Fishing Reel Upgrades


 If i'm not careful, fishing is going to be expensive. When possible, i get myself the best gear i can afford. At the moment, that $120 reel is a bit too much, but i went ahead with it anyway.

The first reel and rod i bought was cheap. I wanted to see if i'd enjoy doing this and going full-time on fishing. And i did. The first thing i returned was the rod. It was a telescoping rod that was about 1.5 meters long. I bought it because it fit in my bag when i'm out doing runs. 

I found me a shakespeare 7-foot rod for $2 on fb marketplace. It took me two hours to pakenham to get the rod, then another two hours to get home. Good thing public transport is free. I was able to bring my bike and rode the last 2km to the seller's house.

After getting the rod, i was ok with the diwa fishing reel for a while. But then it broke. Somehow the crank arm got loose and fell into the river. It's a good thing that it was still returnable. Soon as i got the refund, i bought the upgrade.

I'm not going to write about the technical details of the reel i got. The information on the website are marketing jargon. I gave AI the brand and model of the reels i was interested in. Since AI already have context about what it is i wanted to do, it was able to narrow down my choice, and helped me understand how the technical details of the reel it was recommending.

So now i wait. The reel arrives sunday. Today is friday. I'll do runs in the meantime, and shoot video. Sunday i might take the day off and sit at home wait for the reel. If it arrives in the morning, i'll head out either to Docklands or Lagoon Pier in port melbourne to test it out -- and shoot some videos.

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