Articles by Leprechaun

There's been a good bit of interest in members upgrading, or "up-dressing" their smaller spinning reels to something along the lines of my hopped-up Daiwa Ballistic LT2500D. Just today I received three inquires for a how to article. Apparently I struck a cord with pix such as this: I have to...

This is a somewhat complicated topic to discuss, as it calls into play personal preference as well as specific fishing techniques. I'll simplify it, by dividing it into two categories. Let’s look at fluke outfits, inshore and off. I'll begin by saying that prior to the past three seasons I'd...

Penn Battle II SW Coming to your local tackle shop VERY shortly. Spoke with John at Trophy Tackle about this one. He thinks Penn will clean up with this new Penn Battle III SW $100 reel. I agree. Metal body and the aluminum main/bronze pinion gears out of the more expensive Clash II/Spinfisher...

Hi all, so as I mentioned on the "Reels" board earlier today, we are gonna be starting up a tackle review feature on this forum. George and I think this has the potential to help a lot of guys with their rod/reel and tackle selection - what works well together and what doesn't. What we are...

. . . an afternoon in the life of a reel guy. In this thread I will show what irregular reel breakdowns/cleanouts/re-lubrications lead to, for reels that are heavily used in the salt water environment. I receive LOTS of reels in for service, or tuning upgrades, most of which I've serviced...