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That is a nice repair job Wayne.
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Some nice fish there boys, well done.
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I do the same mate. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy at night thinking that I am sponsored by ReelTackle
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Back to being a Gobblers Lures Sponsored Angler, your resignation did not last long, lol
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Congratulations Wayne, I am glad the deal finally worked out for you. As I mentioned the other week, let me know when you are ready to sell and I will do some promotions for you and try to help you move some products. Exciting times ahead mate.
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Here's a couple of pics that I forgot to upload. Thanks Robbie for dropping over and giving us a hand to clean the fish and also for taking away all of the frames afterwards.
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It is working for me Robbie ans was working yesterday as well.
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Find another portable tank and fuel line and run the motor off that. This will tell you if it is a fuel issue or electrical issue.
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Is that the 414 or 444 hull
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This was an amazing trip with so many fish biting every where we went. Thanks Mark for another top trip, it was such a shame that no one else could make it up this time with us. Bring on the next trip.
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Those times will not effect us or most fishermen heading to the ramp.
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I have no intentions to put them in to full production Robbie although I did plan on building half a dozen for some close mates to help cover the initial costs and the R&D cost. I have people everywhere wanting them now and I had a shop from WA call me last night wanting 5 units straight away for their customers but I said no to him, lol The next one I build with be very different again internally and I may consider doing something with that one if I can get it working properly.
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I fitted the reel to the boat today and went out for a quick test run to make sure everything was working right before we head out and start dropping in 300m. The reel performed amazingly and certainly better than I thought it would so i am very happy with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4uM9pVxvJ8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvPRTrx9mNQ
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They look like old Stacer seats made back in the mid to late 80's. Maybe check out the Stacer website or send them an email and see if they have anything suitable these days that will fit.
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The frame has a 22mm solid rod coming off the bottom that you cannot see in the picture as it is inside the roll of bubble wrap. I am tied up this week, I have a bit of work happening and then either Fraser or 1770 this weekend, location will depend on the weather forecast later this week but tomorrow is a bay trip towing large paravanes to test the reel out.
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Thanks Kelvin. Its been a fun project and a real learning curve in electronics,lol
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Thanks Brian I will just work the line back and forth by hand like we do now on our other reels. Next step is going to try and design a level wind but at the moment that has me a bit stumped on how to do it. I can build one driven off the drive shaft but the level wind will keep driving regardless of what the spool is doing so ultimately i need to find a way to drive if from the spool rotation only. I do have an idea in my head but whether it can be built is another thing.
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Finally the reel is finished and ready for testing this week.Hopefully tomorrow or the next day we will get it set up on the boat and fill the spool with some line and shoot out into the bay and give it a good run with some large paravanes as they will exert a lot of pressure on the reel so I can make sure that the drag and everything else is working as expected.I cannot wait to use this beast as it has been a long time in the planning
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Moreton Bay and the beaches on Straddie have Bonefish. A guy fishing with us one day caught a large one at Boat Rock and about 2-3 years ago, a massive spawning aggregation was discovered at Heron Island. They can turn up anywhere in SEQ.
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Sorry I missed that bit Robbie but you know you are always welcome to come out. All you have to do is say yes when I ask you,lol Glad you like the rod holders mate.
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Should be able to do some serious fish piggin with this one Robbie.
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I am not sure on the amount of hours Ray but there has been quite a lot so far. The hardest part has been finding machine shops that are happy to do small bits of machining at a time and then the wait times to get things done has been horrible. I have some mates wanting to buy some reels and that's all I am going to sell as i only want to recover the development costs. If someone else wants to take the plans at a later date and do something commercially with them, they can have the hassles of building and selling them.
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For a long time now I have been wanting to build my own deep drop electric fishing reel as I am sick and tired of rebuilding the standard off the shelf electric reels. A few months ago I decided to just get in and do it and so far I am very happy with the results. There is no roller bearings in this reel as they always seem to rust and seize up and there is no drag washers to burn out or go lumpy. The drag system is electronic and should just about last forever. Each part of the reel is modular and runs its own circuitry so in the event of a failure, I can quickly change out any damaged parts, even when out on the boat. All I need to finish now is the mounting frame to fit it in the boat, get the switch panel face plate made and spool it up with 1000m x 400lb braid. So far nearly everything has been drawn to CAD so I can make some more once this one has been fully tested to its limits. If all goes well, I am hoping to take it out to the deep water in about 2-3 weeks time and give it a hard flogging before I make a second one.
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That is a nice Hussar. I have not seen many of the Brown Hussar down this way.
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That looks really good Wayne. 10 bux if you can land it on a crocs back when you go over there.
