Forgot your shovel and pale at the house?? Problem solved!!

Just use your reel instead!!

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Could SOMEONE....ANYONE please tell me how this is even possible?????????????

Wow! ???
A simple rinse won't fix that.
What kind of reel is it?

All it takes (with a cheaper built reel) is to be dropped in the swash zone or doused in the beach suds a few times and WALLA! ???

There should be a warning label on reels taken to the surf telling of the magnetic properties of sand to fishing reels. ;) :D
LOL

Larry, That must have been Sonny's reel!!! No, obviously the moron who owns it has more money than he has sense. :violent

David, it is (was) a Solstace. Todd, no, if it were Sonny's I could get away with kicking his butt for something like this. Going to have to save some of the sand and let you test it to see if there's any BP oil in it!!

http://reviews.productwiki.com/shima...stace-2500-fi/

Quote:

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•Approved for use in Saltwater

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???

About what one should expect for a $30 reel I guess. ::)
Still I've had good luck with my TX-2000 simply because I don't drag it around in the suds.

[font=comic sans ms][size=12pt]I think the owner didn’t notice this part of the product description:
“Will last for years with proper care.”

[quote author=the_reel_doc link=topic=2187.msg20330#msg20330 date=1351177640]
David, it is (was) a Solstace. Todd, no, if it were Sonny's I could get away with kicking his butt for something like this. Going to have to save some of the sand and let you test it to see if there's any BP oil in it!!
[/quote]I will be by there tomorrow to pick up the soil sample to have it tested!

Sometimes those careless people with their equipment are good for business reel doc.

ouch... sending my vs 200's in today to get serviced...drop in sand, rinse, keep fishing :banana:...
some people say its not necessary.. but i cant find anything else that will even consider standing up to a hard season of yak fishing, pier fishing, and just fishing 4-5 times a week..

sure wish they made a size smaller...

[quote author=Peaches link=topic=2187.msg20363#msg20363 date=1351247369]
ouch... sending my vs 200's in today to get serviced...drop in sand, rinse, keep fishing :banana:...
some people say its not necessary.. but i cant find anything else that will even consider standing up to a hard season of yak fishing, pier fishing, and just fishing 4-5 times a week..

sure wish they made a size smaller...


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van staal 2500 would be badass

IMHO any Van $teal UNDER $200 would be "badass" :headbang:
But I guess if you're gonna want the best technology you gotta pay out the nose...

I wunder if a lot of these 'under $50' reels could be considered as 'single use' reels?
Or at least a 'single year' reel...
By that I mean it often costs a sizable % of the original price of the reel to repair them,
and then will it be 'as good as new'?

And I ask that with NO relection on Larry or other reel repair guys because the man doing the repairs certainly deserves to be well compensated for his time and any parts.