Scratched up my Bantam, what can I do?

[SSS]

In about 20 years of fishing, i have never a single time hooked any lure to the frame of a reel. My ocd doesn't allow me to do something like that

[bwjay]

I will just have to learn to deal with it, it seems. It is a battle scar as far as I'm concerned. I learned a valuable lesson. It's kind of a bummer that it scratches so easily though.

[mark poulson]

I will just have to learn to deal with it, it seems. It is a battle scar as far as I'm concerned. I learned a valuable lesson. It's kind of a bummer that it scratches so easily though.

If you're a shore fisherman, you will scratch/beat up your equipment. It is inevitable, like slipping and falling. It's all part of the game.

[goldrod]

If I scratch a reel
I sell it at a considerable discounted price and re buy the reel.
One way to look at it- would u pay $25 or even $50 not to have the scratches on it?
I had a new conquest 100hg fresh from japan- dropped it and put two very tiny blemishes on it- I couldn’t live with it so I showed the scratches in the pics - sold it
Bought a new one
Lived happily ever after

Self inflicted blemishes and scars eat at me.
I have been contemplating selling a reel I just got from Ian that’s been tuned to the max. And when I consider the cost of upgraded like the handle drag start etc I know I won’t get 1/3 of what I’ve already put in it. I’m trying to make myself use it. But it’s probably going to get sold.

[mark poulson]

If I scratch a reel
I sell it at a considerable discounted price and re buy the reel.
One way to look at it- would u pay $25 or even $50 not to have the scratches on it?
I had a new conquest 100hg fresh from japan- dropped it and put two very tiny blemishes on it- I couldn’t live with it so I showed the scratches in the pics - sold it
Bought a new one
Lived happily ever after

Self inflicted blemishes and scars eat at me.
I have been contemplating selling a reel I just got from Ian that’s been tuned to the max. And when I consider the cost of upgraded like the handle drag start etc I know I won’t get 1/3 of what I’ve already put in it. I’m trying to make myself use it. But it’s probably going to get sold.

Keep it and fish it. Fishing isn't a beauty contest, or we'd all be in trouble!