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My response is based purely on personal experience with those little stickers.
I was given a Spinfisher 950 as a present........upon spooling it up,the reel was grinding.......took it with receipt to the store it was purchased from,exchanged no drama.
Asked for it to be checked...........same prob........he went through his entire stock,same prob.........took cash back instead.
 
Previously had an Okuma bait feeder reel.......epix 80 from memory.........seized up on its first run!
Back to the store,exchanged it with a small cash injection for a shimano baitrunner 6500 B
 
Tried a banax when they first hit our shores.........coffee grinder at best.
 
Many say that they are the exception rather than the rule,and they're better now...........fair enough.
But,you only get one chance at making a first impression........I've been burnt,but that's just me.
No more little stickers in my tackle box.

Just for something different , what are peoples favourite all time pieces of fishing tackle that is no longer produced/made .
 
Can be RODS, REELS, HOOKS, MONO, SUNGLASSES ......ANYTHING !!
 
I will start it off by Saying Shimano Beastmaster 50/80 reels......

Not much good if you're Flopy though........

French-made Rublex Flopy Lures - made from moulded rubber and with an adjustable bib.
 
Cheers
af

I will say Shimano 4000oc       I haven't got one any more , but after reading this post have ordered one online , have caught some great fish on these reels .......
 
Don't remind me of good fishing gear , please , as my wallet tends to lighten......
 
 


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USA built Penn Spinfisher reels

Dog Spring part #14

Lever drags have their place, but for many applications those old star drag Senators are hard to beat, I've been looking for a nice 113hlw (4/0 wide) to add to my collection.
 
Here's another site I thought of for reference, basically every Penn schematic ever and heaps of good info and parts,
 
http://store.scottsbt.com/PennParts/Home.aspx

Rob at South Oz Rods........Mullers Rd,Hampstead Gardens

This should clear it ..

I've owned a few Senators, but I've never had to do any serious maintenance on them as they're fairly bulletproof.
 
Try here, this guy is the reel guru,
 
http://alantani.com/
 
Good luck

So I took this Photo last weekend while we were out camping! 
 
Everything was too perfect not to try take a photo of it! 
 

 
This photo doesn't do it justice!!!
 
If you would like to see the full resolution pic head over to my photography page and give it a like  
 
https://www.facebook.com/BJLphotographySA/?ref=hl

My Favs are 15-24kg stroker with roller tip, and my 24kg LBG 8FT .     They are the best game fishing  rods iv seen the status. sabre second place of course.

knocked this up the other weekend out of a pallet, have a go
 

 

 
will make a double row next
 
 

 
 

don't wanna lose too many of those in the reef $$$$$$

Status 4120 g  10ft overhead rod..... akios shuttle reel,

Why you have a sale for three hours id beyond me

I prefer something hi-vis so I can see it well when fishing, fluoro green or pink are best, white can work well too.
 
All braid is naturally white, the colour is added and usually fades through the life of the braid, some fade faster than others.

I'd recommend Sea Lion braid from Ebay - they seem to have generally positive reviews and are shipped from Melbourne.
 
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/281677163072
 
It will arrive far quicker than Aliexpress (I ordered some squid jigs shipped 4 weeks ago and still no sign of them ) and the breaking strains are pretty accurate according to this line testing site:
 
http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/

If I had the money I would have got a 551 LSI         but im happy with my cheaper alternative its very good.

Plankton the Akios is 5:3:1 also, I have found that a steady wind is all that's needed to get hook ups.... I never need to go crazy.
 
The handle is standard but its a lot longer etc than old abu's etc, check them out on line and have a look they are really nice and they are cheaper than abu pro rockets.
 
Abu pro rockets are very nice also iv used a mates and it flys....very very similar to the akios I have .
 
My Akios model is one of the cheaper Akios models , they crank up to around 450 bucks for a higher end model , mine was around half that price and  I thought was a very nice price for what I got. I have used a few different mono's on overhead casting reels and have found the two that help with casting cleanly the best are suffix superior and penn super x, 15lb ok but 20lb for bigger lures/bigger rods.
 
I used mine straight out the box, and didn't add any oils/grease and it was amazing. very happy with the product.  I pair mine to a MT6110 for lighter lures or a 4120 for heavier work...wind on leader of 50lb when doing the heavier work helps a lot with distance casting and preventing overruns.

Plankton the Akios is 5:3:1 also, I have found that a steady wind is all that's needed to get hook ups.... I never need to go crazy.
 
The handle is standard but its a lot longer etc than old abu's etc, check them out on line and have a look they are really nice and they are cheaper than abu pro rockets.
 
Abu pro rockets are very nice also iv used a mates and it flys....very very similar to the akios I have .
 
My Akios model is one of the cheaper Akios models , they crank up to around 450 bucks for a higher end model , mine was around half that price and  I thought was a very nice price for what I got. I have used a few different mono's on overhead casting reels and have found the two that help with casting cleanly the best are suffix superior and penn super x, 15lb ok but 20lb for bigger lures/bigger rods.
 
I used mine straight out the box, and didn't add any oils/grease and it was amazing. very happy with the product.  I pair mine to a MT6110 for lighter lures or a 4120 for heavier work...wind on leader of 50lb when doing the heavier work helps a lot with distance casting and preventing overruns.

Cal I have a 656 cs....as good as if not better than an abu pro rocket.    Plankton......I find it so much more satisfying using overheads and being skilled on them and perfecting the skill. but each to there own 

I use Hot Sauce quite a lot in my baitcasting reels. It works well. As others have said, it depends on your casting ability for use in overhead reels.

Yeah thanks for the comments....I probably wont bother with it.....the people iv spoken to have suggested it doesn't make THAT much of a difference, I just like to be able to cast a long way when fishing for salmon and I don't think it helps with that.....half the experience of salmon fishing for me now is of how far a can cast cleanly ...and the other half is of course catching the fish....the latter would come first though in priority. with a 60g slug I can get between 60-90 metres straight mono 20lb on my akios reel (check em out if you never heard of,,,amazing) I really love distance casting with my overheads(when lure fishing), although im not doing crazy distances with my outfits its definitely a skill to get long distances with overheads more so id say than spin gear...and I like perfecting the skill .