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flippy
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 Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:08 am Post subject: Inspecting your rods,,Fishing,,lol |
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| How many of you guys inspect your fishing rods,,how many of you inspect the guides,,I just inspected one of mine,,and it looked great until I ran a q-tip around the guides and saw that the tip guide was pulling on the q-tip,,,it had a little crack in it,,Imagine what that does to your line |
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Mine never seem to last long enough to be that way! I try to be gentle on my stuff but at night on the rocks it just never serms to happen. Thats why I buy nice stuff but not crazy like Lami polez with ZBass reels.
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hila2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Dude great idea. I've been setting up my rods for weeks now. I keep taking one reel off and putting it on another rod, then back again  . Taking my yak tomorrow for as long as I can stand it. |
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fishfinder
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While we are kind of on the subject, does anyone polish the edges of their spools. I hit mine with a very fine emery cloth and then steel wool once in awhile but thats my striper reel that I put down when on the rocks and stuff to take off fish or something and it creates knicks on the spool edge that scare me sometimes. I need a reel and rod with like Carbide guide eyes and spool lip!
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Sea Duck
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| fishfinder wrote: | | While we are kind of on the subject, does anyone polish the edges of their spools. I hit mine with a very fine emery cloth and then steel wool once in awhile but thats my striper reel that I put down when on the rocks and stuff to take off fish or something and it creates knicks on the spool edge that scare me sometimes. I need a reel and rod with like Carbide guide eyes and spool lip! |
I check mine each time I respool and smooth out any roughness with 400x and finish it off with 1500x emery...I try to remember to check regularly but always when I re spool.
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JimiChanga
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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How many of you guys remember when the entire guides were made of metal? 
Seriously though, that Q-tip test is a very good one to use and I will have to thank "flippy" for this post because now I will have to give all the setups a run down. 
Especially all the saltwater rigs.
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flippy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Fishfinder,,I polish mine on a buffing wheel,, |
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fishfinder
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Good, at least Im not the only 1! One of these times I hope Ill be able to do that and when I say that I mean not have to take the edge down with a 50 grit sanding disc 1st! LOL
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flippy
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| Dont be surprised on this sight |
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