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Title: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Vasko Dimoski on June 30, 2011, 07:00:54 PM

Hi guys my question is should i put some Cal's drag grease on the drag of the SOM NO LIMITS 16000 Stella spool or is the drag good enough dry? ::)

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Josh Stuckey on June 30, 2011, 08:27:26 PM

Vasko,
           Heres an earlier thread about the SOM spool, found that while looking at options to upgrade my 8k Stella.

http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=2412.msg24284#msg24284 (http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=2412.msg24284#msg24284)

Josh

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Sean Costello on June 30, 2011, 09:52:18 PM

i own a no limits 16000 spool, but it does not have the 3 phillips head screws on the underside of the spool like the one in the linked post, i purchased mine a few months back

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Vasko Dimoski on June 30, 2011, 11:22:56 PM

Hi Sean how is the drag is it smooth with out drag grease or have you applied grease to the drag stack how would you compare it to standard spool?

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Sean Costello on July 01, 2011, 09:32:27 AM

I have not greased it, its only been used on one trip and the drag was extremely smooth out of the box, if it becomes rough i will grease it.
These are much better than the standard spool, more drag and a steeper curve and cast huge
I will say that the line capacity was overstated i feel, it said it could hold 260m of pe 8 but i would not push it past 220, also took bang on 300m spool of pe 6

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Vasko Dimoski on July 01, 2011, 07:03:22 PM

Sean thanks for reply I going to spool mine with Jerry brown 65lb solid how much do you think il need to fill the spool ?

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Sean Costello on July 01, 2011, 07:56:43 PM

i have never used jb braid so i dont know, but if you got a 300 yrd spool of 65lb on there id be happy

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Vasko Dimoski on July 01, 2011, 09:38:43 PM

Sean i would be happy with 300 of 65lb but was not sure if it was enough to fill the spool  ::)

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Patrick Naslund on July 01, 2011, 09:59:16 PM

If spooled correct  300 yd's of 65 lb  is no prob

I have mine filled up with 275 y'ds ( 250 meters) of JB100 hollow, and it's not overfilled.

The trick is to spool it up with half the drag you expect to use while fishing

Patrick

Title: Re: Studio Ocean Mark No limits 16000 Spool
Post by: Vasko Dimoski on July 01, 2011, 10:55:17 PM

Patrick thanks for the reply ,Thats a good amount of 100lb hollow you have fitted on the spool it must be a fare bit thinner then solid? . Did you grease the drag on your SOM spool or have you left it dry? :)