I had high hopes of coming back from my trip this weekend with an entry for the Zazzy Pop big fish contest, and while I did catch a number of large bass, none of them were on my Zazzy Pop lures. In fact early in to the trip I was shore fishing with my fly rod and slipped on a big rock. The resulting fall didn’t hurt, but the impact snapped my 8-12 Loop Evotech CLW reel right off the reel seat! Luckily my Pike Booster rod was fine.
I was pretty upset when it happened, especially since I’ve been so happy with the performance of the CLW up until now. I don’t expect it to survive a drop with nearly two hundred pounds of force coming down on it and I think that even a metal reel would have suffered damage in this case. Never-the-less I’ve even emailed Loop to see if there is anything they can do though I don’t have very high expectations since the CLW’s have been replaced by the XACT. In the meantime I’ve ordered a MULTi 6-9 from Outdoor Sport Canada that should hopefully get here before friday and I can get back to slinging Zazzy Pops!
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S$$t dude! Sorry about the reel. Was it expensive? I think with my fly rod set up the reel was quite a bit cheaper than the rod.
Man that sucks. Perhaps the reel seat is replaceable.
The real seat is attached by two screws, so technically it could be replaceable. However, I also broke the area surrounding those screws and they alone wouldn’t hold a new reel seat to the body. I would need a new body, I’ve noticed there are some cracks spreading out from the broken area. All other parts, the outer ring of the body, the drag system, and the spool are in perfect condition.
I’ve cleaned it up and applied some mastic putty to the real seat and attached it to the reel again. It has a 48 hour cure time on it so I’ll give it a few tests after that. I’m wondering if an ABS cement would have been a better choice. Anyway we’ll find out!
@Kokemachine the reel is inexpensive. It’s a good entry level reel in my opinion.
Awww man! I hate breaking fishing gear! At least you weren’t hurt – all it takes is one fall and you can break a hip at your age. Ok, maybe not, but it can still put you out of commission for a while if you break a wrist or ankle. The world’s largest privately held collection of ZP’s! haha! love it. ;)
Sorry to hear. Material things no prob, good your ok.