Sandy, salty reel death: not all reels are created equal!

[MichaelAngelo]

During my California trip (yeah yeah I'll get you guys the pictures one day ) I had the pleasure of accidentally dunking two of my reels into the sandy, salty beach surf.

This experience has taught me that some reels are built much, much better than others.

I was told by the general fishing public that both my reels were goners: their last days ticking away. However, this only proved true for one of the two reels.

After one reel seized, I decided to open up the other one - Abu Cardinal 4 - and see how it was doing.

Not a speck of damage.. all of the parts maintained their stock brassy shimmer. I'm happy to say it's now been regreased and is back in full swing! If only I could figure out how to give it a smooth drag... it's always been quite "jumpy".

I'll open up the other reel, but it feels like it won't be worth my time