intrepid 5-day, august 9th to 14th, 2010

i have a 5 day trip this monday on the intrepid out of point loma. i went through all of my gear. i put big 6/0 kolekar handle grips on everything. no more messing around. the bearings of all of these reels were cleaned out and lubed with TSI 301. it does not give me the freespool that xtreme reel + does, but i'm confident that it will last longer.



the atd 30 and atd 50 are staying home, but all of the boss two speeds and the atd 6 and 12 are coming with me. the accurates now all have bearing sleeves and deliver 45 seconds to 2 minutes worth of freespool. sleeving the bearings was key to getting these reels to spin the way i wanted.



the progear classic series 501's all spin for 30-45 seconds.



new for this year are the okumas. i had two makiara 10 two speeds, but loaned one out. i cleaned out the bearings and they spin for 60 seconds easily. they hold 400 yards of solid 65 pound spectra and will get a 50# fluoro topshot and an 18 pound drag setting.



the cedros 65 and 80 spinners were torn down as well. they were very easy to work on. if you open one up yourself, beware of the eliptical gear. it has to be lined up perfectly or you may crunch the gears. i packed the bearings with grease and replaced the felt drag washers with greased carbon fiber.



i'm ready..........