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bowfin47
A couple of years ago, I lost the little "V" spring in my 8/9 wt. CFO reel. I call Orvis, and with shipping, they wanted something like $12 for the stupid little thing.. Well in speaking with the customer rep, he agreed that that was far to much for a 1/4" per side little metal "V", so he comp.ed the spring.
Wonderful! Except that the spring that arrived was a "coil" spring.... and therefore, useless...
Upon calling Orvis back, (another) rep. explained they don't carry "v" springs... So the reel sits in a drawer...