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Was that my fish?
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so you like eating gay hog fish huh. . .:@
Nah he just likes fish sticks.
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Partially enclosed is safer. This way the line cannot skip off the reel and wrap around the arbor which can also lock it up.
Post 18 can be susceptible. In the third pic there is a small space between the spool and housing. The dentex is real thick there so it goes into the housing.
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C= Competitor S= Standard series. Standards are beefier and cost more. I would go with a S3 if the price is right.
Make sure it is an S and not a C by looking at the serial number.
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Do you know specifically how the drag design is different from other reels? Not sure about the amount of line. I won't need much for diving a short gun around relatively shallow inshore structure. More when offshore.
I call it an isolating washer.
Basically most reels use a straight metal arbor threaded on the ends as you can see in Marcos post. Those drag design have washers then the drag knob screwed on. When the reel spins the friction between the spool and washers is enough to move the drag knob. This can lead to the drag locking up when a fish pulls hard because it can tighten the drag knob when line is playing out.
You have to be really careful and wind the reels in a direction that the drag will loosen when a fish runs not tightens. Some designs put a transverse pin in the threaded part to stop this but then drag adjustment can lock the reel in as little as 1/8 a turn. With the dentex reel the drag cannot lock the reel. Even if you really crank it down many turns of the knob it is never locking the reel.
The dentex reel has a delrin arbor and a hole is drilled and tapped in the center. The top of the arbor is shaped by removing a chord from the arbor like in the picture and the same is done to low friction washer. The chord is cut to the depth of the 2 washers. This is what I call the isolating washer is allows the spool to spin and this rotating friction force is transferred to the arbor by the washer and not the drag knob.
A rubber washer goes over the isolating washer then a derlin washer goes over that to sandwich it in. The drag knob is a regular plastic knob available probably anywhere.The drag washer is a good design in that in wears down, I think it is a layered material. The other day I took mines apart and there wash alot of "washer dust" after two years of use between it and the spool. The Isolating washer is a softer material than the delrin spool, that way only the washer wears and doesn't damage the spool.
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Welcome Kyle. Check out the Tobago video post in the Caribbean section.
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Wood gun or pipe gun?
I can say for sure a reel saved my gun from being lost or broken.
To me it is not one or the other, I either use just a reel or use both. It all depends on the situation, and of course you must make the best decision in each situation because it will only serve to your advantage.
For kayak dives I will only use a floatline tied directly to the kayak. This eliminates anchors and all that other stuff and possibly losing the kayak due to slipping anchor or current sweeping you away.
I use to dive off a 16' kayak and it had less drag than a riffe float.
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Another thing is that it is positively bouyant.
Where did you get that reel Davie?
Italy. That's the bad thing about the reel. I was quoted 60 euro plus 50 euro shipping from Maorisub, and good luck trying to communicate with the company. I was able to get someone in Italy to buy it from a shop and ship it to me for around $10 shipping costs.
Harry lucked out and bought a personal stash from a dive store in Texas that went out of business.
I was talking with Harry last week on how awesome it would be if someone could produce the reel here. It looks fairly easy for someone with a lathe or CNC. Producing one unit is a waste since the setup is already done.
The only other reel I would use is a Riffe reel but they are so expensive and bulky.
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My cousins dog died from biting a toad, English Bulldog. Same thing happened with the foaming mouth and all.
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My favorite so far is the Maorisub Dentex. It is delrin enclosed by stainless rods. Also unlike most reels the drag cannot lock the reel and once set the drag doesn't deviate from it's setting at all.
I take the line guide off.
How many feet of line do you require on it?
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get your butt over here, it's down the street.
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That is really awesome!!!!
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Harry's restaurant is having a Tiki party today to break in their new Tiki Roof. Sports on a bunch of tv's.
45lbs of free roast pig
Free shots of Rum, Jäger, and red Stag.
Presidente drafts $1
Lanshark girls!!!!! will be there with $1 landshark longnecks.
Short notice but who's in?
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"South Florida" isn't enough emphasis?
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How about something along these lines. I don't like the club name where it is. Maybe it can go inside the stripe.
I like the diver stripe and diver making an 'X' like the state flag.
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I always seem to find the beating heart of a fish after I gut it in the water or on the boat.
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That hood slide was rather suspicious.
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The preceding wave activity I understand. But wouldn't lack of any movement on the surface indicate that the west wind isn't pushing anything?
Not at all, there has to be movement between the air and water, it's just not visible.
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West winds pushing the nearshore waters out.
You've had 20-30mph winds and huge waves all week stirring up the beach waters. The west winds pushes all that stuff out now.
