Troutrageous! Fly Fishing & Other Nonsense
A fly fishing and tenkara themed blog about trout, pop-culture, and my daughter Lilly. Philadelphia born and raised, living in Northeast Florida.
Cleaning up that old, filthy Berkley click & pawl reel was a pretty fun project. Not only do I now have a functional reel that performs like it's new, but there's just something satisfying about D.I.Y. projects where there's a clear "before & after". It also gave me confidence to mess around with some other … Continue reading Reel Rehab – Scientific Anglers System 4
Saturday was a pretty fishy day, but happened to involve no actual fishing. Woke up and watched my Saturday morning YouTube. It's my adult version of Saturday morning cartoons, just with less Smurfs. This week's video choice was the latest from Wild Fly, an awesome float down the Mississippi River in Minnesota with some epic … Continue reading Saturday is for the Fish (Related Activities)
It's been a minute since the last post, when I started the search for a Hardy reel clone. Since then I found a Berkley 530 (a Featherweight knock-off) in pretty nice condition on eBay, ordered it, and now have it in hand I found it to be in really good shape. No corrosion, limited scratches, … Continue reading Reel Rehab