Thread: New jig pole reel

Well, if you're only single polling I don't see the need to have a spin cast. The new Wally Marshall solo has a drag system and is very light weight. Only cost about $13-$14.

I agree with feesh...... I put a new Wally Marshall Solo reel on my jig pole....like it Grizzly Jig has them www.grizzlyjig.com

Got my Solo's from Grizzly Jig also. Haven't tried em yet. For those that have, is the lack of an anti reverse been an issue with y'all?

no problems so far.....like the reel a lot

My only deal with the solo real is how high the line comes out of the real. The gap between the handle and line looks to be 5 inches. The little cheap bucks real I have on my poles is only a half inch between line and handle. It makes it easy to roll the line under neath your finger tips. Any of you that have the solo have any issues with this?

On a jig pole I keep the line between my hand and the handle anyway so that does not matter....my hand serves as anti reverse, and drag lol I even do this with the BnM quick change reels

PM me your address and I will send you a couple of small reels that I have used for FREE! They will work fine for single poling.

Originally Posted by Martin Mountain

Hello all it's been a while since I've been on here...

I'm looking at getting a/some new reels for my jig poles. I haven't kept up with what the best thing going is so I wanted everyone's opinion on what they thought the best option was.

I will be mainly single pole jigging at Grenada and I like spincast reels the best for my jig poles


What at I want in order of importance:
1) spin cast reel
2) small and light
3) price----not spending over $40 on a jig pole reel though

Has anybody tried the Grizzly Jig G-5000 I've got a few of them and really like them. Its the only small reel with a level wind i know of.