Restoring a Reel I found At the BOTTOM of the Lake 

Oh my goodness! That is absolutely unbelievable! You did amazing work and is a testament to what someone can do when they disagree with conventional wisdom and put their mind, heart and soul into something and make something amazing out of nothing. Reminds me of that old saying about "making a silk purse out of a sow's ear" Not to sound condescending, but it makes me proud that you would take the time to make a treasure out of someone else's trash. Great video Victor, looking even more forward to you future content! I did see the end, but you ended the video before I could see you land a fish.

A phenomenal job you did restoring that old reel that was at the bottom of the lake. Although you could not find an anti-reverse device for it, it still works very smoothly. Great work.

wow, this video was very impressive!

Fantastic video! Very educational for the novice.

what a great job you saved a good reel from the trash good going

I would be proud too. You did an excellent job. Bet it works better than when it was new. When you catch a PB with this reel, you will have a fishing story to tell.

Absolutely terrific video!

Awesome project!!! Going to be cool to see you on some fish with it

Wow! Fantastic job Victor! Drag sounds good! Yep watched to the end and it was a bite!

That's a fun project from start to finish. The new bearings and drag sure make it worth while. I've hauled up a couple of lost reels over the years, but unfortunately they weren't in great shape at all, junk reels to begin with before they fell into the water

That was fun to watch!

Great video

Thank you, this is Ryobi rebranded for Bass Pro Shop. Mikro lite elite is Ryobi to very smooth. Most of the Bass pro shop spinning rells are Daiwa. Thank you again very interesting video.

I have a Pflueger president that is smooth like that one !

Gotta have a fishing pole to catch a fishing pole as i always say 😂😂😂

I light this a lot!

Well done sir!

You could always replace the whole arm for cheap... And of course, invest in a anti-reverse bearing...

26:01 one of you best quotes "supreme court of drag clickers"

Victor, I always stay until the end, wouldn't miss it.

Damn nice resto on the reel.

wow very nice

I saw the end! Also I’ve seen the RU-vid “lunatic” that advocates backwinding!

How about this for a thought, backreeling was for an era where it was used to cover other inadequacies in the drag, line or tackle?

Today... I've learned something .. We don't necessarily need an anti-reverse bearing...

Great video. Will you make a video fishing with the refurbished reel?

When I disassembled the reel, I couldn't reassemble it,😂

Wow, that reel probably is worth twice what it originally cost now)) maybe 5x if you include your time

Where do you order your bearings from?

hello sir, I have a rust problem on my baitcaster with carbon body, since the reel was exposed to water and I didn't have time to clean it, rust appeared on almost all the bearings and bearing seats, I have ordered new bearings, but after I tried cleaning many times with WD-40 on the reel body and bearing seat, even though it looked clean of rust, after I re-lubricated it and use it, the next day rust appeared again on the bearing seat and it was very difficult to remove, do you know the solution to this problem? Thank you very much 🙌🙌, sorry for my bad english

Do you have an ultra-sonic cleaner?

I surprised to learn that there was no gasket between the two halves of the body. I thought that would be necessary to prevent water penetration of the interior.

Phluger trion?

Hey! I've found out huge value from your reviews. Do you atm have recommendations on great reels (2500-3000) in sub 100 category? ALL of my fishing gear (even pliers and cheap sentimental shit from my childhood) got stolen by some narcs last weekend, and I'm trying to figure out a setup for this summer. Cheers!

That reverse baring is plastic with 6 long little Pieces that go inside off the plastic lol that is funny you could not figure that out

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