$40 Abu Garcia "Vengeance" Combo // Post-Purchase Setup Tips! 

That's what's up! Just try not to foul hook a carp and you'll be set!

Thank you for responding. I agree with you about hooking a carp!!

Ayo! Yeah man, tip tops ain't too hard to fix so you're probably good to go!

Have fun with it, thanks for watching!

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I think it was the angle more than anything, I was trying to pull it out of submerged branches there and probably went past what it was capable of bending. That or somebody at Walmart sword fighted a concrete pillar with it before I bought it.

Interesting...make sure the side plate on the reel is secured tightly and not moving away from the frame as you tighten down the tension know on the opposing side plate. Also make sure the tension know isn't cracked. Also check the bushing inside the plate under the know, there's no bearing so if the bushing is damaged then the spool shift may have some freedom of moment in there, which it shouldn't, and that might cause it to have issues. Also check that the drag is operating normally, but that's probably not causing what you're seeing. Let me know if any of that helps.

Also make sure the thread is aligned because I cleaned mine and had this issue it was a headache trying to make sure they where aligned

Checked it all and even tried one at a different Academy with the same result. This was my first and last Abu Garcia product.

I literally just tie a uni knot and snug it down to the spool. You can, too. Piece of cake. Thread the line through the level wind guide and angle it under the spool, push it past and reach down with needlenose pliers to grab the loose end to get it around the spool and grab some slack between the guide and spool there toward the nose of the reel to start the knot.

Nope! I had/have the receipt but I've decided to re-home the reel to another rod and scraped this rod but saved everything from the top screw down on the reel seat and below to keep on my tackle bench when re-spooling reels, and removed the tip top guide so I can use it on another rod if I damage a tip top and need a replacement. The epitome of recycling, basically. ♻️ 🎣 👍

It does feel pretty good. A bearing upgrade to ceramics and ole boy could sling with the $100 gearboxes more likely than not.

Goh'head and flip that jawn upside and wind it at ya.

@yaboytee bro you don't miss 😂 🤣 😆

Because I can buy 2 combos for 60 bucks and not worry about fucking anything up while learning a casting setup? No reason to go buy a nice rod and DC reel as a new guy

How'd you do that? Snag a carp?