Need a fishing reel repair service? Perhaps you didn't do some of the things you should have done as maintenance, but most probably it's time for thorough clean up of the reel (recommended at least once a year for most reel manufacturers).

The major reel companies have a dedicated staff for the task, outsourcing to serious and professional tackle experts is also what you could find.

Listing:

PURE FISHING (Abu Garcia, Mitchell, Fenwick, Shakespeare, Penn, Pflueger, Johnson, Spider)

USA
Abu Garcia
Pure Fishing USA
1900 18th Street
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Tel: 1.800.228.4272
Email: abugarcia@purefishing.com
http://www.purefishing.com

AUSTRALIA:
Jay Parker - Service Technician

Pure Fishing Australia
Att; Jay Parker
P.O. BOX 5199
Chittaway Bay NSW 2261
Tel. 02 4350 5907
Fax. 02 4353 1744

Allow me to report this insider look....

"In these days of mass producing reels I get great satisfaction out of modifying a reel or tuning an old reel to perform better than a new (censured). They have the money to advertise and blindly lead people into believing they are the only reel manufacturers out there. As we know ABU have been there and done that and have not really changed much at all especially when they know they have a winning product, AMBASSADEUR. If I can do my part into helping people realize that their old Abu can outperform far more expensive reels with minor tweaks here and there I have done my job....."
Jay Parker - Abu Garcia Service Technician

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W.C. BRADLEY Co. (Zebco, Quantum, Fin-Nor, Van Staal, Martin, Rhino)

6105 E. Apache
Tulsa, OK 74115
USA
http://www.wcbradley.com/

Service centers for the Bradley Co. family:

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Daiwa Team

USA
Daiwa Corporation
12851 Midway Place
Cerritos, CA, 90703
admail@daiwa.com
http://www.daiwa.com

Telephone: (562) 802-9589
Fax Number: (562) 404-6212
Office Hours:
Monday to Friday 7:00am to 4:00pm PST

Mailing Address:
Daiwa Corporation
P.O. Box 6031
Artesia, CA 90702-6031

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Shimano

Shimano American Corp.
1 Holland
Irvine, CA 92618
USA
http://fish.shimano.com/ (North America Only)

http://www.shimano.com/ (global)

On site customer support - Irvine office
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Pacific Standard Time

Customer Service: 877-577-0600
6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
Pacific Standard Time

By the way, never thought about it? Wanna start a Rod and Reel repair business but don't know how?

Indipendent Reel Repair and Service Businesses

You can probably ask your local tackle-shop for the service, but here is a listing which might be useful.

Reel Doctor (USA)

Bucko's Tackle Service (USA)

Glen's Reel & Rod Repair (USA)
2210 E. 9th St. Des Moines, IA 50316-199
Phone: (515) 262-2990
Email: glennsreel@aol.com

Mike's Reel Repair (CA)
108 31060 Peardonville Rd. Abbotsford, BC V2T 6K5
Phone: (604) 855-1119

Rocky's Tackle Repair (CA)
3 Royce Ave. Unit 12 Orilla, ON L3V 5H8
Phone: (705) 325-3526

Ropino SA, Como (Italy)
ROPINO sas22100 Como (CO) - 25/b, v. Asiago
tel: 031 340979
fax: 031 513777

Progetto Pesca (Italy)
Via Tiburtina 1421 - Roma (Italia)
+0039 06 413 07 69
www.progettopesca.it

HRH Hebeisen (Switzerland)
Schaffauserstrasse 514
CH - 8052 Zürich
Schweiz
Tel. +41 44 301 22 21
Fax. +41 44 302 06 38
http://www.hebeisen.ch

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