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wabbit-hunter
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:22 pm Posts: 114 Location: Morgan City,La
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 bowfishing reel
i have a muzzy reel,and ive done lost 2 arrows with it the string keeps getting hung up in it. Started to chunk it in the garbage,but had to ask if anybody knows what i can do to fix it first?
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Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:17 pm |
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SC_mudfish
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:31 pm Posts: 116 Location: Earth
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 Re: bowfishing reel
Do you use a slide?
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:39 am |
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:57 am |
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DuckDuster17
MMT Member
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:20 pm Posts: 18 Location: SETX
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 Re: bowfishing reel
make sure its not too full, it can get knotted up if you're using too much line
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:46 am |
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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I put around 75 yards of 200# fast flight on mine !! I had 50 yards on them and had same problem!!
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:23 pm |
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ha2
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 2:40 am Posts: 272
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 Re: bowfishing reel
get some reel magic and spray a bunch of that on the line waded up in your hand and even the internals of the reel. that helped mine alot.
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:36 pm |
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wabbit-hunter
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:22 pm Posts: 114 Location: Morgan City,La
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 Re: bowfishing reel
ok thanks for the info,ill try one more arrow,then its gone.
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:01 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:07 pm |
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wabbit-hunter
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:22 pm Posts: 114 Location: Morgan City,La
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 Re: bowfishing reel
it only had half a spool of string,so ill fill it and try it out.
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:37 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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 Re: bowfishing reel
make sure you wet it before you start fishing
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:10 am |
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DuckDuster17
MMT Member
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:20 pm Posts: 18 Location: SETX
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 Re: bowfishing reel
if none of that works just get an AMS and you wont have to worry about anything!
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:20 am |
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deltaduckmaster
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:26 am |
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DuckDuster17
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Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:20 pm Posts: 18 Location: SETX
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 Re: bowfishing reel
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:41 am |
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cb5331
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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 Re: bowfishing reel
I never had any of the issues y'all are having with my ams.
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:43 am |
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:46 am |
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DuckDuster17
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Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:20 pm Posts: 18 Location: SETX
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 Re: bowfishing reel
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:48 am |
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deltaduckmaster
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[quote="cb5331"]I never had any of the issues y'all are having with my ams.[/quote
Spinner is way faster and easy to use!!
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:48 am |
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Salty Dawg
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:26 pm Posts: 334
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 Re: bowfishing reel
if its still not working call up Mark Land with Muzzy... but IMHO the muzzy reel is a POS... you can buy 3 Ti20's for the same price and the internals will outlast the Muzzy... you might also want to look into diffrent line... my muzzy reels don't work worth crap with Fast flight... but once I changed them to Tuf-Line XP they worked like a dream unil the brass gear strips out... but the cool thing about a muzzy is you can buy all the parts to rebuild them...
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:33 am |
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deltaduckmaster
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Salty dawg were can you fine the tuff line xp
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:40 am |
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WestEndAngler
MMT Moderator
Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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 Re: bowfishing reel
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:43 am |
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Salty Dawg
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:48 am |
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SC_mudfish
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:31 pm Posts: 116 Location: Earth
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 Re: bowfishing reel
I use 200 FF on all my reels and I got every kind that is made. Even have the old 270 bowfishing reels and have no problem with FF. Just wish they make it in 150 all so.
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:52 am |
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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That xp stuff is cheap compared to FF!! $7.50 for 100 yd.
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:00 am |
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Salty Dawg
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 Re: bowfishing reel
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:01 am |
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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Yea I was gonna buy some FF for my 5 reals and it would cost a fortune
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:04 am |
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SC_mudfish
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:31 pm Posts: 116 Location: Earth
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 Re: bowfishing reel
I am on my second big spool of FF, bought it like 3 years ago. The first one last for 12 years or so. Got it from Sully.
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:10 am |
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BayouStateHunter
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 1:04 pm Posts: 2037 Location: On da Northshore -- Louisiana
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 Re: bowfishing reel
All I use is the AMS reels and never had a problem except for the bottles falling off. Usually happens when they are not checked for tightness.
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:12 pm |
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Salty Dawg
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:26 pm Posts: 334
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 Re: bowfishing reel
AMS has fixed this problem with a new cap and bottle with more threads... we havn't had any problems since we started using the new parts... nothing pisses me off more than having my bottle fall off or the line snag a branch and not know it until all of your line is dragging behind the boat...lol..
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:16 pm |
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SC_mudfish
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Joined: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:31 pm Posts: 116 Location: Earth
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LOL a bottle for drinking or huge fish and gators!!
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:34 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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Just ordered me 300 yards of tuff-line xp!!
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:28 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:32 pm |
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