Hello again, Russell.

Maybe we got a cross-post coming from you to what I had written earlier,
but meanwhile, I saw where - -

 - -=> RUSSELL TIEDT wrote to JEAN PARROT <=-

 JP>  Try it and let me know. I have 7 or 8 Penn reels, dating to 1948.
 JP> Most of them are loaded with braided monel line. You can not find this
 JP> any more. I use them still to troll for lakers.

 RT> Will do, if there are no other suggestions I like better.

Solution depends on the prob -  whether spool rubs continuously, or just
once or twice per rotation.  Jean and I are good friends, and we
happened to talk on phone earlier about something else, but I think he
said that his reel spool which was rubbing was doing so only maybe once
briefly per rotation, and looking from the outside of the reel, he could
physically see where the flange of the spool was warped.  That localized
area was where he marked, and where he localized his successful repair
effort.

But I trust both you and Jean are talking about reels a bit smaller than
the 4/0 saltwater reel I was describing in my last post.

 RT> I use mine for shore casting,

Plz tell more - - what size/class reel do you have? Is it level wind, or
freespool? At least plz tell what weight and type fish you want to
catch.  Top-to mid feeders like freshwater black bass in lakes around
here?, or bottom feeders like catfish?

Shore casting as into a relatively calm lake, not shore casting as in
surf-casting with a 10' rod as might be done on the east coast of
Florida into 2' surf, right?

 RT> and am also having difficulty finding a line I like,
 RT> to fill mine with, most lines are too "soft/limp" and others are
 RT> way to stiff, unless one, is/are fishing a very rocky area, and
 RT> need the extra heavy abrasion resistance the give.

I don't compute about lines being too "soft/limp", or "too
stiff, unless
fishing in a very rocky area." AFAICT, it All depends on where you
are fishing, how you are fishing, and what you're fishing for.

As currently done here in Florida, I think I can safely say that most
shore casting and also boat-based casting is generally done with clear
monofilament lines like nylon.  Generally with spinning type reels now,
and I think spool-reel based fishing is mostly done in order to present
a live baitfish (or a plug)as bait. - - i.e. throw the shiner out, let
him float from that bobber, and hope a lunker black bass gobbles him up,
or, in saltwater, throw that live fingerling mullet out there, let him
swim around a bit, and hope that a good redfish swallows him whole.

As far as shore casting into rocky areas and abrasion resistance,  I
don't think you want to be dragging your main line across any reeally
sharp/abrasive rocks with every cast.  Around here, rocky and abrasive
areas are usually dealt with in the "tackle" down near where the bait is
presented.  Sometimes leader strength wants to be  greater than line
strength, sometimes it wants to be less.  It all depends - - -

In any event, if you were to try and go saltwater shore casting around
here, and if you had seen a good sized  black drum "tailing" over an
oyster bar, and even if you could shore cast an attractive bait to him,
and he took it, I think you could reasonably expect your line to be cut
off by those pretty sharp shells of the oysters in that oyster bar.

Enough for now - - chat back if still interested.
- - -  JimH.


... There's sumpin fishy about this thread, Jim - - Bubba
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