And it was a good day too.  I went out and fished from shore for about 1 1/2 hours using the reel that I had so much trouble with last  fall.  I had taken the Diawa bait caster apart to try to determine why the reel wouldn’t cast with any distance.  My casts were shorter and shorter with each cast.  At first I tried adjusting the mechanical tension, then the magnetic centrifugal  break but without luck.  I must have done something wrong because when I tried to put the reel back together again…it wouldn’t go.  I contacted a reel service center for Diawa by phone and asked them to send me the parts list with assembly instructions, still….  finally, after about twenty attempts,  I noticed a tiny spring was not sitting exactly where it should be, I put it in place and whalah it all went back together!  I have to thank Kays fishing repair shop, in California for their help with the assembly instructions.  I  got no help from anyone else because the warranty expired just before the problem started.

Well, back to the subject; I caught seven nice largemouth including a five lb, a 4 lb, and five others that ranged between 2 – 3 lbs.  The reel worked perfectly.  I did not bring my camera with me because I did not expect to have such luck just trying out my reel!  Well, the bass are all still swimming and maybe I’ll catch them again.  The lure was a Husky jerk, green/chartreuse and the other lure was a Storm wild eye in white shad. 

Tight lines

Jim