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    Is it too late to say that's what I was going to suggest? Ha! Just glad you have it in working order.
    I have the Battenkill II Click an Pawl that I use for pan fish and I just love it.

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    Never too late for another suggestion!
    I really like this reel and was very surprised when I had the grinding problem when it got wet. There must have been some grit in the mechanism that only gave a problem when wet???
    Thanks,
    Ted

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    I have sone old CFO's that have been going strong for 25 years or so
    and a little while back I picked up one that they had made in southeast asia. It was terrible / grinding after two outings. I sent it back and read that they had a lot of problems with them . I dont know this to be the case but I suspect the next generation CFO's were made by Abel to restore the fine reputation of the CFO series. I bought a new one two years ago and it is wonderful. Again , the suspicion is mine and only a suspicion. I may be totally off but I am not wrong about the problematic CFO's made in SE Asia.

    Steve
    it's all good drifts

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