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Jadamama Blog Day 16 - A Reel or a Merry Dance



A Reel or a Merry Dance?

Not much fishing experience for this author, so when the Las Palmas fishing shop was offering a complete rod/reel package it seemed too good to pass up. Add some lures, tracers and other paraphernalia and I expected that the fish would jump into Jadamama almost by themselves!

And so it seemed; on our first attempt, two lovely fish were caught, which Maryrose turned them into a delicious fish dinner.

Move on a few more days, lighter winds, “better” speed for fishing, and out goes the line again. No fish, but what of it, plenty of time. Then a few days ago, still no fish but lots of weed, and the reel begins to make odd noises, the line slips, can’t wind it in. We notice two screws missing, which must be compromising the internal mechanism, only alternative the screwdriver and the cockpit table!

Not such a great idea; springs, sprockets, washers, gears, ratchets and dowels everywhere, Marc said he had experience, fixed the initial problem, then the reassembly puzzle began. It seems now that we do not have a reel, but something more akin to a jig or a hornpipe or maybe a rave, but certainly not a working reel.

Caveat emptor when it comes to dance partners for reels! The rod’s not great either.

Polly

Jadamama

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