all h20 combo for flukes and lite worms

[wallywallace]

when summer starts rolling around so do I , anyway academy giftcard, was thinking of picking up a h20 6'8 M up to 3/4 oz casting rod and pairnig it with the mette reel. I heard locally there reels are around the quality as a PQ. was thinking this would be a good little combo to whip smaller worms around and use mainly for flukes. I love fishing flukes and caffine shad; so having a dedicated rod would be nice. the reels that are offered in 6:3.1 Is that descent, I know alot of people like faster but I have a a revo 7 gear on a 7'2 crucial as my main T-C rigging rod. also what would you do,,just continue using brad, say 30 lb. I have mono aswell, seems nobody has use for it anymore lol

[Highhawk1948]

I use mono on everything put my pitching and flipping rods. (Power Pro on them.) I like it. Mean Green Trilene.

[wallywallace]

I have 2 things of 14 lb i was thinking of using, i also have an unopened spool of pp 30 lb aswell

[keithdog]

I'm not familiar with the rod and reel you mentioned, so I can't comment of those. But I throw my Caffeine Shads on PLine Floroclear line in 15 and 20 pound test depending on what I'm throwing them into.

[wallywallace]

got the combo and to save money, just put them on braid, and may run fluro leader, i fish stained water in perfect conditions and muddy in worse. the combo is pretty nice, i need to learn to learn to clean my own reels, I have this suspician that it is packed with grease. all my house brand reels; after a good cleaning cast a mile further.

[Rebbasser]

Wally, I'm familiar with both rod and reel and they are good. I have several H2O rods and been reel satisfied with them.

As far as the reel goes, all I do with a new reel is clean the bearings. I remove them, put them in a shot glass full of lighter fluid and let then set a bit, then remove and dry them. Reinstall them then put a drop of reel oil on them and you are good to go. I use the shot glass so I can put the whole spool in it without having to remove the bearing from the spool if it has one. I have found no real need to clean and regrease the gears. Never a problem once I do this.

The bearings are packed with grease and the lighter fluid dissolves it. Put one on a pencil point and spin it. Then clean it and do the pencil point test again. You will be amazed how much better it spins.

[wallywallace]

Originally Posted by Rebbasser

Wally, I'm familiar with both rod and reel and they are good. I have several H2O rods and been reel satisfied with them.

As far as the reel goes, all I do with a new reel is clean the bearings. I remove them, put them in a shot glass full of lighter fluid and let then set a bit, then remove and dry them. Reinstall them then put a drop of reel oil on them and you are good to go. I use the shot glass so I can put the whole spool in it without having to remove the bearing from the spool if it has one. I have found no real need to clean and regrease the gears. Never a problem once I do this.

The bearings are packed with grease and the lighter fluid dissolves it. Put one on a pencil point and spin it. Then clean it and do the pencil point test again. You will be amazed how much better it spins.

hey, I got the reels cleaned, works better. though i got a micro guide rod and one of the guides has split when i set the hook. it was hanging on by one side, I went to straighten it and it fell off, hope they take rod back and exchange it without resceipt, I think i will stick to the normal guide ones