The leather is available in four colors Stealth Black, Tobacco Brown (pictured here), Mississippi Mud, and Canyon Red
When it is time to replace the clean bearing the spool pin goes back with a little grease to prevent it seizing in there: I oil the spool shaft to keep corrosion from building up inside the Pinion Gear where the shaft runs: To open the body of the reel the handle has to come off like all star drag reels and after removing the Handle and Star the Star Drag Nut (4441) was found dry of lube and beginning to corrode: All of the Handle bits in order: Above from R to L the Handle Nut (4426), the Handle Nut Plate (4425) with it's Screw (2119), the Handle Shank Assembly (4432), the Drive Shaft Shields (4434), the Star Drag would go next but is not shown (4439) then a Star Drag Spring (4439) that functions to keep the Star Drag set where you left it, the Star Drag Nut (4441), a "fibrous" Star Drag Spacer (2127), and then lastly the two Coned Disc Spring (1613 Light) and (1455, Heavy)
Solving the Forage Puzzle Every trophy smallmouth bass fishery is driven by food availability, and their populations have specific feeding preferences
For example, on a reel with a gear ratio of 7.3:1, the spool turns 7.3 times with each crank
Its not pretty and it will take a good amount of time and effort before your next cast
