Avet Reels Support Thread, New SX-Raptor 2-speed, and more in Spotlight; I should be getting mine about the same time Rex. I am going with 60 lb hollow for the line ...  | | 
Aug-25-2009, 04:54 PM
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#73 | | Registered User
Name: Dan Vessel: N/A Location: Anaheim Job:Construction
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I should be getting mine about the same time Rex. I am going with 60 lb hollow for the line capacity and use Berkley hi-Test 40 lb as the top shot. It has the same diameter as regular 40 lb test mono but consistantly breaks around 60 lbs. I am out for the kill....100 lb tuna is a start. Go BIG or Go Home!
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Aug-25-2009, 04:56 PM
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#74 | | Registered User
Name: Ricky Vessel: N/A Location: Los Angeles Job:Sales
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Anybody know what the price range for the JX?
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Aug-26-2009, 10:09 AM
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#75 | | Registered User
Name: Garrett Age: 30 Vessel: 18' sunliner, shocker Location: Carlsbad Job:catching fish
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Put me in for a mxj raptor, that will be a sick reel  | |
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Aug-26-2009, 12:07 PM
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#76 | | Registered User
Name: steve young Age: 69 Vessel: none Location: yorba linda,ca Job:retired
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The floating drag plate design is exactly like the older Diawa Sealine SLD20/30 II except reversed.--The Avets fibre drag washer is a metal plate on the Diawas and the two metal drag plates on the Avets are metal plates with carbon fibre on one side on the Diawas.
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Aug-26-2009, 05:32 PM
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#77 | | Registered User
Name: Rex Whetzell Age: 62 Vessel: none Location: Lake Forest, Ca. Job:Retired Police
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My "guess" is the JX will cost $469.99, but that's just a guess.
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Aug-28-2009, 11:26 AM
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#78 | | Registered User
Name: Rex Whetzell Age: 62 Vessel: none Location: Lake Forest, Ca. Job:Retired Police
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Well, I didn't get lucky. Harry put my reel together, late last night, and it's going out FEDX at 3:30 PM today. So, Monday it'll be at my door. It"s the first "production" SX 6/4 MCR. I'll have to go back to The Longfin on Mon. and use their line counter, to find out how much spectra/line it actually holds. I wind it very tight, so who knows, maybe I'll get 475 yards total.
I guess that means the rest of the production reels go out next week?
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Aug-29-2009, 05:15 PM
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#79 | | Registered User
Name: Rex Whetzell Age: 62 Vessel: none Location: Lake Forest, Ca. Job:Retired Police
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Well, at about noon, FEDX showed up with a box. Guess it got shipped early yesterday. SX 6/4 MCR, Serial#00017, first production Raptor.
Tried all kinds of spectra, and ended up with 350 yards of 50# Izor, and 100 yards of 30# mono. Not as much as I thought it would hold, but later I'll try 60# JB hollow.
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Aug-29-2009, 06:36 PM
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#80 | | "SSSSHHHH its a secret"
Name: Danny Age: 32 Vessel: none Location: Ontario CA Job:elect/mech tech
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SHOWOFF!!!!! looks good. gotta get one soon.....
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Aug-29-2009, 08:24 PM
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#81 | | Registered User
Name: Nat Age: 60 Vessel: I wish Location: Leona Valley Job:Manufacturing Automation
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Nice how soon do we get an on the water report?  .
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Aug-30-2009, 09:25 AM
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#82 | | Registered User
Name: Rex Whetzell Age: 62 Vessel: none Location: Lake Forest, Ca. Job:Retired Police
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I had forgotten what a PITA, it is to work on such tiny reels. Need 20X magnification, high intensity lamps, and some precision tools, real precision tools, like a gunsmith set. You better have a really good RX set of glasses too. So, my disassembly/re-assembly, resulted in screwing up the shifter cover screws, spring pin, and release arm spring. Also lost another slider ball bearing. I had some spare parts and got it all back together again.
Put on the JX handle, nice modification, with all that drag, extra leverage is good.
Really tired of stripping and re-winding spectra. But, 300 yards of 60# JB hollow, with a topshot of 50 yards of 30# mono, seems to be optimum. I'm done fooling with this thing, for now.
[600 yards of JB 60# hollow is $79.99]
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Aug-30-2009, 10:50 AM
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#83 | | Captain
Name: Axel Vessel: n/a Location: USA Job:slave
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You screwed up the new reel ?
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Aug-30-2009, 04:35 PM
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#84 | | Registered User
Name: Rusty Vessel: none Location: Vegas Job:sales
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How much drag is that new HX raptor supposed to put out?
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