Hi Salenity

Nope just us RATS! LOL Seriously if you get a chance to get a good job with a reputable company don't screw it up 1000 people will be ready to cut your throat for it in a minute! Show up on time do your job GOOD (It's Union you won't be rushed) and don't make any waves. And PRAY you don't get laid off. I was a Carpenter for JE Dunn and Loved it! Work dried up and I started my own company.

Sounds like you did better than we did. what colors were working for you I used a baby brush hog in GP with blue flake Sunday and had no luck Hey what's the scoop on your motor did you figure out what was wrong with it? Anyone wanting to sell a 24V bow mounted foot controlled trolling motor let me know.

I have a "supertuned" lew's TP and a "Supertuned" Core50 I like the 50 for throwing anything light and it's hands down my favorite reel you will love it! Roadwarrior PM me your address and I'll let you try a LTP for a couple of weeks.

Me and Wachati went to Miami county early Sunday morning until around 10? We caught fish but it was hard to catch more than one in a spot. Some times we wouldn't get any fish off a point at all. The bite may be picking up but it's still barely worth going.

28MPH winds as I hit the water this evening at Miami Co. I brought 8 rods but only unloaded 4 that I thought I could use in the wind. I had an eyelet fall out of a tip top on a Veritas and I was throwing a 3/4oz spinner and had that once a year backlash bad enough I just put it away leaving me with a deep crank rod with an old back up 5.1 reel that hated the wind as much as I did! Long story short I was using a 7'11''H rod with 23#fc to throw a 1oz jig not the ideal bait on a tough time of the year for that lake I did get a few with the biggest 2 probably close to 3# As I left the lake and got phone service again I checked and the winds were still 16-24mph

Ebay $158 I got 3 remanufactuerd TP from Ebay last week for $310!

NOTHING about braid is smooth! It's great stuff when you need it though. I like the Neon? 50# 832.

The dig

I am on the other side of the fence on this one. I don't always palm my reels it just depends what I'm throwing and how . My FAVORITE reel is this Core 50 but if I'm not palming it I find the bump on the back of it to dig in on me a little. I LOVE this reel but I 'll have to say that bump was a poor design.

It's good to hear they are starting to bite again. Me and a buddy are either going to head to the State lake or Melvern Tomorrow. Wish us luck!

It sounds like a win win either way. I personally love the TP & at $158 they are cheaper than the Shimano

YEP

Welcome to the dark side, LOL. I started out with the SS but I like the mechanical breaks in the T or TP but thats just me.

Are those rods Blue? That bottom middle pic looks like the rod is Blue but it looks black in the other pics.

Hey Blue, What's your fish count for the year?

So I am moving over to the dark side and have sold a couple of Curado's tn hopes of getting a couple more Pro's. I noticed a guy on Ebay selling "refurbished" TPs. I asked him for a price on 3 and he told me $300 for the 3 of them + $10 shipping!!! I was a bit shocked at the price so I asked him how scratched up they were before I committed to buy them and was told they were in good condition. I paid for them at around noon on Monday and had them by 2pm Tuesday!!!!!!! I anxiously opened the box and to my surprise The first one I pulled out was in New condition with only a small scuff on the word SPEED (top left reel). BTW they did not come in the factory boxes. The second and third looked good with what may be new side covers on them but the frames show some scuffs. I am pretty sure They had all 3 been totally disassembled and cleaned and re lubed and oddly enough they weren't as over lubed as the Pro's I've bought new and I think they used different grease. I'm not sure but the bearings may have been replaced on them as they were super slow like the ones in a brand new reel. They will only freespool for a few seconds so They will need a good flushing. (maybe they re greased them?) Now for the kicker ............. One of the drags did not work! I took the handle side cover off to see what the problem was . The sleeve (part 50 if you have a parts diagram) was not in far enough this made the star drag hit the handle before the drag was fully released. This reel had 2 sleeve washers (part 49). This is an optional part that is a spacer. After removing both of them everything works fine. The 3 carbon drag washers on that reel had been replaced and I'm thinking they may have been thicker than the others making the spacers unnecessary? Oddly enough the drag washers are dry, I will probably put some drag grease on them that's how I have my others and they still have plenty of drag and I think it makes it smoother. Next I'll flush the bearings and spool them up so I can go toss some lead and report back on how they work. I'm curious to see if they are as smooth as my others. Over all I'm happy with my purchase but I can see how others would be bent out of shape to say the least. I just thought I'd give some incite to others on buying a used reel off Ebay. If your looking for a smoking deal on a great reel you may want to check Ebay for a refurbished Lew's it looked like they had several other Lew's reels besides the TP.

Insult to injury?

It will burn.

My 50E is back up for sale if your interested.

Is $154 for a new or used one?

I sent that guy a message the other day and he said he'd sell me 2 of them for $150 each. FYI

Yep

send me a pm I need oneThanks

Does anyone remember a year ago when they had a bad reputation for breaking? LOL

Sounds like you will like the 7'M