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The only way to repair this rod correctly is to replace every guide. I am curious if the problem is just the older Kigan guides. I have seen these used on other rods with little trouble. It is sorta like the guides on an Abu Garcia Veritas rod. I have several friends that have had the guides loose their inserts. In the same time I have had no trouble. Kinda weird. Give your local guys a call and get the estimate then you can make a responsible decision. Consider which way ix better for you, spend $90 for a NEW rod or whatever they want to install all new guides on yours. The new rod is going to be cheaper in my mind, and you will get it back quicker. I just got a Champion DC 705C and I can not wait till I can toss a frog. My wife's new frog rod got ordered today. She only uses spinning so I ordered a Sierra SA705SF. I can not wait till it gets here next week. Good Luck and let us know how you make out.

I have read some guys using a Shimano Cardiff A series reel. I have read some reviews very happy with it and some not so much. I suggest you do some research further on it. I know it is more money($199) but consider a 300 series Lexa from Daiwa. Lots of guys using it for swimbaits. Check tackle Warehouse for reviews. You might find it online for less. Lastly Lews makes their Super Duty in a wide spool version for this type of application. Again it reuns $199 but maybe available online for less.

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I did some looking in your area. But if you wanted to get all of the rod guides replaced call these guys for an estimate, http://therodshopkc.com/ They are located in the northern part of Kansas City MO. that is about 2 hours from you. You could call for an estimate. Just choose the guides you would like to have on them. i am sure they can do it for you. Shipping to MO should be less than California. Here is an alternative to the first location. http://www.fitzfishing.net/store-location

bagof donuts you are going to love that reel. Spool it up, then adjust the spool tension till there is lots of side play in the spool. Tighten the tension knob till there is almost no side play Next try tossing a 3/8 jig and trailer with the brakes set to about half say 10 or 12. Adjust the brakes and enjoy Little by little I am going to change all 13 of my baitcasters over to Diawa. I am almost half way there. I just have to make them fit in the budget. LOL

I can help some. I have never touched the Tactical, but do fish heavily with 1 Exceler, 4 Tatula Type Rs and two Tatula CTs. All of the Tatulas have the same Magforce Z braking system and the T wing. I really like the T wing and the braking system. I liked it enough to sell off all of my Shimanos, both Curados and Chronarchs. The Diawa Tactical was a Tackle Warehouse only special version. It had a different finish on it and came with some fancy hype. It carried the same amount of line, has the same braking system and the same amount of drag as any 100 size or CT size Tatula bodies. It did have a 100 mm handle instead of a standard 90 mm handle. I guess that is how they made it "stronger and more powerful" If you want a larger capacity of line then go to the Diawa Tatula HD. The spool is different and again you get the longer handle. I believe there are two corrosion resistant ball bearings used instead of regular bearings. The corrosion resistant bearings show up on any Tatula 100 Type Rs, a Tatula CT type Rs, the Tactical, and the HD versions. It is nice, but I doubt it makes a whole lot of difference. I believe the Tactical was built on the standard sized 100 series body. Now that I have gone through most of the advertising, lets talk real life fishing. My Exceler has no T wing, and two less bearings. It cast just as smooth as my Tatulas. I think the Tatulas can handle a little lighter baits and cast a tiny bit farther. Are they a huge improvement over the Exceler. Not really. Do I enjoy fishing with all of them YES!!!!. rippin lips is correct. If your sole purpose is to throw really light baits, say 1/4, or even 1/8 then the new SV should be better for those purposes. No one can say for sure since Diawa is only now taking pre-orders on those. From my experience I have no trouble casting a Reaction Innovation Skinny Dipper with only the lightest of belly weighted swimbait hooks. I throw it on a BPS 6 foot light action Extreme baitcasting rod and a Tatula CT. I have never been disappointed throwing a 1/4 ounce Dirty Jigs swimjig and a Kalin 5 inch Lunker grub or a Craw Papy trailer on my jig rod either. My Tatula 100 Type R 8-1 throws my frogs terrifically too If that is what you want to throw then a Tatula CT or Tatula 100 series would work fine for you, as it does for me. The difference between the Tat 100 body and a Tat Ct is the CT is a bit smaller overall in size.

We have a good reel repair place in Harford County, next to Flying point Marina on the Bush River. Look here HOME PAGE REEL & ROD REPAIR CONTACT US WE KEEP IT REELIN' Reel Perfection We keep it reelin' Home Page REEL AND ROD REPAIR Reel Perfection 324 Flying Point Road Edgewood, MD 21040 410-676-0027 reelperfection@msn.com Reel Perfection was established in 2001 when Jerry Sersen purchased the existing reel and rod repair business from the Fishin' Shop on Rt.40 in White Marsh, Maryland. Captain Jerry worked at growing the repair business and obtained his U.S. Coast Guard Captain's license in 2007. Reel Perfection takes pride in it's great customer service; letting you know up front if the tackle is worth repairing or if it is more economical to replace it. We make sure you know when your tackle will be ready for pick-up or shipment to your home or business. Contact us for all your rod and reel repair services. See us at Flying Point Marina on the Bush River. Content copyright 2017. Reel Perfection. All rights reserved. I have known Jerry since he worked in The Fishin Shop back in the 80's and 90s. Oh boy I just got older thinking about it!

Here is what I do. I fish in the Chesapeake Bay tidal rivers including the Susquehanna Flats and the Potomac. I also vacation in deep clear lakes, like Dale Hollow. I refuse to change how I setup my equipment. Here at home I can run into large blue cats, as well as pickerel and stripers while bass fishing. So I never use cheap line of any kind. I have seen enough line go out that the backing to main line knot went out the guides. I trust both good quality Stren Clear Blue in 14 pound test and Berkely FireLine in 14 pound test ( 6 pound diameter). I also use the bright neon color for my eyes. I spool the reel half way up with the Stren Mono then fill it up with my braid. You do not need 165 yards of braid. No one casts over 1 1/2 times a football field with a spinning rod. So a half of a spool will suffice. Now here is where I do make a change to my setup sometimes. I normally fish a 4 foot leader made up of P Line CXX copolymer line in 8 pound test ( moss green in color). If I am fishing really deep clear water than I may go to 8 pound P Line Halo fluorocarbon line. That works great for me.

Take a good look at the Dobyns Fury FR 703SF. These run $109. Look at a Powell Inferno 6103 for $99. Lastly take a look at the Abu Garcia Ike Finesse series 7 foot medium spinning rod. It runs $129. An Abu Garcia Veritas runs $79 and these are pretty good also.

Is this a brand new reel? Has it done it from the beginning? I would remove the side plate and spool. Inspect the spool and lip, make sure there is nothing like a bit of dirt or debris. Reassemble it and see if the noise is still there. If it is then either exchange it for another if possible or have someone like DVT repair it. Maybe you got the one in x that have a defect. Nameiztaken I would not let one question about one reel deter me from buying a CT. First he is not even asking about a CT. The Tatula Type R is a completely different reel, a different size body and spool. I personally own with 4 Tatula Type Rs and have fished them hard for several years. I also own 2 Tatula CTs and an Exceler. All of these reels have performed flawlessly.

The Dobyns is very nice. My other suggestion is to go look at Irod Genesis II 703CC, it is called the Gabe's Rip Rap Special. It is a graphite glass composite and it is really nice for traps, square bills and small to mid sized cranks.

For what it is worth I fish 1 Diawa Exceler, 4 Diawa Tatula Type Rs and 2 Daiwa Tatula CTs. They are buttery smooth and super to fish with. All of the Tatulas have the Magforce Z breaks, so there is no issue with the rotors etc that was on an older style reel. The only issue with the Curado I that has been documented, a drop of oil occasionally is required to keep it quiet. That being said I sold all of my older Curados and Chronarchs and prefer the breaking system on the Tatulas. I would look at another Tatula CT.

It is true that the 1/4 to 3/4 rod is usually considered the all purpose rod. In some cases a manufacturer will design a rod that just plain works. For me that was a Powell 683 CEF. Tackle Tour ran that 1/4 to 3/4 rod through a torturous test which included baits lighter than the 1/4,, it did not handle them too well, all the way up to a 2.5 ounce swim bait and it did it really well. Ordinarily you would not choose a 6'8" 1/4 to 3/4 rod for those big baits. When I need 1 rod to do many things I reach for that rod. Now getting back on track the op has been looking at a bunch of rods to fill his needs, but on a limited budget. I belong to many boards like this. One board Gary Dobyns personally answers question on. In the past he has answered my own question as well as the op. Gary says the 704 is a terrific rod but prefers it for closer in work, say working down rip rap or docks and prefers the longer rod for most applications. He has also said the entire blank acts differently than its shorter version. It will handle many of the same lures, but how it transitions from tip to backbone is different. As for the Fury, Sierra, and both Champion lines it kinda goes like this. He started with both top end Champion lines first, then 2 Savvy series ( only the micro Savvy's are still made). These were designed to offer a Dobyns rod at a price point below his top line rods. He insisted they never lower the standard of using a high quality blank in any series. Now he is offering the Sierra series, which is a step up in sensitivity and very light weight compared to the Savvy series. Lastly he has been hounded for a Dobyns quality rod at the entry level price range. After 2 years of trying the Furys were released. They are amazing for their price. Here the same attention to detail, lineup on the spine, guide alignment, quality of blank material and good components, all combine to give the user a great rod for an entry level price. As you move up the different lines the quality of blank, sensitivity, quality of components all go up and the rods get lighter as well. He does build many of the same rods in different lineups so you can get a very similar rod at each price point. One other thing about Dobyns is they fish roughly 1/2 step lighter than their rating compared to many other brands, so read that heavy more like between a typical mh and hvy

I have a friend that fishes he Potomac and Upper Bay at least 3 or 4 times a year. He fishes a lot of Winn Grips and has had no trouble at all. I guess time will tel,l but I sorta use him as a torture tester of equipment.. If it survives him for a year it should survive for a decade for me. LOL I really like the light weight and tacky feeling they have.

I think your best options are to save a bit more money. Get the Irod Genesis II or Fiber series Fred's Magic Stick. That rod will not only be a great frog rod but can handle a lot of heavier baits. Then I would get the Dobyns 734. It is a workhorse. Those two along with your spinning rods will give you a very versatile rod arsenal. Anything that the 734 does not throw well, will be fine on the Irod.

Wait till you fish a rod that has the real grips. I had my friend, a custom rod builder, strip a defective reel seat and complete cork handle off a G Loomis IMX SJR 721( a 6 foot light action spinning rod). He removed all of the cork and the defective reel seat and installed the new Winn Grips in "natural color" The reel seat we picked was an American Tackle Comfort seat. The rod is lighter and more sensitive. I liked it sop much i had him do the same thing to a perfectly good G Loomis SJR 722, a medium action 6 foot IMX rod.

For that budget i would look at Dobyns Furys, and Sierras, as well as Irod Genesis II rods and Powell Max rods.Those 3 have some great rods to choose from. There is nothing wrong with one brand and model line but to me there are certain rods from each that I love. I own several from each of these brands. As for full cork, full eva or split handle, that is a matter of what feels best in your hand. I really like split grips for lighter rods. Some of my favorite rods have either split cork or split eva. I like both. I prefer full cork on my heaviest rods. Like rods I throw heavy jigs, carolina rigs, punching etc. I would imagine I would prefer it for Aabama and big swim bait rods as well. I do not know because I do not throw them.

My wife and I own 7 Pfluegers and they are great reels. We both fish two 6 foot G Loomis rods spinning rods. Two are light action rods for baits weighing 1/16 to 5/16. The other two are mediums made to handle 1/8 to 3/8 oz. baits. All four of those rods have 30 series Presidents on them. She only fishes spinning gear. So she has a 6'6"medium moderate action Berkely Lightning Shock rod, which she uses for treble hook baits, and an Irod Genesis II 7 foot medium heavy spinning rod for jigs, texas rigs, and any other bottom contact baits. She also fishes a Dobyns 7 foot heavy fast actin rod for Alabama rigs, frogs and carolina rigs. All of these rods, except one, have a President 35 on them. I really like the 35s for the extra line they hold. The other reel she fishes is a Shimano Symetre. I went with it for the frog rod because of the gear ratio. The President reels are tough. We spent 10 days on Dale Hollow last April chasing bass. Unfortunately we arrived just as the big females came off the spawning beds. They would not eat any of the normal baits so we spent the first 6 days throwing 1/16 ounce Ned Rigs and catching 3 to 7 pound female smallies and largies. On the last day my wife hooked and landed a 7+ pound catfish on her 6 foot light action G Loomis rod. That 30 series reel held up beautifully. Our reels get workouts like that often. We chase bass and stripers on the tidal rivers feeding the Chesapeake Bay. That means fish like big Blue Catfish, large pickeral and 30+ inch stripers are going to hit your bait. So far my largest blu cat was 18 pounds. My recommendation is to get the 35 size President, it will cost $60 at Dicks and elsewhere. I usually spool it half way with good quality mono like Stren Clear Blue in say 14 pound test. Use a uni to uni knot to attach the braid you want to fish with. Here I would go with either 14 pound Berkely FireLine or you could choose between Suffix 832 and Power Pro Spectra braid. In these lines I would choose between 20 pound test. I use all three of these lines for different purposes, but I use the FireLine on all of my spinning reels. I also tie on a 4 foot section of mono or copolymer line to fish in clear water. I like P Line CXX in 8 to 10 pound test for this purpose. A setup like this will work well for most of the fishing you want to do. I would prefer a 40 series on that big steelhead rod. If you get serious with the cats I would consider a dedicated cat rod. Something like the Ugly stick catfish rods. I would use a 40 series for that. Cats can be amazing. My wife holds the record for a cat in the family. Her's was a 34 1/2 pound river flathead. That was caught on one of those rods but with an Abu 5000C Ambassaduer.

Crop9 Hi. Where were you fishing on Center Hill. My wife and I fished a few years back. We had paid Craig Powers ( a TN pro on the FLW series to guide us or two days. Man that lake can be amazing!! I caught my pb 7 pound Kentucky spot there along with some big smallies. There are some great places to fish on that lake, but it is a bit tougher without a boat. Give me a pm and we can go over some locations. I also recommend fishing with a guide for an incredible experience. We stayed at the Lakeside Resort (which has changed names and I think it is closed now. ) but it is located just south of the 56 bridge.

You and I have almost the same boat. Mine is the 170 which has more upfront storage and no up front livewell. Could you make some aluminum straps to slide it in and attach them to the front of the console. I do not attach mine, but that is where I leave mine while fishing and running. It has never moved while running.

I always used two batteries, that way when one died I had the full second one to make it back.

No it is not just "in the past". What I have read about was current Symetre and some Sahara reels . My friend just bought a 1000 Sahara FE and had to return it to Bass Pro last week. It would bind up. He only fished it for two days. He went with a Pflueger President XT instead.

The combo I like (your mileage may vary) is Berkley Original Fused FireLine in 14 pound test. I fill my reel half way with quality mono like Stren Clear blue in 14 pound test.. Then add my braid. I use P Line CXX moss green in 8 to 10 pound test. The 10 pound line breaks at 23 pounds. The 8 pound is plenty for me most of the time. By having half the spool of mono I use less braids (saves money) and since I have had fish run over half my line out, I know I am fishing with a quality line as backing. As for the leader I use about 4 foot most of the time. Learn the double uni knot it is strong and easy to tie.

Be careful on those Shimanos, there has been documented trouble with the reels binding on some models. If I had known that ahead of time I would not have purchased my wife her Symetre. I am holding my breath we do not have one of the trouble makers. For a modest price and high reliability we fish a lot of Pflueger President reels. They run around $60.

I throw 2 baits everywhere for smallies, Kentucky spots and largies. These two are Kalin 5 inch lunker grubs and Reaction Innovation Skinny Dippers. Throw bluegill. watermelon seed/red flake or smoke sat & pepper. The skinny Dipper I would throw on a belly weighted swimbait hook. Try white trash, Houdini maybe a sun gill or one of the money shots. If you need to get deeper, try a Picasso 3/8 or 1/2 ounce swimbait jig head will work. They look like a fish head on a hook. I catch some big fish using all of these baits. Bass Pro sells a hook with a worm weight attached. They are now under the Enticer brand but look here. This makes lots of plastic easy to fish. Search BP for this: Bass Pro Shops Perfect Finesse Worm Jighead I lie an 1/8 or 1/4 weight and then get the size hook that matches your bait well. I texpose it. With both of these bait I will swim them, then kill them and let them flutter a bit then twitch and swim them again.