"bassrecord" wrote in message
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Mike,



[lots of helpful advice snipped]


Good luck!
John

PS: In 58 years I've NEVER caught a crappie on a fly rod. Perhaps others
can help.


Ah Hell, Mike. Its obvious to everyone that this reel is only gonna continue
to confuse and confound you and everyone in your immediate vacinity. Let me
put ROFF's best foot forward and offer to help you with this
ever-more-tenuous circumstance. Just take the cursed reel, package it
carefully, and send it to Uncle Danl's Museum of Hardy, PO Box 69, Valley
Center, CA, 92082. As soon as the curator, a gentleman and scholar if ever
there was one, has completed a season or two of authentification of said
reel upon the appropriate waters, a tasteful plaque denoting yourownself as
the contibutor will be prominently attached to the display within the halls
of the museum. Oh, and please enclose some token monetary gift, if you don't
mind, to help in funding the authentification process.

Best regards,
Uncle Danl
Curator