Thanks everybody....my granddad might also be pissed that I monkeyed with his rod
I have an older Ambassadeur 6500C reel that I dropped off for repair to pair with the rod. Yes, we still have ONE reel repair shop left around here. Normally I would just do it myself, but I thought what the heck. It needed a new worm gear and pawl for the levelwind. He cleaned, oiled and greased it too for a whole 31 bucks.
I’ve driven by that shop many many times and never set foot in it. He’s got to be in his mid 80’s and still going strong. Hell I might just drop off all my reels in the off season for cleaning and oiling at those prices.
Mike, we do need to test it out, but I’m pretty sure I tore my rotator cuff. I see the ortho Monday. This past Sunday I was about in tears. My shoulders been bothering me a bit lately. That little bit of fly fishing Thursday took it up a notch and then I went flounder fishing with my brother Saturday. All down hill from there.