Curado overboard.

Well I was having a great day fishing this morning, nice weather for a
change, the bass were biting, and I should have paid more attention to
that funny feeling in the rod, but just had to make one more cast to a
hot spot. Long story short, the real seat was loose and the cast sent
both the spinner bait and my favorite Curado CU100 into about 8' of
clear clean fresh water. Fortunately the line eventually tangled around
the star drag so I was able to pull it back up without pulling all the
line off first, but it was under water for a good minute or two. I let
it dry out in the sun for the rest of the morning, made a couple of
casts right before I left and it worked fine.

I checked the Shimano website and was surprised to find they only
recommend a heavy duty maintenance teardown(gears, drag washers, anti-
reverse roller, etc) for reels submerged in sal****er. I did the normal
cleanup and lubed the bearings, brakes and level wind, but I wondering
if I should do more or if there's any parts in there that are going to
rust? Anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I'd guess float or
wader fisherman dunk their reels occasionally, are they made to handle
that?

AJ wrote:
Well I was having a great day fishing this morning, nice weather for a
change, the bass were biting, and I should have paid more attention to
that funny feeling in the rod, but just had to make one more cast to a
hot spot. Long story short, the real seat was loose and the cast sent
both the spinner bait and my favorite Curado CU100 into about 8' of
clear clean fresh water. Fortunately the line eventually tangled around
the star drag so I was able to pull it back up without pulling all the
line off first, but it was under water for a good minute or two. I let
it dry out in the sun for the rest of the morning, made a couple of
casts right before I left and it worked fine.

I checked the Shimano website and was surprised to find they only
recommend a heavy duty maintenance teardown(gears, drag washers, anti-
reverse roller, etc) for reels submerged in sal****er. I did the normal
cleanup and lubed the bearings, brakes and level wind, but I wondering
if I should do more or if there's any parts in there that are going to
rust? Anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I'd guess float or
wader fisherman dunk their reels occasionally, are they made to handle
that?

You should be fine. I regularly hose my reels (and rods) with fresh
water after use in sal****er - not only when they are splashed. My
Calcutta's have been fine with a fresh water rinse.

Dan

http://home.att.net/~kelley_brown/reelservice.html

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"AJ" wrote in message
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Well I was having a great day fishing this morning, nice weather for a
change, the bass were biting, and I should have paid more attention to
that funny feeling in the rod, but just had to make one more cast to a
hot spot. Long story short, the real seat was loose and the cast sent
both the spinner bait and my favorite Curado CU100 into about 8' of
clear clean fresh water. Fortunately the line eventually tangled around
the star drag so I was able to pull it back up without pulling all the
line off first, but it was under water for a good minute or two. I let
it dry out in the sun for the rest of the morning, made a couple of
casts right before I left and it worked fine.

I checked the Shimano website and was surprised to find they only
recommend a heavy duty maintenance teardown(gears, drag washers, anti-
reverse roller, etc) for reels submerged in sal****er. I did the normal
cleanup and lubed the bearings, brakes and level wind, but I wondering
if I should do more or if there's any parts in there that are going to
rust? Anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I'd guess float or
wader fisherman dunk their reels occasionally, are they made to handle
that?

I have never done any service on my Curados (some are over four years old)
except put a drop of oil on the bearings once a year and blow out any gunk
and dust.

They work really well. A couple of them have been submerged.

"AJ" wrote in message
.net...
Well I was having a great day fishing this morning, nice weather for a
change, the bass were biting, and I should have paid more attention to
that funny feeling in the rod, but just had to make one more cast to a
hot spot. Long story short, the real seat was loose and the cast sent
both the spinner bait and my favorite Curado CU100 into about 8' of
clear clean fresh water. Fortunately the line eventually tangled around
the star drag so I was able to pull it back up without pulling all the
line off first, but it was under water for a good minute or two. I let
it dry out in the sun for the rest of the morning, made a couple of
casts right before I left and it worked fine.

I checked the Shimano website and was surprised to find they only
recommend a heavy duty maintenance teardown(gears, drag washers, anti-
reverse roller, etc) for reels submerged in sal****er. I did the normal
cleanup and lubed the bearings, brakes and level wind, but I wondering
if I should do more or if there's any parts in there that are going to
rust? Anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I'd guess float or
wader fisherman dunk their reels occasionally, are they made to handle
that?



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AJ,
I love Shimmano Reels, but they have had, for sometime, sitting in the
reel seat problems with some rods and some reel models. For instance, many
years ago I purchased and still have several Shimmano Curado Reels. I placed
them all on St. Croix Rods. I had 3 fall out of the rod seats at different
times. When I called St. Croix they were less than enthusiastic about
addressing any problems with the Curados, though they admitted that there
was a problem with those model reels in the St. Croix rods.

Seems to me several members on here had either had similar problems or
knew of those problems. I still use my Curados with those St. Croix rods,
but I check regularly and often to make sure the reel is seated properly and
is tight.



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