Who do you send your reels to for service?

[Randy Price]

I have a few BC and spinning reels that I would like to have professionally disassembled cleaned and lubricated.  Who do you guys use?

[MN Fisher]

I do all my own maintenance - but if I did send them in to someone - it'd be DVT. Heard nothing but good things about Mike from people here.

[roadwarrior]

http://www.delawarevalleytackle.com/

 

 

                                                

[Siebert Outdoors]

DVT has done several of mine for me.

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Randy Price said:

I have a few BC and spinning reels that I would like to have professionally disassembled cleaned and lubricated.  Who do you guys use?

 

another vote 

 

 

 

A-Jay

 

[OnthePotomac]

I was blessed 20 years ago when I got into bass fishing that I had a good friend who did it for a living and schooled me on the art of reel cleaning and lube.  Sure saved me a ton of money over the years.  Thank goodness though that we have DVT on this site for anglers to turn to.  Honest and thorough.

[DogBone_384]

4 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

http://www.delawarevalleytackle.com/

 

 

                                                

This ^^^^^^ Mike does great work and is reasonably priced.  He's also a site sponsor.

[NOC 1]

On 10/30/2020 at 10:46 AM, Randy Price said:

I have a few BC and spinning reels that I would like to have professionally disassembled cleaned and lubricated.  Who do you guys use?

This forum is sponsored by Delaware Valley Tackle. It would seem a little rude, and likely taken note of if one were to recommend anyone else I'd think.

[Jaderose]

14 hours ago, NOC 1 said:

This forum is sponsored by Delaware Valley Tackle. It would seem a little rude, and likely taken note of if one were to recommend anyone else I'd think.

This site is also sponsored by Sieberts but people recommend other jigs all the time.  People are recommending DVT because of the service.  The ADDED BONUS is using a service that helps to keep the lights on in our favorite forum.

[redmeansdistortion]

20 hours ago, NOC 1 said:

This forum is sponsored by Delaware Valley Tackle. It would seem a little rude, and likely taken note of if one were to recommend anyone else I'd think.

There are a few guys here that fix reels to either put food on the table or as a secondary income.  We don't step on each other's toes.  If anything, we learn from one another.  Some of us are more proficient with some reels than others and sometimes we have to turn to our peers for advice.  I've picked the brains of some here and have had others pick mine.  Reel repair is such a niche occupation that most of us have no trouble getting business.  If you do good work, people seek you out.  DVT has built himself a stellar reputation due to his quality of work.  He would still be successful without sponsorship.  When you have passion for what you do, people take notice.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

5 hours ago, redmeansdistortion said:

There are a few guys here that fix reels to either put food on the table or as a secondary income.  We don't step on each other's toes.  If anything, we learn from one another.  Some of us are more proficient with some reels than others and sometimes we have to turn to our peers for advice.  I've picked the brains of some here and have had others pick mine.  Reel repair is such a niche occupation that most of us have no trouble getting business.  If you do good work, people seek you out.  DVT has built himself a stellar reputation due to his quality of work.  He would still be successful without sponsorship.  When you have passion for what you do, people take notice.

I appreciate everyone’s support but this is an especially nice compliment. Thank you. 

[MickD]

On 10/30/2020 at 12:56 PM, A-Jay said:

 

another vote 

 

 

 

A-Jay

 

You need more reels.

 

[A-Jay]

10 minutes ago, MickD said:

You need more reels.

 

I need fishable conditions....

A-Jay

 

[NYWayfarer]

1 hour ago, MickD said:

You need more reels.

 

Don’t we all?!?

[redmeansdistortion]

1 hour ago, NYWayfarer said:

Don’t we all?!?

You can never have enough, but I'm sure many of us here sometimes sit and scratch our heads pondering over which rigs to take out on the water.  I'm pretty cyclic in my reel buying.  I'll buy up a bunch, keep my favorites, sell those that get used the least, buy more, rinse and repeat.  I've had a lot of reels pass through my hands, but I usually manage to hang on to about a dozen or so at a time.  Now rods, I have enough to build a beaver dam.

[NYWayfarer]

2 minutes ago, redmeansdistortion said:

You can never have enough, 

Sorry, I,stopped reading after this ?

[NOC 1]

12 hours ago, redmeansdistortion said:

There are a few guys here that fix reels to either put food on the table or as a secondary income.  We don't step on each other's toes.  If anything, we learn from one another.  Some of us are more proficient with some reels than others and sometimes we have to turn to our peers for advice.  I've picked the brains of some here and have had others pick mine.  Reel repair is such a niche occupation that most of us have no trouble getting business.  If you do good work, people seek you out.  DVT has built himself a stellar reputation due to his quality of work.  He would still be successful without sponsorship.  When you have passion for what you do, people take notice.

I think maybe what I said was taken the wrong way. It just seems rude, well maybe not rude, but at least  unappreciative to me to recommend another business in the forum that is sponsored by some one in the same business. It has nothing to do with the quality of the work, a stellar reputation, or DVT's success and passion.

 

Would you go into your local tackle shop and tell people to go elsewhere to do business? It seems like the same thing to me.

17 hours ago, Jaderose said:

This site is also sponsored by Sieberts but people recommend other jigs all the time.  People are recommending DVT because of the service.  The ADDED BONUS is using a service that helps to keep the lights on in our favorite forum.

Yes this site has a lot of sponsors. This forum is sponsored by DVT. DVT is paying for it to exist. It just seems like bad form to hang out here and then send business elsewhere. Obviously I'm a minority on this.

[Catt]

7 hours ago, NOC 1 said:

Would you go into your local tackle shop and tell people to go elsewhere to do business?

 

Absolutely will ?

 

If I didn't believe in DVT I would have no issue saying so!

 

I worked part time for Academy & many times sent customers elsewhere right in front of the store manager. He said how could I do that, I replied what for it. Because of my honesty that customer returned & spent more than what he was looking for orginally.

 

Honestly is the best policy!

[redmeansdistortion]

16 hours ago, A-Jay said:

I need fishable conditions....

A-Jay

 

Later this week is looking mighty good!

[A-Jay]

23 minutes ago, redmeansdistortion said:

Later this week is looking mighty good!

I know - 

and I am very excited - a little anxious.

But very excited ! 

A-Jay

[redmeansdistortion]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

I know - 

and I am very excited - a little anxious.

But very excited ! 

A-Jay

That anxiety will be gone the second you hook into a smallie

[DaubsNU1]

Youtube and do it all myself. Also do all the maintenance on my Duramax, Accord, John Deere x750, Polaris 550's, Lawn Boy 6278, Benelli, build and maintain my own computer.

 

I won't take apart my Nikon DSLR (D3s), I draw the line there : ) 

[MickD]

On 11/1/2020 at 5:00 PM, A-Jay said:

I need fishable conditions....

A-Jay

 

This week!  

[A-Jay]

9 minutes ago, MickD said:

This week!  

On the water right now.

A-Jay