them , i use the normal berkely reel grease

next weeks episode , how to grease a spinning reel
 
Good post, UK... definitely some useful tips here. Using a drill to strip the line is a great idea, too... one of those that makes me say to myself, "Hey why didn't I think of that?"

Question... have you used the PowerPro line yet for catfishing? I use it alot for bass fishing in the thick shit. I tell you what, it's a bit expensive but you can't break that line if you try and I honestly believe it casts smoother and farther than mono. I'm sure you've probably already used it but if not, I'd recommend picking up a spool. On those big baitcasters, just crank on half a spool or so of mono for backing, that way you don't have to use so much PowerPro.
 
JBrown said:
Good post, UK... definitely some useful tips here. Using a drill to strip the line is a great idea, too... one of those that makes me say to myself, "Hey why didn't I think of that?"

Question... have you used the PowerPro line yet for catfishing? I use it alot for bass fishing in the thick shit. I tell you what, it's a bit expensive but you can't break that line if you try and I honestly believe it casts smoother and farther than mono. I'm sure you've probably already used it but if not, I'd recommend picking up a spool. On those big baitcasters, just crank on half a spool or so of mono for backing, that way you don't have to use so much PowerPro.
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ive used it on some of my bait casters , but my pay lake poles only get mono cause the braid tends to float , and when you only got 10 feet from side to side to fish i need that line to sink as quick as possible so i use mono , now my river poles will be getting power pro , if i can find big enough spools of it , i dont like using the mono backing though to much of a chance of the braid slipping down into it when i make the long bomb casts,had it happen few times so i dont use backing any more , my boat rods it would work really well on cause i dont have to cast that far to get the bait where i need it , but if im going for distance like at dams i use all mono , now on my slip float poles i cant use braid cause my bobber stop wears out the braid to quick and im always tightening the bobber stop knot
 
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