Shimano TLD5 inspection, rebuild and conversion

[Fiskadoro]

Great little reels.

I fish thirty spectra on my TLD5 and forty spectra on my TLD10s and have landed fish to fifty pounds on them. Great reel not a good caster but excellent for bait or trolling. I especially like dropper loop fishing with them.

I love TLDs and have every model up to the the 30.

Check out this one I got today.





That's a TLD30 two speed, with a topless aluminium Willfish frame, a Tibron Tib Lite handle, and internally it was upgraded by Coffe, with an oversized drag plate and enhanced freespool.

It's the size of a standard 25 but can fish eighty for Cow tuna.

You'll love that 5, like I said great reels, it has a good of a drag as the Avet, with less maintenance issues.

Jim

[peguinpower]

Oh man! Love that frame. I gotta see if they make it for the 5. Maybe they'll have some at the next Fred Hall show

I have a saltist 20 ld for casting. havent tried it, but its got a light spool so it should do ok.


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[-scallywag-]

Good timing on this thread, I just serviced some reels last night and will finish the rest tonight.

The TLD leverdrag series are my favorite kayak trolling reels but the one weekness is the factory "dry drag washer", as soon as it gets a little wet they start sticking, the greasable carbontex washers are the ticket.

That bearing blaster is cool, but I like running the brearings in my trolling rods with the shields removed and packed with grease. On my sealines/penn 545's i like to just bite the bullet and put new bearing on the spool when they start feeling rough, I would like to try the bearing blaster with these reels, but IMO nothing beats new spool bearings and greasy washers (they're only 10-15 bucks a set at squidco).

Having a dedicated light flyline setup is a good idea, especially in the spring/summer, and the TLD perfect, but you should seriously consider spooling it up with 30-50lb spectra, and using an assortment of flouro leaders connected via a barrel swivel. Kayaks allow you to put your bait in the ambush zone near the kelp and having 50lb spectra with a short #20 or 30 flouro leader will most likely be the difference between being a hero or heartbreak.
I can't wait till sat/sunday, we finally get to fish again!!!! see u guys OTW

[Oolie]

i was gifted one of those awhile back, i found it impossible to find a replacement gearset, so i made due with the rough one it had, it's a great little thing, i landed my PB yellow on it, a little 30 pounder.