I’ve owned a lot of fishing reels over the years.  Trolling, baitcasting, spinning, fly, expensive, cheap, new, used, etc..  I’ve had a few reels I’ve relied on for years and years and a lot more that haven’t even lasted a season.  When I picked up the Club’s new Shimano Tranx from Frank Stachowiak this afternoon my jaw hit the ground.   Wait until you see this bad boy.  It is a monster.  It would scare Godzilla.  The picture of the Tranx in September’s newsletter does it no justice at all. …

I’m about as handy repairing fishing reels as I am accustomed to travelling to the moon.  I don’t have the skills, patience or knowledge required for this delicate process.  Fortunately there is a member of our Club who is the Neil Armstrong of reel repair.  Chris Kempf, owner of Chris’ Reel Repair, gave a very interesting and informative talk tonight at our meeting.  He thoroughly convinced me and most in attendance that we don’t know what we’re doing and he does.  I would have enough parts…