I do the same thing plus do a bunch of hand ties
..but this is how I spend a quiet and cold Saturday afternoon. I make it a reel maintenance day. I just do a few at a time until they are all done. Cleaned, oiled and some new line and they are ready for the season.
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I do the same thing plus do a bunch of hand ties
I respooled four today myself. With Daiwa J Braid X8
“ The bigger the Bend , the Wider the Grin ! “
I quit doing my reels several years ago. Send em out now. Been changing hooks out today on JDM trout lures. Many of them come with barbless hooks and while there are a few areas I fish that require barbless I only need a few. I’ve bought a lot of what they term as Area lures, and they all come with barbless hooks. So got to get all that done before I hit the river for trout. Spooling up new line on many reels. Also am trimming Trout Magnets to use with my JDM jig heads. The only drawback to using those, other than cost, is they all have pretty short shanks and hard to get a TM on one straight unless you take off 1 or 2 sections of the TM head. Also ordering more Meiho boxes to be better organized. Told my wife today I need to be ready….LOL.
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Worked on pouring my fist jig heads. 1/32 & 1/64 with #6 Owner hook, and 1/64 #8 hook.
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Good job. Well done
I respool line on the roadside or parking lot and dip squeaky reels in the water ….
Maintenance ain’t my thing ….just saying…..
Reels best be tough or they get hung on the garage wall in the reel graveyard
Rods best be tough too or they get given away to rod rebuild folks ….
Line best not break for no reason or it’s bird nest material in my truck bed ….
Jigs and such are in bunches all over the place…..
Rarely take time to do up any thing really nice…..
Because I will likely trash it and or thrash it next trip out is me ….
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I have to do some maintenance myself although it ain’t my thing either
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My idea of reel maintenance is to remove the spool , apply three drops of Lucas reel oil to the main shaft and turn handle a few times to get the oil down inside where the main bearings are .
Replace spool , go fishing .
Sometimes I get frogie and I’ll remove the handle and drop a few drops of Lucas oil on the handle shaft bearings .
“ The bigger the Bend , the Wider the Grin ! “