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Re: simple question

Post by DougieK » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:38 pm

purple5ive wrote:
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purple5ive wrote: the old pflueger supreme is a classic example...

HAhahahahah i melted one of those on a school of salmon on day.
the older model? im guessing you fried the drag sack. the new ones supposedly have plastic casings now. i havent seen it yet.
Thhe red and black supreme XT. And no, the gears. They were magnesium or something and just melted skull dragging surface feeding salmon on poppers one day.
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Re: simple question

Post by smile0784 » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:50 pm

Needed a bigger reel then

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Re: simple question

Post by purple5ive » Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:46 am

DougieK wrote:
purple5ive wrote:
DougieK wrote:
purple5ive wrote: the old pflueger supreme is a classic example...

HAhahahahah i melted one of those on a school of salmon on day.
the older model? im guessing you fried the drag sack. the new ones supposedly have plastic casings now. i havent seen it yet.
Thhe red and black supreme XT. And no, the gears. They were magnesium or something and just melted skull dragging surface feeding salmon on poppers one day.
ahh yeah i didnt know the gears were magnesium as well. thats crazy..
id happily catch XOS salmon on light gear anyday/everyday

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Re: simple question

Post by mazman » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:51 am

purple5ive wrote:
DougieK wrote:
purple5ive wrote:
DougieK wrote:
purple5ive wrote: the old pflueger supreme is a classic example...

HAhahahahah i melted one of those on a school of salmon on day.
the older model? im guessing you fried the drag sack. the new ones supposedly have plastic casings now. i havent seen it yet.
Thhe red and black supreme XT. And no, the gears. They were magnesium or something and just melted skull dragging surface feeding salmon on poppers one day.
ahh yeah i didnt know the gears were magnesium as well. thats crazy..
id happily catch XOS salmon on light gear anyday/everyday
Pretty sure they just had a magnesium body
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Re: simple question

Post by frozenpod » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:33 pm

smile0784 wrote: Im lucky if on average we loose 1 per trip or mite not loose any fir months then 3 on 1 day.

Worse day out was at bermagui we lost 6 x 6oz sinkers and i had to buy more up there at about $8 each from memory and that was few years ago now
You might remember Vance loosing 10 sinkers on a day on his own.

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Re: simple question

Post by smile0784 » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:57 pm

frozenpod wrote:
smile0784 wrote: Im lucky if on average we loose 1 per trip or mite not loose any fir months then 3 on 1 day.

Worse day out was at bermagui we lost 6 x 6oz sinkers and i had to buy more up there at about $8 each from memory and that was few years ago now
You might remember Vance loosing 10 sinkers on a day on his own.
Lol yep that was a even worse day but it was your boat so i didint count it lol

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Re: simple question

Post by frozenpod » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:04 pm

smile0784 wrote:
frozenpod wrote:
smile0784 wrote: Im lucky if on average we loose 1 per trip or mite not loose any fir months then 3 on 1 day.

Worse day out was at bermagui we lost 6 x 6oz sinkers and i had to buy more up there at about $8 each from memory and that was few years ago now
You might remember Vance loosing 10 sinkers on a day on his own.
Lol yep that was a even worse day but it was your boat so i didint count it lol
Oh it counted, Vance caught a truck load of fish to make up for it.

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Re: simple question

Post by smile0784 » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:22 pm

I think we were all catching fish except you lol

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Re: simple question

Post by frozenpod » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:21 am

smile0784 wrote:I think we were all catching fish except you lol
I caught plenty.

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Re: simple question

Post by smile0784 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:50 am

Ok ill take your word on it mate.
My memory must be little fussy then lol

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