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  1. Ahh I hadnt considered doing that - I might get some more practice in with baitcasters first, I have since respooled that baitcaster with some 20lb braid and its all nicely lined up this time
  2. Thanks for the advice guys, especially on the knots as they are still like black magic to me, I know a few but I dont know when they should or shouldnt be used so that advice on uni VS albright is gold! I ended up finding the original owner of the reel and apparently I rigged it correctly All my braid and mono has finally arrived from ebay so now nearly all my reels are sporting braid (the okuma overhead now has 400metres of 40lb mono on it now though for future "light duty" trolling from a mates boat) I even managed to knock up a rod holder out of some old bed slats
  3. I would love somthing like that for android. At the moment I use "fishing mate" which shows photos of the fish next to their names and if you click them, gives rig tips and regulations etc If you catch somthing completely unknown to yourself though, it involves alot of scrolling trying to find a photo which matches the fish though
  4. rig 1 allows the bait to move freely though the water and lets the fish grab it and run for a bit before swallowing it and feeling no line resistance possibly spooking it into spitting the bait rig 2 would be more towards the bottom or middle of the water column. You cant really fish the top of the water colum with them so easily unless you can cast a rig with a 20metre leader for depths of say 18metres
  5. Muhahahhahaha PS you now owe me half a cup of coffee
  6. Ahhh good point mate. Ive actually hit a knot which works great on rope that I learned working on a pearl farm, it seems to translate to braid ok but slips on mono I found out (a bowline) Your advice makes good sense, Thanks mate!
  7. I will remember that advice for next time Daniel, I see the screw you mention at the base of the levelwind on mine also and wondered what that screw did! Thanks alot mate I managed to save some of the braid, probably around 50metres worth I guess. Thinking about it though 50metres of braid is pretty useless? I spooled it onto a spare handreel and kept it just incase but I think I will chuck it perhaps or maybe use it to practice knots on (I have a spool of cheap mono for that also) Cant believe I despooled onto the shed floor, how dumb a idea was that
  8. Hmmm, hopefully I didnt put too much on, there may be a issue there I guess I will see
  9. Thanks troutboy there's some great advice there I appreciate your help and time Im pretty sure the big okuma reel features a easier cast control adjuster Well kind of easier in that its on the outside at least but it does require a screwdriver I think I will save that one for ocean use from a boat anyway. After casting the daiwa alot, and comparing it to my efforts with the okuma yesterday - its much easier casting the daiwa even just from a weight perspective the daiwa was on setting 1 out of about 4 for cast control drag, I backed that off to 0 and will give it a go today. Wish me luck, I was getting really good at the daiwa casting (spent about 5 or 6 hours just practising casting already using that one) I can do a "power cast" as hard as I can without birdsnests, but I might start small again now I respooled with different line and have also dumped cast control purely for cast distance reasons If I come back with the birdsnest from hell today I think I will put it back on setting 1 lols, but I would love "full manual control" if I can manage to learn how
  10. Nah the line coming off the actual reel spool was on the left side, while the line guide itself was on the right side, for better casting I thought i should make it so both the line guide and the line from the reel spool were laid together inline as they were working in opposite directions and line had a bad angle on the line guide (lol sorry probably just confused you more) Probably wasnt the best idea just to start despooling line onto my shed floor I spent another hour trying to untangle the resulting mess, and have just given up and spooled on some mono till I can order some more braid I suppose - doh! Im pretty happy Im starting to learn the basics about maintanance though
  11. Welcome aboard Andrew Warning - this website can be addictive
  12. Im really happy with my first rod and reel service I tried tonight Ive never pulled a reel down before so thought I would have a go at my daiwa baitcaster. It seems suprisingly easy and I had everything ship shape and greased in about 30minutes I guess. Im also making great progress involved in the awesome "respool" process so the line on the reel matched up with the line guide again (they were opposite each other when i rebuilt it) The respool process seems a bit slower than the regreaseing process though to be honest. Im 45minutes in and reckon theres still a good half hour left before I can have a sit down and a coffee I also got a rod tip for $2 and fixed my shimano rod - casts way better than the one I had been using
  13. Yay! I took off the sidecover and nothing sprang out at me, and they are exactly the same to set the cast drag settings as the millionaire series which means removing the side cover (bugga) I might grease it all up and see about that rattle noise now I guess
  14. How cools that Definatly let us all know how you fare this weekend, nice work mate
  15. Yeah the "cast control cap" which fell off, I just undid to show you guys in the photo - It does nothing on mine though - Its the exact same drag whether its on tight or even completely off and removed. Maybe Im missing somthing which is supposed to be in there like a pin or somthing? (got given the reel for free and dont know its history) It is very close to a millionaire - nice spot Its a jap import though and I cant find any information on it apart from this with a google search which has better photos and reckons they are alot better than the millionaire s (I dont know my reels so that means nothing to me) Thats a great video - turns out mine doesnt have any adjustment for the magnetic drag either I dont think - just the main line drag and that cap which I removed in one photo I might start saving for a new one perhaps. I had a go today and was really happy with how easy it was compared to the bigger okuma overhead reel. No thumb burn this time on the shimano rod using the daiwa baitcaster and I used the same sinker I love how easy they are just to press a button instead of lining up a bail etc, and the clicker is great as I can let it "stew" on the side with bait in "click mode" while I play with my tiny rod and lures I did accidently forget to turn the clicker off before casting once though, and jammed down my thumb hard to stop the cast, oops. Can doing that hurt anything because after about 20minutes solid casting after I did that the reel started "binding" in a regular pattern on the retrieve, and now its kind of making a light rattly noise. Might have to fly blind and pull it apart edit - The millionaire comment made me think to search out some stuff on them looks like my side plate comes off perhaps to control cast drag Guess I'll find out in a minute, thanks everybody Next time my rod tip flys off I will calmly just reel in hahahahha
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