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08-03-2009, 06:49 AM
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Just give me a Penn 706 with infinite silent anti-reverse and a sealed drag weighing around 20-23 ounces - doesn't need to be dunk proof for me. Dunk proof is nice but I fished for many years without a VS. The booming popularity for swimming with the fishes has pushed the demand for waterproof reels - I don't think you can build one for $300.
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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08-03-2009, 07:06 AM
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Location: Rhode Island
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If you had that kind of capital, you'd be a fool to spend it developing a fishing reel.
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08-04-2009, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Just give me a Penn 706 with infinite silent anti-reverse and a sealed drag weighing around 20-23 ounces - doesn't need to be dunk proof for me. Dunk proof is nice but I fished for many years without a VS. The booming popularity for swimming with the fishes has pushed the demand for waterproof reels - I don't think you can build one for $300.
DZ
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On Cape here, except for the low rent district that Numbskull and Sauerkraut live in with all those rocks and slime ans sh!t, if you swim with the fishes off of a sand beach you have a real problem on your hands, therefore a ZB or VanZebco is a non-nescesity |
Why even try......... 
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08-04-2009, 10:36 AM
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08-04-2009, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Not close enough to the water!
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I think I'd try to retrofit an existing reel- a Z series, SS , Shimano, Diawa etc with good seals or machine a body and rotor that has room for all the running gear from one of those reels and good sealed bearings. Like Accurate did with Squidders-
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08-04-2009, 08:48 PM
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Work hard. Fish harder.
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Justfishin'
I think I'd try to retrofit an existing reel- a Z series, SS , Shimano, Diawa etc with good seals or machine a body and rotor that has room for all the running gear from one of those reels and good sealed bearings. Like Accurate did with Squidders-
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Not that's a idea. Instead of building a $300.00 dunk proof reel, why not just build an after market "conversion kit" for an existing reel. The "conversion" may have to be done in a shop. I.e., instead of re-inventing the wheel, just modify and enhance it.
People make after market parts for cars, so why not reels? Humm... |
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