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l2oBiN

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  1. Looking for your recommendations on the best mono for alveys. I have tried spoiling it with platt 100 but it seems to retain quite a lot of memory and I got a big birds nest on 2nd cast. I have next tried some siglon V from sunline and it seems too supple? It was fraying after a few casts? 

    What line do you recommend?

  2. The sand / micro sand got into everything! Including the bearings and the anti reverse housing! I even had to take the actual bearings apart to clean them. 

     

    The breakdown and reassembly is involved but I am glad I did it as I now understand the reel much better and feel confident that I can take it apart again.

    The bail arm spring mechanism is interesting. It seems more complicated compared to others. Again, it would be good to get some understanding of how it works..,

  3. Ok guys, I have pulled the entire reel apart including bearings and anti reverse mechanism, cleaned it all out, greased the worm drive, and drive shaft and their respective interfaces, as well as ball bearings and housing, and finally oiled all remaining moving parts. I have assembled it all together again and works as new so far. I have yet to do the spool as i need to remove the line from it prior to cleaning it, but it should not be a problem. I would appreciate a couple of photos on how the bail arm spring mechanism functions and gets assembled together ( I have assembled this and it works but I am still trying to figure out how it functions). 

     

    One thing i can can tell you is I cannot foresee how squiring wd40 or silicon spray, or letting things soak in water would actually clean the reel. This might help with external cleaning but getting to the bearings, worm gears, and drive shaft for a proper clean does seem to require a comprehensive dismantling. Further to this, I think leaving things to soak in water would just make things worse as it would capture the water in the reel housing and bearings. (This obviously might not be a problem for a water sealed reel).

     

  4. Fishing at a beech creek outlet on a runout tide, I saw my rod and reel dragged off into the torrent by a fish. There is no way I could see it through the sand torrent and jumping in to get it was useless. I quickly ran back home, got my diving mask and flippers and went in for a dip. Visibility was 1m so ivould not see jack. Then as I surfaced I saw the tip just breaking the tip of the water closer to shore. Swam out to it and rescued the lot. I realised as I dragged it out of the water that the fish was still on. I tried to turn the handle of the reel and the whole reel is rock stiff (I did not want to force it) No doubt sand got in everywhere! Hand dragged the fish out and it ended up being a stinkin sting ray!

    Now I am faced with a rock stiff reel and very crunchy rod saddle. I need to get these back into tip top order! Could you please give me some tips/advice/resources on how I can fully service the 2500 stradic ci4 and the Catana light surf rod reel saddle. 

     

    Looking forward to to your advice!

     

     

  5. Hi Guys,

    I have been gifted a BCF voucher and would like to purchase a Thunnus Ci4+ 4000 series. (Hopefully BCF will be able to order it in - cannot find it on their website).

    Since I must purchase through BCF, I would like to get the best price on this reel, so I can get a price match from BCF.

    Would you be able to suggest where this reel would be best priced so I can use it as a price match.

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