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The Santa Cruz Surfcaster This is Thanh. I’m the one with the dog in your video.

@@takeadeepbreath6053 of course!!

I’m in Hawaii right now, had a GT shredded my 80lbs leader the other night after ripping it for 15 seconds. One of these days I swear!

@@takeadeepbreath6053 wow

definitely a ray man

If you lay braid in at a slight angle, and at proper tension, it will not dig into the spool. Like / then \.

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yes, the warfare is much like the rival. i have a rival 15 and i just removed the level wind. this may not be a job for everyone! read on .... put the spool in free spool. undo the screw cap that's underneath the level wind guide then tap the guide so that the level wind pawl will fall out. remove the 3 screws that hold on the clicker side plate, pull out the spool. remove the two screws that hold on the gear box to the frame (their heads face the spool). remove the two screws that hold on the gear side plate. remove the little screw that keeps the large handle screw from loosening, remove the small handle screw washer and the handle. remove the two small washers and the four large washers. now here's the important part - remove the chromed handle side ring plate and hidden underneath is a small phillips head screw, remove it. the entire plate is under tension from the two pinion yoke springs, so slowly lift off (straight up) the entire gear side plate. you'll see that the level wind worm shield and worm gear are held captive by an E-clip. this is kinda tricky, but i used a pair of small flat head screw drivers to push out the E-clip. the entire worm assembly will now slip out and the line guide assembly will slip off as well. reassemble the gear side plate - make sure the gear anti-reverse dogs and pinion springs are all in place and carefully push down the cover. i needed to work the free spool lever back to the retrieve position in order to get the cover to snap back on. put back the rest of the gear side plate, re-install the handle. i cleaned the reel frame where the level wind holes are left showing and put a piece of black electrical tape over each hole to keep out water and sand. done.

@@rfdsrd Thank you so much for the tutorial! i'll do my best since its my first time, its gonna make me nervous for sure :)

You have to manually lay it on the reel

Use your thumb to move the line evenly/level it on the reel

That's why they make level wind reels

The level wind on this reel sucks! Take it off and do it by hand but again not everyone can lay like even like that.

@@shorelinefishingmafia6133 it didn’t look like u were using ur finger to move it

Not yet but I probably will next year. Not a huge fan of perch fishing, I don't think it takes too much skill, mostly just luck. not much behavioral difference between a 13'' and 16'' perch

to fully remove the level wind, it will involve removing the level wind guide screw and drop out the worm gear pawl, remove the clicker side plate and remove the spool, remove the gear side plate (tip: the chrome ring must be completely pulled off to reveal a small screw that must also be removed), remove the E-clip that holds in the worm gear shell and worm gear - both will fall right out, put back the gear side plate, insert the spool, put back the clicker side plate, put a small bit of electrical tape over the two remaining level wind holes left in each frame side. done. :)

Bat rays have 2 holes on top of their heads, so you can pick them up from there without getting stung

@@mateowu8048 never ever pick up a ray by those holes. pick them up wile holding their mouth. watch a youtube video of how to hold one

yeah, you get a lot more distance without it

Not yet. I want to try a leopard shark first

I make sure to keep the stinger away from my legs and have never had a problem. Probably caught hundreds of em!

@@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231 only takes one time for people to learn lessons. Just sayin bro. Fish on!

You will instantly backlash with mono on penn rival use braid

@@Saifullah_kpk98 Then you dont know what you're doing. Mono is far more forgiving.

@@MetalDEmpire Cap

You have to take apart the reel and remove the actual piece that sits on the worm gear. The worm gear that drives the level wind is still engaged but the casting distance is greatly improved. Iv'e got a ton of questions about this so I might make a video

@@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231 this actually helped dude 🙏🏻

@@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231 also do you think this reel would be good for casting irons or nah

It’ll probably do fine if you fish it with zero spool tension and just use your thumb. It casts 4 ounces on a 9’ pretty well

@@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231 better to remove the entire worm screw so that the spool gear doesn't waste energy moving the worm.

Flip the switch at the top into freespool

The Santa Cruz Surfcaster thanks

Yeah I definitely would but they’re hard to find

@@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231 huh? not at all hard to find, plenty online, any size. just got a 15LWLH and will remove the level wind.

It looks like a spinning rod 😮

Yeah I had just bought the reel and did not yet have a rod for it. I must say it worked pretty well

Fish finder rig

Bat rays can be easily caught using a fish finder rig with 4/0-6/0 circle hooks and chunk Mackerel on the hook. Just don't bury the tip of the hook and keep it exposed.

Pit bull Maybe we were all fishing for rays and the standard etiquette at least at that pier is to let the person with the fish go where they need to or the ray will run under the off limits part of the pier and break you off just like that one did

Este Brasileño cree que soy un gringo. ¿Funcionan los ojos?😂