misfish

All this rain has got me down,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and BLUE

LMAO at all posts,

Get it paved,and yer done.LOL JUST PLAY,N. Good advise up above.

Not from what I seen today. The rivers,creeks and those that are even ditches,were blasting mad waters. Still,I seen docks that had walk ways down to them. 6ft plus. I knew I should of taken a picture of them in Meaford. SAD SAD SAD.

Thanks Nick and Ketch. Ketch,that was too funny.

Bill I thought about it,but time was short for me.

Try twice that.LOL Thanks Mox Atleast it was still fishing related. Ya that was sick Roy. Been trying to get up to meet Dave for awhile now. Glad I made the trip. Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuupppppppppp More then a tad Dave. I was watching fish surface,where grounds are normally bare rock.LOL Can you say ROAD TRIP??????????? Mike,it just became mine as well,and I didnt even get to fish it. That ladder lift had me pumped. This is something I would be stoked to do,if it was closer. Maybe a dam can be built on the notty.LOL What a water system. Oh and a side note. Sauble was blown. Well the top part by the road. Fields were flooded.Many river flows.LOL

I headed out to visit me brudder from another mudder. I was to make the visit wednesday,but well things happen. LOL So,it was to be today to meet up with me udder brudder. Up at 5am,on the road by 5:45,grab a timmies and I was off. With the forecast,I figured fishing wasnt going to happen,but I loaded up the car,and off I was to finally meet him,and get to know the area.The drive was,well,crazy. One minute there was a down pour that forced me to pull off,then theres was breaking cloud. It was like that all the way the there. Lots of lighten too. The location I was headed to, the mighty Saugeen. In all my years of fishing,I have never been to the mighty geen. I have heard many a great stories though. Today,I was kicking my behind for not ever going there. What a great river.It reminded me of a mini Niagara. Although today was unfishable,,me brudder was kind enough,to show me the wheres and whats,and give a tour of the beautiful town of South Hampton and Port Elgin. The shores of Lake Huron are sweet,but sad to see the low water levels. Our fist stop was the lift. I was hopeing there was going to be a lift today,and could help out,,but the waters were wild. The byes that were there ,were a great group. Friendly and made you feel like family.They were just doing some clean up,and just checking the camera. I learned that the lift was started in 1959-1960. The stories from one of ole byes was so cool. He had been doing it since 1965. I did manage some videos aswell. I was told the club was allowed to lift 1500 trout. The rest are left on their own to make it to the promise grounds. Once the clean up was done,they closed up shop,so it was time for the tour. Me brudder took me for what I am very thankfull for,,the spots. Sorry,no pics of them. Here are some pics. My first visit to lake Huron.. Theres still some old tabbaco shacks. Very cool. I thought this pic turned out great. It was a long ways for a shot, Well it was time to head home. The rains had slowed,and pretty much finished on my drive home. One last stop. Oh it was spewing chocolate milk. This one made me laugh. Wonder what someone would pay to clean it? LOL Thanks for the great tour there me udder brudder TWOCODA AND I . I may not get back up this spring,but keep my room booked for the fall. Hotrods and steel in October.. Nice to finally meet ya. Yer in my books. Oh ya,I got the sniff over. Gizmo wasnt impressed.LOL

Hey icedude

Atleast now I know how too bud. Pretty simple.

LOL I was thinking,did he read,,,,,,,,,LOL Na worries.

Thanks again.

Ok heres whats in there. I have have solved the problem. When I took the first bearing out,the o ring,was not sitting right. It was in the bore. I put it all back together,and the play is gone. Sometimes the simple things are so stupid. Thanks all for your help. Guess I can wait for that islander,abit longer.LOL AGAIN,THANKS FOR THE HELP JET AND ALL. Now lets hope these rains dont hurt the rivers to much more. MAN THEY ARE ALL BLOWN. I went to three of them today.

I have been very happy with this reel Kemp. As for an islander,I have been watching for them used. They go like a banana split.Gone.LOL I would buy new,but right now,it,s not in the cards. Just waiting . Im going to wait til I hear back from Harrison on the warranty.

I checked the schematics,theres a washer inside the bore with the bearings. I,ll atemped to take it apart.Dont really want to just incase it voids warranty.

Never had it apart. The only thing I have ever done,is take the spool off to wash it out. Everything is the same as I bought it. Thanks

Looking at the drawing,my reel has all the parts. Hope this helps.

Dave,the vids are dark,but the reel is in full tack. The knurled screw is tight,and the rubber washer is there. As you can see,the bearings move back and forth in the bore.

Im not ready yet to get that far into,til I get some good advise on the prob. I dont want to make things worse,if it,s covered.

Should I take it apart,and see if that washer spacer is worn? Is there a Okuma repair rep in Ontario?

Other then the obvious. While I was out today,I notice play in the reel. I have not dropped it or banged it around. Im very careful with it,other then laying it down beside a fish for a pic. Check the 2 vids. I have not taken it apart as of yet,as if it,s non normal wear,I hope to get it fixed by Okuma. Theres easy, a millimeter movement in the housing,like maybe the spacer thats in it ,is worn. Looking at the Schematics https://www.okumafishing.com/product/view/reels/float-reels/raw-ii-float-reel .

Yup,new wader boots will be here Friday,so they say. Sorry Bill,didnt mean to derail your thread.

It does,if you cant see so good,,,Like me.