Stupid REEL!

jooleyen · 01-01-07, 01:18 AM

Everything is fine with my crucial rod and pflueger president, except for one thing. My reel has a horrible unsteady drag. You can pull, and the rod will jerk back, because of the unsteady drag. Are $140.00 reels like this?! My $70 reel performs better with the drag.

I think I'm gonna have to drive another 30 minutes and take it back. UHH!

pig n jig · 01-01-07, 06:47 AM

Most likely it was packed from the Factory with too much grease and oil in it.It will smooth out once you use it a bit.They normally are a dry drag system, but most likely there is as I mentioned. you can set a lighter drag setting and strip line off by hand then reel it back up before your loose line tangles up on you. Once the friction of using the drag alot, it will wear the foreign material from your drag system and work properly.Make sure your setting the drag properly for the lb test your using and always back the drag off once your done fishing. Leaving the drag system tighten down will compress the drag washers and the result is a insufficiently light drag system. I hope this helps.I personally love my president , but I would not have chosen that reel for a younger person.Its is a very difficult reel to cast well in all types of conditions unless you train your thumb to help control backlashes. The President I have casts farther than any other reel I have ever had and is liquid smooth, but it is not my favorite for all lure presentations and fishing conditions.

P N J

zooker · 01-01-07, 08:24 AM

pnj
is right -for once- pflugher's need a break in period. they over pack them with grease.. and i also have to agree an uneducated thumb does no good with a prez reel..they are about the toughest reel for a beginner to jump to..

zooker

jooleyen · 01-01-07, 04:09 PM

Thanks guys. Yesterday I couldn't cast very far at all. Well, I was very low on line. Last night I respooled and casted a few times. I couldn't see because it was dark, but it felt like I was getting a longer cast. This morning I tried to cast and omg! I can easily cast 50 yards in low wind conditions. It is super-smooth. I really don't get backlashes. I have the tension knob at the loosest setting it can go, but I feather the spool.

If peeling line off of the spool with the drag in use doesn't help, I'll exchange it.

I had the hardest time picking between a viento and president. I'll probably get a viento next year.

Thanks-

Julien

dodgeguy · 01-01-07, 04:42 PM

i did the same thing to a shimano castiac once when i lubed it.the drag wouldn't work until the oil burned off the washers.

jooleyen · 01-01-07, 05:50 PM

I'm taking the reel back. My dad is saying the reel is going to turn in to garbage because it's made in Korea. I don't know what to get. I'm lost.
He's saying I should believe him, and get something made from Japan.

HELP!

skeeter944 · 01-01-07, 07:35 PM

dont take it back,listen to what pnj said,it needs to be broken in to work right. give it some time,it will work. i think that reel is one of the best reels out there for under $150. if you do take it back,try a team daiwa advantage super tuned. they are the same price i think as the president.

PowerBass · 01-01-07, 08:18 PM

Problem will be solved with A- lettin it break in, or B- Getting a Quantum

zooker · 01-01-07, 10:42 PM

jool
35% of all tackle is made in korea.. india handles the almost all the rest..

zooker

jooleyen · 01-01-07, 11:02 PM

Thanks guys. I will try to wear it down a little. I have time. I HOPE it'll work.

-Julien

skeeter944 · 01-03-07, 12:42 AM

dont worry,it will. heres a reveiw on that reel,
tackletour.com/reviewpfluegerpresident.html

dodgeguy · 01-03-07, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jooleyen

Thanks guys. I will try to wear it down a little. I have time. I HOPE it'll work.

-Julien

lock the drag star down and reel against it.this will remove any oil if that's your problem.it may take a while and then it should start to grab.

jooleyen · 01-03-07, 07:15 PM

Yeah Dodge. I figured that would work just as well. I've pulled hundreds of yards of line out.

dodgeguy · 01-03-07, 09:18 PM

so did it work?if not then something is wrong with it.

jooleyen · 01-04-07, 09:13 AM

Not yet. I'm not confident that it will work. It seems like a bad drag. Are the drags usually smooth on the presidents?

dodgeguy · 01-04-07, 11:04 AM

yes.

i'd bring it back and get another if that didn't work.

01-01-07, 01:18 AM	#1
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Stupid REEL! Everything is fine with my crucial rod and pflueger president, except for one thing. My reel has a horrible unsteady drag. You can pull, and the rod will jerk back, because of the unsteady drag. Are $140.00 reels like this?! My $70 reel performs better with the drag. I think I'm gonna have to drive another 30 minutes and take it back. UHH!

01-01-07, 08:24 AM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	pnj is right -for once- pflugher's need a break in period. they over pack them with grease.. and i also have to agree an uneducated thumb does no good with a prez reel..they are about the toughest reel for a beginner to jump to.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

01-01-07, 04:42 PM	#5
dodgeguy BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: poughkeepsie,n.y. Posts: 930	i did the same thing to a shimano castiac once when i lubed it.the drag wouldn't work until the oil burned off the washers. __________________ chrysler master tech,avid fisherman and i bleed red,white and blue!!!!

01-01-07, 08:18 PM	#8
PowerBass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,638	Problem will be solved with A- lettin it break in, or B- Getting a Quantum __________________ fivealivebassmasters.com

01-01-07, 10:42 PM	#9
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	jool 35% of all tackle is made in korea.. india handles the almost all the rest.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

01-01-07, 06:47 AM	#2
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Most likely it was packed from the Factory with too much grease and oil in it.It will smooth out once you use it a bit.They normally are a dry drag system, but most likely there is as I mentioned. you can set a lighter drag setting and strip line off by hand then reel it back up before your loose line tangles up on you. Once the friction of using the drag alot, it will wear the foreign material from your drag system and work properly.Make sure your setting the drag properly for the lb test your using and always back the drag off once your done fishing. Leaving the drag system tighten down will compress the drag washers and the result is a insufficiently light drag system. I hope this helps.I personally love my president , but I would not have chosen that reel for a younger person.Its is a very difficult reel to cast well in all types of conditions unless you train your thumb to help control backlashes. The President I have casts farther than any other reel I have ever had and is liquid smooth, but it is not my favorite for all lure presentations and fishing conditions. P N J

01-01-07, 04:09 PM	#4
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Thanks guys. Yesterday I couldn't cast very far at all. Well, I was very low on line. Last night I respooled and casted a few times. I couldn't see because it was dark, but it felt like I was getting a longer cast. This morning I tried to cast and omg! I can easily cast 50 yards in low wind conditions. It is super-smooth. I really don't get backlashes. I have the tension knob at the loosest setting it can go, but I feather the spool. If peeling line off of the spool with the drag in use doesn't help, I'll exchange it. I had the hardest time picking between a viento and president. I'll probably get a viento next year. Thanks- Julien

01-01-07, 05:50 PM	#6
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	I'm taking the reel back. My dad is saying the reel is going to turn in to garbage because it's made in Korea. I don't know what to get. I'm lost. He's saying I should believe him, and get something made from Japan. HELP!

01-01-07, 07:35 PM	#7
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	dont take it back,listen to what pnj said,it needs to be broken in to work right. give it some time,it will work. i think that reel is one of the best reels out there for under $150. if you do take it back,try a team daiwa advantage super tuned. they are the same price i think as the president.

01-01-07, 11:02 PM	#10
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Thanks guys. I will try to wear it down a little. I have time. I HOPE it'll work. -Julien

01-03-07, 12:42 AM	#11
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	dont worry,it will. heres a reveiw on that reel, tackletour.com/reviewpfluegerpresident.html

01-03-07, 07:15 PM	#13
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Yeah Dodge. I figured that would work just as well. I've pulled hundreds of yards of line out.

01-03-07, 09:18 PM	#14
dodgeguy BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: poughkeepsie,n.y. Posts: 930	so did it work?if not then something is wrong with it. __________________ chrysler master tech,avid fisherman and i bleed red,white and blue!!!!

01-04-07, 09:13 AM	#15
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Not yet. I'm not confident that it will work. It seems like a bad drag. Are the drags usually smooth on the presidents?

01-04-07, 11:04 AM	#16
dodgeguy BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: poughkeepsie,n.y. Posts: 930	yes. i'd bring it back and get another if that didn't work. __________________ chrysler master tech,avid fisherman and i bleed red,white and blue!!!!

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