The yellow lure with orange around the eyes, top row left, looks like a Heddon River Runt The black, silver, black popper is a Heddon Chugger Jerkbait top row with the red belly, looks like a Storm Thunderstick The rattle bait bottom left, Bill Norman had a rattle bait with the eyes sticking out I'v...

Corinne and Matt are great people and they take pride in there work. Top notch customer service that felt more like a friend helping you. Corinne apologized for not shipping the part out because the mail was already picked up. The reason Corinne didn't get it out is, I asked Corinne and Matt to not ...

NICE bass Tim. Is that a personal best?

Do you have the line threaded correctly through the reel? The line needs to go under the bar on the hood not above it. If I remember correctly if the line is above the bar, it will spool to one side.

IlliniDawg01 wrote:One of my favorite things about the T3s is their relatively low prices. An duralumin one (frame and right side plate) for $225 would interest me significantly more.

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I like the T3B and 1016 at the price you can get them for. I would not fork out 500

The Rage's are nice rods. I have 3, 2 casting and 1 spinning. I have the RC7'2MM that I have paired with an EXO 5:3:1. Great great combo for 1.5 squarebills and rattle baits to 5/8 I have the RC71MHXF for bottom contact baits. Beast of a rod but not super sensitive I also have the RS610MXF paired wi...

WOW, very nice . The EXO is one of my favorite reels

vncnt wrote:Has anyone used the HPR bearings from eBay? Looking to upgrade some bushings to bearings in spinning reels. Any input is appreciated.

Might be too late but HP bearings are good guys to deal with. Good SS bearings. I use them in a few of my reels and no problems with them

^ Only if you let it get to the point to where it is telling you it is time to oil... I have to clean and oil the drum 2 times in a day of fishing on 2 reels. I have cleaned both reels, flushed the bearings and replaced the bearings in 1 of the reels. Maybe my friend and I got defective reels. We b...

All this noise is simple in my mind: SVS is higher performance and higher maintenance than the older VBS. I really don't understand all the fuss though because it takes less than 45 seconds to do the 'maintenance' suggested in the owner's manual of these reels. :shock: https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Looks like a fantastic reel. Though if it makes that same squealing noise on the cast that the 200i makes, I won't be owning any of them. If they fix that noise issue, I may own 5 of these. Justin Read the directions and you won't have the problem. still happens if you follow the directions. This i...

Now you need a new reel for the new rod. That is the true TT way,

Congrats and good luck in you new adventure

Now that your a big time manager, maybe you can convince Shimano to move back to Parsippany NJ,

If you can find a Abu Garcia Soron STX (20 size) grab it. A true beast. I've had mine for 5ish years and not 1 problem. It still feels just as good now as day 1.
I don't know why Abu stopped making this reel.

Crappielimits wrote:They are good looking reels! What do they look like internally? How do they perform long term? How is the warranty?

Link to some pictures I posted earlier this year:
http://forums.tackletour.com/viewtopic. ... &start=240