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Will be sending in a couple of my old curado 100's..drags and cleaning...
Got one of the new curado's...worth every additional dollar! sweet for my 2 cents..
Have a good new year!
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Statistics: Posted by PeanutMan — Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:00 pm
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Blademan
Statistics: Posted by Blademan — Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:27 pm
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For those of you who don't know me, my name is Jim Johns and I go by ReelDoc. I know Roadkill, splash & Peanutman from this forum personally, and I enjoyed meeting everybody when we fished Clarks Hill with you in October, 2005. I'm a Computer Systems Analyst for an aerospace company by day and a fishing reel mechanic by night. I currently live in Wichita, KS, with Bobbie, my lovely wife of 24 years. We have 2 grown children, April (23) and Chris (22). Chris has been married to Jacque since June, 2005 and we have 3 grand-dogs, a grand-cat, and a grand-bird so far. We recently purchased a retirement home about 6 minutes from Lake Guntersville, AL. We'll be moving there in 2-4 years, depending on when the $$$$ is right. I'm ready to move right now, as we currently have 6" of snow on the ground!!
I was stationed at Myrtle Beach AFB in 1973-75, so I'm familiar with SC. I didn't bass fish then, but I still miss saltwater fishing from the Pavilion Pier. I've been bass fishing for about 15 years and I fish from a Triton TR-20. I primarily use Shimano Chronarch reels and prefer St. Croix rods. I have built many of my own rods as well as a couple for friends, and I have a VERY close friend who is a professional rod builder. I may have to pick his brain on your more technical rod questions.
I own Heartland Tackle Service and I service apporximately 300 Shimano, Daiwa and Abu Garcia reels per year. I also do lots of research and testing, particularly in the area of making things happen that the factory didn't. A few of my latest discoveries are finding a metal cast control cap, wiffle spool, and a set of 5:1 gears for the Curado CU-100B/101B. The 5:1 gears make the CU-100 into a great crankbait reel. I have several with these modifications and they work great. I also located a metal levelwind pawl to replace the nylon one on the Curado 200B which seems to break at the most inopportune time.
I need your help to make this a great forum. I'll do my best to answer your questions about rods and reels. I don't know everything, and I will tell you when I don't have an answer. But I will attempt to get the information for you. If you know the answer to a posted question, please feel free to sound off. One og my goals is to learn at least one new thing each day. You can help me meet that goal. I have a bunch of tips and will start posting them next week when we have an 11-day break at the salt mine.
Now, it's your turn -- come on and join in!!
Statistics: Posted by ReelDoc — Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:19 pm
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