hoser
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One thing I really like to do is take and old fishing reel that for lack of better terms has been discarded as it won't work anymore. I pick them up at garage sales, junk stores, people who have them gathering dust on a shelf. Some are just not worth saving, but then there are the ones I see have hope to rise again and be put back to work. Plus I just think the old 40's-60's reels were just cool. Not as effective or efficient as todays reels, but neat to look at the details the manufacturers put in them. These are two I just resurrected from the scrap heap. The spin caster was almost locked up, and the anti reverse lever was broken off so I cannabled a reel that was beyond hope for the lever. The Pfluger level wind was hard to turn and the clicker button was froze. Overall finish was dull and on the corroded side so I polished it up a tad. It now runs smooth as silk. Like I said, it's just a fun hobby for me on rainy, snowy, nasty days.