You get what you pay for. If you want your reel in like new condition or better from skilled individuals who take pride in their work, service, and dedication look no further than Mat Hegy and his team. Was called about one of my reels that may cost a bit more to repair and took the time to listen and consult next steps. Everything from the shipping, bubble wrap packing door to door. There is a reason they repair nearly all reels, makes, and models from most eras nationally and worldwide. read more

Had (4) bait casting reels reconditioned, they feel better than new! Definitely recommend Mat's Reel Repair.

Thank you, Mat's Reel Repair!! I'm now back to using my vintage Shakespeare 2062 reel! My grandmother gave the reel to my dad in 1969, before I was born. Dad loved it and I've admired it for decades, even though I've not been a fisherman. I took up fishing this summer and, while going through Dad's tackle box, dropped the reel on the garage floor. I was a bit sick to discover that the crank knob screw had sheered off. After trying some nut and bolt specialty shops in town, I turned online and found Mat's Reel Repair. Both Mat and Alex were friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. I ordered the replacement screw over the phone on 9/24/2021 and it came in today's mail (9/27/2021). I've already got the reel back together and couldn't be happier. Come to Mat's for hard to find parts and customer service the way it used to be, all at a price that won't have your wife scratching her head and giving you that look. You know the one. read more

I have, as a part of my love of angling, what can only be described as a "hotrodder" mentality toward older, classic fishing reels. They were the standards of quality back when, but can they be tweaked, tuned, and modified so that they outperform the out-of-the-box must-have hardware that trendy fisherfolk snap up after every year's Fishing Show? My desire is to do as much of the work myself as my resources and abilities will allow, but I know and understand that I need a mentor to teach me, by example, the zen of fishing reel maintenance, repair, and improvement. I mean, a Shovelhead Harley is always a Shovelhead Harley, but how to make it become ALL the Shovelhead Harley that it can be? My first desire was to find a local craftsman, but my searches all ended up in communities around North Georgia far, far from my Newnan home. Telephone calls to shops within a 100 mile radius yielded people eager to take my order, but lacking any signs of dedication to the sport. So, my search progressed outward via the Internet, followed by short phone conversations, until I called Mat's Reel Repair in way-up-north-and-snowy Eagle River, Wisconsin. When I called, Mat himself answered. Awesome. After some vague, tenderfoot questions from me, which Mat handled very diplomatically, we got into the kind of conversation that only two soaked-to-the-bone lovers of the great outdoors and the art of angling could share. That did it for me. I shipped off a much beloved Abu Garcia 5600 reel to be cleaned, micropolished, tuned, and have high performance sealed spool and worm gears installed, plus some other enhancements. He sent me an estimate of $54.50 (so reasonable I swooned), and I authorized the work. He finished it a week later, emailed me an invoice, which I paid, and the reel arrived 2 business days later. It is now Pavarotti, not a community opera singer. I have taken it apart, and oooohed and ahhhed at the finesse of the work. It's almost a shame to set it to work hauling heavy fish through miry waterweeds and casting time after time into brackish coastal waters, but it will be a joy, also. read more