T.Killian

I've been following the NC division as a co for the first time.. had a great draw each tournament.. caught a few fish but learned a ton so far.. hopefully the learning continues. Good luck.

Perfect thanks.. I hit it after cleaning up and lubing and was like welp that doesn't seem normal. And convinced myself I had something wrong. Everything else works perfectly. And that does too if it's not supposed too haha!

Thanks I appreciate all the input. I may have made a mistake but my latest attempt I stretched the springs out a little and put a little grease on the ramp areas and it still will do it but takes a larger amount of inertia to create the click/spin.. I'd say more than double the force as when I started.

The gears and ramp areas all look fine and not worn or chipped or broken. The plastic part with the ramps will seat all the way down inside it's mating surfaces so to speak and the springs are on their pins. Could the springs be too weak?

Can someone help me fix this clicking issue? Is it just the AR bearing or something else? I'm a novice at reel repair, can get them apart and back together but there is a chance something is put together wrong also. Video below explains the issue. https://photos.app.goo.gl/AkH6tCWwMtGTLdue9

Update on what I've found so far with this hook vs the Mustad 32786 60º. The Owner is overall IMO a higher quality hook - better cutting point design, stiff, thinner wire dia. lots of great qualities... What it has that turns me slightly awry is that the gap and shank are a fair amount smaller (I believe it was 0.094" - 0.125" difference) for the Owner 5/0 vs Mustad 5/0. I went ahead and poured all the hooks on a batch of football heads, and so far I've had limited testing, but haven't lost one with it yet. Side note: I have received the wrong product from L.P.O. concerning hooks before... There is a slight possibility that they sent me 4/0 and labeled it 5/0.. that I can't be sure of yet.

Did we find someone to for sure run this, and send out an address thru PM? I'm making what I fish with all thru the winter so whenever we figure out where too & if January 15th is the target to the distributor I'm set. Thanks!

That's a great video. Heck I had seen it before some years back and didn't put two and two together haha. My hooks will be here Thursday for my test batch. Ready to get my hands on them.

Ok that makes sense. I don't have that clear of water clarity, and only 1 small mouth lake nearby so I probably won't be going that small.. but maybe halfway there for what my conditions dictate finesse to be would be a good idea! Thanks!

Ok... so I gotta ask what are you doing with that small of a jig? Do you have a photo? I'd love to see it.

That's awesome, I've never seen it, only heard of the process a couple times.

Thank you both. I just realized the number was the lpo number when I placed my order from Barlow's today. Needed to make an order so I figured I'd get a few hooks to play with and now I feel even better about my decision. Thanks guys!

Nice I'm going to go check that oven out today hopefully!

How do you re-crimp the eye? Can it be done with a bench vise? They look like $$.

PC for me, but I'm not an artist and don't have much time to invest into each bait either haha!