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The Fishing Reel - Tips For Routine Maintenance


Many anglers overlook the importance of their fishing reel. Many times your fishing rod and reel simply get thrown in the basement at the end of the fishing season and then dragged out at the beginning of the next season to be used again. You can run into some fairly serious problems with this type of scenario. Very often your reel will choose to not work properly at precisely the worst time, such as when you're fighting a large fish. This is why I do a little routine maintenance on my fishing reels before the start of every fishing season. You only have to lose a trophy one time because of your fishing reel not performing to make you a believer. Take my word for it. Do a littler routine "check up" before the beginning of every fishing season. Here's a list of what you'll need:


1) A small screwdriver (usually Phillips head)


2) A pair of needle nose pliers or hemostats


3) Lubricant. Either purchase a small bottle of reel oil or just use some WD-40


4) 2 or 3 small towels


5) Some Q-tips


6) A clear area to work. Any cleared off table will work fine.

First of all take your fishing reel off of your fishing rod. Now take the reel and some warm water and wipe it off thoroughly. Once you have the reel wiped of debris, remove the handle. It normally simply unscrews either by a screw that you back out with your fingers or by turning the handle the opposite direction that you turn while reeling. Once the handle is removed, set it aside.

Now locate which side of the reel has exposed screw heads and lay the reel so the screw heads are visible. Now using your small screwdriver, remove the screws that are holding the reel together. Once these screws are removed, set them aside as well. At this point you can remove the reel plate. Once the reel plate is removed the gears and springs on the inside are exposed. Without taking anything else apart, simply examine the inside of the fishing reel. Many times you can see sand and or dirt particles. Using the Q-tips, you want to gently remove any exposed sand or dirt particles. Once this is accomplished you want to add reel lubricant to any exposed gear (not too much, just enough to cover the gear).

At this point, simply reverse the process by installing the reel plate and screws. Add a little lubricant to the spindle of the handle and re-install the handle. That's it; you just maintained your fishing reel and shouldn't have any problems with it. I've been doing this to my fishing reels for a long time and it works wonders. I have fishing reels that are fifteen years old and still work like new. Doing maintenance such as this enables you to know if your reel is in need of being replaced, before you get on the water, which is what we want. Because losing a trophy because of a reel malfunction is no fun at all. This routine maintenance will alleviate that problem forever.

Trevor Kugler
Co-founder of JRWfishing.com
Trevor has more than 20 years of fishing experience and currently raises his 3-year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country......Montana.

http://www.jrwfishing.com/essentials.html - Great Deals On Waders!

http://www.jrwfishing.com/fishing_rods_reels.html - Here's some great rod and reel choices

http://www.lulu.com/tkugler - Fishing Tips & Techniques For Pennies!



Short Review on fish aquariums
Humpy, Wulff, Yellow


A hybrid of the classic Royal Wulff dry fly and Humpy, this Yellow Wulff Humpy combines the best of two of the most successflul attractor flies in fly fishing history. High riding and easy on the angler's eye, it's fish taking abilities demand you have a few of these attractor flies in various sizes in your trout fly box.


Price: 1.25



Fishpond Cimarron Wader/Duffel Bag


Textured tarpaulin and 1680 ballistic nylon material for maximum rugged dependability. Integrated backpack straps, ventilated wader compartment with fold-out wader mat, and large main compartment make this one of the most stylish and functional high volume duffels around. Features Large capacity “anvil” style wide mouth cargo area Rugged 1680 ballistic nylon fabric for durability and all weather protection Separate ventilated bottom compartment for wet wader/gear and boot storage Removable, padded nylon pack cloth wader-changing mat Integrated backpack straps Two exterior pockets Four zippered interior pockets Removable see-through interior “essentials” pocket Adjustable, removable padded shoulder strap Abrasion-resistant tarpaulin bottom Padded airmesh carry handle fishpond molded rubber luggage tag Volume 6,835 cu. in. Dimnesions 24.5” x 15.5” x 18” Free Shipping! Fishpond is the fly-fishing industry's newest and most innovative accessory products company. We're small, but our products are already making more than a few ripples. By rethinking product design from the ground-up, we've created an impressive line up of fly-fishing storage products and accessories that look great, and outperform anything else available on the market. We started with a few simple ideas: design and create a tippet dispenser, develop an innovative cutting tool or clipper, and reshape the fly storage category with the creation of a series of soft-sided cases and chest packs. Our simple ideas turned into very complex design obstacles and challenged some of the best industrial designers in the country, yet we've succeeded with our vision and created a line of revolutionary accessory products that will stand the test of time. Fishpond is all about design and function . We are the first to bring a functional tippet dispenser to the market-one that stores, straightens, cuts and dispenses tippet material directly from most commercially manufactured freshwater tippet spools. Look for our saltwater version in the coming months. Tired of plastic and aluminum fly boxes? We've also created an entirely new product category with our molded nylon and soft-sided fly cases. With ease-of-use in mind, brightly colored jacquard webbing on the spine serves as a hand strap to securely hold the case while on the water. This gives our cases their signature style and unparalleled function. To keep us on the cutting edge, we're redefining the accessory segment with revolutionary products like our patented, ergonomically designed Titanium Clippers with optional integrated retractor that make competitive tools based on the traditional nail clipper obsolete. Our research has told us that fly-fishing enthusiasts want to lighten their load. In response to this trend, fishpond has created two new chest/fanny packs that can complement or replace the traditional fishing vest. Each product has our signature zip-down "fly bench" with a replaceable foam fly page that serves as a convenient fly changing station and work area. At fishpond, we're committed to staying on the leading edge of fly-fishing product design, and we're already hard at work on the next generation of new products to enhance our position as an emerging leader with our dealer-partners and customers. Fishpond is connected to the past and it's timeless traditions, but its focus is on making designs for the fly-fishing enthusiast that will endure the future. We're committed to our dealer-partners and consumers at every level, and want to earn your trust and support by offering quality service, delivery and creativity.


Price: 159.00



K-Pump K100


The model K100 is without doubt the most compact, easy to use, high volume pump you could ever own. If you value space and stowability without sacrificing performance, this is your pump. It easily outperforms foot pumps and the standard “two way” barrel pumps in volume and ease of operation. The model 100 has fast become a favorite with a wide range of users such as: inflatable kayakers, float tubers, pontoon boaters and yacht tenders. With the included adaptors you can use the pump on most air mattresses as well. If you are searching for a pump that is: very compact, easy to stow, high volume, easy to operate and very durable, this pump's the best value for your money. Features: Weight: slightly over 2 lbs Measurement: 3” X 22”


Price: 65.00



Troutsmen Dry Fly Dressing


Description for Troutsmen Dry Fly Dressing is Coming Soon!


Price: 2.99



fish aquariums Products we recommend
A Good Life Wasted: or Twenty Years as a Fishing Guide



A Good Life Wasted: or Twenty Years as a Fishing Guide

Told through the eyes of a longtime Montana fishing guide and itinerant fishing bum, A Good Life Wasted offers a unique perspective on an implausible period in the recent history of human civilization. When Dave Ames started guiding, Rocky Mountain locals rode horses and dug camas roots; now they’re trading stock options on cell phones. The collision of stone and computer ages was short-lived, but the deep-rooted themes of this book remain.

A Good Life Wasted--a chronicle and celebration of the fishing-guide life--is poignant and spiritual; it’s Blackfoot Indians and copper miners’ daughters; it’s fiddles and guitars and the fabric of space; it’s about what happens to wild people when the wilderness is gone.

From the first chapter--in which Dave Ames recalls bluffing his way into a job as a fishing guide to the rich and famous (after barely managing to suppress the overwhelming urge to go postal at the federal agency where he suffered his first, and only, “real” job in a cubicle farm)--we’re hooked. We gladly follow Ames as he describes the rite of tasting clouds of mating midges to better match the hatch, tells the story of a fabled Blackfoot fishing guide, and shares his further adventures as a guy with no job, no office, and no stress. A Good Life Wasted spins a fascinating, compelling web--a web that entices the deskbound salary slave to make a break for it, and head west to big sky and fast, cold water, ASAP.



Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore: Strategies for Estuaries, Bays, and Beaches



Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore: Strategies for Estuaries, Bays, and Beaches

The bays, estuaries, and beaches that rim the west coast of North America--the Pacific inshore--offer some of the best fly-fishing opportunities to be found anywhere in the world. But the Pacific inshore offers its own unique set of challenges and demands. FLY FISHING THE PACIFIC INSHORE is an extraordinary book that will answer the questions posed by these complex saltwater environments.

Author Ken Hanley has fly-fished for an amazing array of saltwater gamefish in the Pacific, including barracuda, sharks, bonito, seabass, salmon, halibut, striped bass, and tuna. He is widely recognized as the expert on the techniques and equipment it takes to catch the fish of the Pacific inshore. He has shared his knowledge with more than ten thousand anglers in the workshops and clinics he has taught over the past three decades. In this book, he has distilled these decades of experience into the most complete explanation ever written on this fascinating fishery.

FLY FISHING THE PACIFIC INSHORE covers everything from the physical characteristics of estuaries, bays, and beaches to the many species of gamefish you can expect to find, the foods they eat, the equipment and flies you will need to catch them, and much more. Hanley delivers all this information in an engaging style that not only informs, but also leaves you anxious to get on the water and try it out for yourself.

This book is required reading for anyone who wants to pursue the abundant fish of the Pacific inshore.



Walleye Fishing Simplified



Walleye Fishing Simplified



fish aquariums in the news
Apistogramma , Dwarf Cichlids in the Aquarium

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:10:06 -0700
Apistogramma , Dwarf Cichlids in the Aquarium April 4th, 2008 The real apistogramma’s come from southern America, they all have the same characteristics, like a complex breeding behavior, as their large relatives, only their size is different. Besides the apistogramma group there are also some relatively popular dwarf cichlids from Africa, like the Pelvicachromis group. From this group the most widespread cichlid is the Pelvicachromis pulcher, also known as the Kribensis or Purple cichlid. G

'Highest Tide' is a 37-foot fable awash in teen angst - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:59:30 GMT

'Highest Tide' is a 37-foot fable awash in teen angst
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 10 hours ago
He harvests and sells specimens to collectors and aquariums. And he provides shellfish to a local restaurateur. Miles is an insomniac. ...


Earth Day: Learning to care for a stressed planet

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:01:12 GMT
Among the main events in the area will be the one organized by Sierra Club - ' Calusa group with the enthusiastic thrust of environmentalist Bonny Lee Gruninger at Koreshan State Park in Estero, April 19.

Apistogramma , Dwarf Cichlids in the Aquarium

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:10:06 -0700
Apistogramma , Dwarf Cichlids in the Aquarium April 4th, 2008 The real apistogramma’s come from southern America, they all have the same characteristics, like a complex breeding behavior, as their large relatives, only their size is different. Besides the apistogramma group there are also some relatively popular dwarf cichlids from Africa, like the Pelvicachromis group. From this group the most widespread cichlid is the Pelvicachromis pulcher, also known as the Kribensis or Purple cichlid. G

A Featured fish aquariums Article
The Fishing Reel - Tips For Routine Maintenance


Many anglers overlook the importance of their fishing reel. Many times your fishing rod and reel simply get thrown in the basement at the end of the fishing season and then dragged out at the beginning of the next season to be used again. You can run into some fairly serious problems with this type of scenario. Very often your reel will choose to not work properly at precisely the worst time, such as when you're fighting a large fish. This is why I do a little routine maintenance on my fishing reels before the start of every fishing season. You only have to lose a trophy one time because of your fishing reel not performing to make you a believer. Take my word for it. Do a littler routine "check up" before the beginning of every fishing season. Here's a list of what you'll need:


1) A small screwdriver (usually Phillips head)


2) A pair of needle nose pliers or hemostats


3) Lubricant. Either purchase a small bottle of reel oil or just use some WD-40


4) 2 or 3 small towels


5) Some Q-tips


6) A clear area to work. Any cleared off table will work fine.

First of all take your fishing reel off of your fishing rod. Now take the reel and some warm water and wipe it off thoroughly. Once you have the reel wiped of debris, remove the handle. It normally simply unscrews either by a screw that you back out with your fingers or by turning the handle the opposite direction that you turn while reeling. Once the handle is removed, set it aside.

Now locate which side of the reel has exposed screw heads and lay the reel so the screw heads are visible. Now using your small screwdriver, remove the screws that are holding the reel together. Once these screws are removed, set them aside as well. At this point you can remove the reel plate. Once the reel plate is removed the gears and springs on the inside are exposed. Without taking anything else apart, simply examine the inside of the fishing reel. Many times you can see sand and or dirt particles. Using the Q-tips, you want to gently remove any exposed sand or dirt particles. Once this is accomplished you want to add reel lubricant to any exposed gear (not too much, just enough to cover the gear).

At this point, simply reverse the process by installing the reel plate and screws. Add a little lubricant to the spindle of the handle and re-install the handle. That's it; you just maintained your fishing reel and shouldn't have any problems with it. I've been doing this to my fishing reels for a long time and it works wonders. I have fishing reels that are fifteen years old and still work like new. Doing maintenance such as this enables you to know if your reel is in need of being replaced, before you get on the water, which is what we want. Because losing a trophy because of a reel malfunction is no fun at all. This routine maintenance will alleviate that problem forever.

Trevor Kugler
Co-founder of JRWfishing.com
Trevor has more than 20 years of fishing experience and currently raises his 3-year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country......Montana.

http://www.jrwfishing.com/essentials.html - Great Deals On Waders!

http://www.jrwfishing.com/fishing_rods_reels.html - Here's some great rod and reel choices

http://www.lulu.com/tkugler - Fishing Tips & Techniques For Pennies!



Short Review on fish aquariums
Humpy, Wulff, Yellow


A hybrid of the classic Royal Wulff dry fly and Humpy, this Yellow Wulff Humpy combines the best of two of the most successflul attractor flies in fly fishing history. High riding and easy on the angler's eye, it's fish taking abilities demand you have a few of these attractor flies in various sizes in your trout fly box.


Price: 1.25



Fishpond Cimarron Wader/Duffel Bag


Textured tarpaulin and 1680 ballistic nylon material for maximum rugged dependability. Integrated backpack straps, ventilated wader compartment with fold-out wader mat, and large main compartment make this one of the most stylish and functional high volume duffels around. Features Large capacity “anvil” style wide mouth cargo area Rugged 1680 ballistic nylon fabric for durability and all weather protection Separate ventilated bottom compartment for wet wader/gear and boot storage Removable, padded nylon pack cloth wader-changing mat Integrated backpack straps Two exterior pockets Four zippered interior pockets Removable see-through interior “essentials” pocket Adjustable, removable padded shoulder strap Abrasion-resistant tarpaulin bottom Padded airmesh carry handle fishpond molded rubber luggage tag Volume 6,835 cu. in. Dimnesions 24.5” x 15.5” x 18” Free Shipping! Fishpond is the fly-fishing industry's newest and most innovative accessory products company. We're small, but our products are already making more than a few ripples. By rethinking product design from the ground-up, we've created an impressive line up of fly-fishing storage products and accessories that look great, and outperform anything else available on the market. We started with a few simple ideas: design and create a tippet dispenser, develop an innovative cutting tool or clipper, and reshape the fly storage category with the creation of a series of soft-sided cases and chest packs. Our simple ideas turned into very complex design obstacles and challenged some of the best industrial designers in the country, yet we've succeeded with our vision and created a line of revolutionary accessory products that will stand the test of time. Fishpond is all about design and function . We are the first to bring a functional tippet dispenser to the market-one that stores, straightens, cuts and dispenses tippet material directly from most commercially manufactured freshwater tippet spools. Look for our saltwater version in the coming months. Tired of plastic and aluminum fly boxes? We've also created an entirely new product category with our molded nylon and soft-sided fly cases. With ease-of-use in mind, brightly colored jacquard webbing on the spine serves as a hand strap to securely hold the case while on the water. This gives our cases their signature style and unparalleled function. To keep us on the cutting edge, we're redefining the accessory segment with revolutionary products like our patented, ergonomically designed Titanium Clippers with optional integrated retractor that make competitive tools based on the traditional nail clipper obsolete. Our research has told us that fly-fishing enthusiasts want to lighten their load. In response to this trend, fishpond has created two new chest/fanny packs that can complement or replace the traditional fishing vest. Each product has our signature zip-down "fly bench" with a replaceable foam fly page that serves as a convenient fly changing station and work area. At fishpond, we're committed to staying on the leading edge of fly-fishing product design, and we're already hard at work on the next generation of new products to enhance our position as an emerging leader with our dealer-partners and customers. Fishpond is connected to the past and it's timeless traditions, but its focus is on making designs for the fly-fishing enthusiast that will endure the future. We're committed to our dealer-partners and consumers at every level, and want to earn your trust and support by offering quality service, delivery and creativity.


Price: 159.00



K-Pump K100


The model K100 is without doubt the most compact, easy to use, high volume pump you could ever own. If you value space and stowability without sacrificing performance, this is your pump. It easily outperforms foot pumps and the standard “two way” barrel pumps in volume and ease of operation. The model 100 has fast become a favorite with a wide range of users such as: inflatable kayakers, float tubers, pontoon boaters and yacht tenders. With the included adaptors you can use the pump on most air mattresses as well. If you are searching for a pump that is: very compact, easy to stow, high volume, easy to operate and very durable, this pump's the best value for your money. Features: Weight: slightly over 2 lbs Measurement: 3” X 22”


Price: 65.00



Troutsmen Dry Fly Dressing


Description for Troutsmen Dry Fly Dressing is Coming Soon!


Price: 2.99



fish aquariums Products we recommend
A Good Life Wasted: or Twenty Years as a Fishing Guide



A Good Life Wasted: or Twenty Years as a Fishing Guide

Told through the eyes of a longtime Montana fishing guide and itinerant fishing bum, A Good Life Wasted offers a unique perspective on an implausible period in the recent history of human civilization. When Dave Ames started guiding, Rocky Mountain locals rode horses and dug camas roots; now they’re trading stock options on cell phones. The collision of stone and computer ages was short-lived, but the deep-rooted themes of this book remain.

A Good Life Wasted--a chronicle and celebration of the fishing-guide life--is poignant and spiritual; it’s Blackfoot Indians and copper miners’ daughters; it’s fiddles and guitars and the fabric of space; it’s about what happens to wild people when the wilderness is gone.

From the first chapter--in which Dave Ames recalls bluffing his way into a job as a fishing guide to the rich and famous (after barely managing to suppress the overwhelming urge to go postal at the federal agency where he suffered his first, and only, “real” job in a cubicle farm)--we’re hooked. We gladly follow Ames as he describes the rite of tasting clouds of mating midges to better match the hatch, tells the story of a fabled Blackfoot fishing guide, and shares his further adventures as a guy with no job, no office, and no stress. A Good Life Wasted spins a fascinating, compelling web--a web that entices the deskbound salary slave to make a break for it, and head west to big sky and fast, cold water, ASAP.



Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore: Strategies for Estuaries, Bays, and Beaches



Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore: Strategies for Estuaries, Bays, and Beaches

The bays, estuaries, and beaches that rim the west coast of North America--the Pacific inshore--offer some of the best fly-fishing opportunities to be found anywhere in the world. But the Pacific inshore offers its own unique set of challenges and demands. FLY FISHING THE PACIFIC INSHORE is an extraordinary book that will answer the questions posed by these complex saltwater environments.

Author Ken Hanley has fly-fished for an amazing array of saltwater gamefish in the Pacific, including barracuda, sharks, bonito, seabass, salmon, halibut, striped bass, and tuna. He is widely recognized as the expert on the techniques and equipment it takes to catch the fish of the Pacific inshore. He has shared his knowledge with more than ten thousand anglers in the workshops and clinics he has taught over the past three decades. In this book, he has distilled these decades of experience into the most complete explanation ever written on this fascinating fishery.

FLY FISHING THE PACIFIC INSHORE covers everything from the physical characteristics of estuaries, bays, and beaches to the many species of gamefish you can expect to find, the foods they eat, the equipment and flies you will need to catch them, and much more. Hanley delivers all this information in an engaging style that not only informs, but also leaves you anxious to get on the water and try it out for yourself.

This book is required reading for anyone who wants to pursue the abundant fish of the Pacific inshore.



Walleye Fishing Simplified



Walleye Fishing Simplified



fish aquariums in the news
Apistogramma , Dwarf Cichlids in the Aquarium

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:10:06 -0700
Apistogramma , Dwarf Cichlids in the Aquarium April 4th, 2008 The real apistogramma’s come from southern America, they all have the same characteristics, like a complex breeding behavior, as their large relatives, only their size is different. Besides the apistogramma group there are also some relatively popular dwarf cichlids from Africa, like the Pelvicachromis group. From this group the most widespread cichlid is the Pelvicachromis pulcher, also known as the Kribensis or Purple cichlid. G

'Highest Tide' is a 37-foot fable awash in teen angst - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:59:30 GMT

'Highest Tide' is a 37-foot fable awash in teen angst
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 10 hours ago
He harvests and sells specimens to collectors and aquariums. And he provides shellfish to a local restaurateur. Miles is an insomniac. ...


Earth Day: Learning to care for a stressed planet

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:01:12 GMT
Among the main events in the area will be the one organized by Sierra Club - ' Calusa group with the enthusiastic thrust of environmentalist Bonny Lee Gruninger at Koreshan State Park in Estero, April 19.

Apistogramma , Dwarf Cichlids in the Aquarium

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:10:06 -0700
Apistogramma , Dwarf Cichlids in the Aquarium April 4th, 2008 The real apistogramma’s come from southern America, they all have the same characteristics, like a complex breeding behavior, as their large relatives, only their size is different. Besides the apistogramma group there are also some relatively popular dwarf cichlids from Africa, like the Pelvicachromis group. From this group the most widespread cichlid is the Pelvicachromis pulcher, also known as the Kribensis or Purple cichlid. G