[HobieMarty]

I bought this Zebco 33 Classic rod and reel as a combo back in 1993. I put the reel on a white and red Southbend rod shortly after purchasing it and put an older Zebco reel on the original rod and it sat in the basement at the cabin since 1993 and wasn't used much. A couple of weekends ago I went to grab my rod and reel and the rod, which was a pistol grip style, had broken into two pieces where the reel mounts to the rod so I put the 33 back onto its original rod so that my son could fish with it that day and I later fished with it and caught a nice Bluegill. While using it, I noticed that the line was releasing before I took my finger off the cast button, but other than that it was working fine. A few days ago I decided to open it up and see what the issue was and found the line brake rubber/nylon ring had crumbled apart and so I will replace it with a rubber grommet. While I had it apart I did some maintenance on the internals and now have this classic reel humming along very smoothly. I will now keep the combo intact and my Zebco 33 Classic is back on its original Zebco composite pistol grip rod with a grey grip.

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