Thread: WHAT KIND OF REELS DO YOU GUY'S PREFER

Originally Posted by engineman06

TRYING TO PUT SOME NEW TOOL'S TOGETHER FOR THIS YEAR THOUGHT I WOULD ASK THE PRO'S
JUST WONDERING WHAT REEL'S TO TRY
ANY THAUGHT'S WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THANK'S

check out your PM I sent you !!! the Shimano IX 2000R Reel is good reel for the money and 4000IX is another good one !!!! these are my preferred, weapons for crappie fishing !!!

Some may disagree with this, but if you want high quality spinning reels for a 1/4 of the cost as you would pay locally, go to eBay and order them directly from China. It takes about a month to get them if you select the free shipping method, but it's well worth it. You can get 10 ball bearing reels for 8 bucks, or 14 ball bearing reels for 14 bucks. I have ordered over 20 the last year or so and have not been disappointed at all.

Out of the reels i have, i think the best bang for the buck is the pflueger patriarch and shimano stradic ci4+. You can get the blue patriarch on ebay for alot less now and tackle warehouse has the stradic on sale. There is also a seller on ebay in australia that sells shimano sustain for about $190 because of the exchange rate. The reel is $330 stateside.

David, I don't buy to many reels these days. I work for the county at the waste recycle center and they come to me free. I get all sorts of rods and reels. I have given more away than I keep but I do keep a few good ones. Shakespeare, Quantum, Garcia / Mitchells, Shimano and lots of Zebco. Some brand new with price tags still on them. My best are what ever I rig up. LOL I do like the Shakespeare 3 ball bearing on my long poles.

Originally Posted by micorps

Out of the reels i have, i think the best bang for the buck is the pflueger patriarch and shimano stradic ci4+. You can get the blue patriarch on ebay for alot less now and tackle warehouse has the stradic on sale. There is also a seller on ebay in australia that sells shimano sustain for about $190 because of the exchange rate. The reel is $330 stateside.

Dayum you made me about choke on my beer !!!! if spent $190 on a reel and told my wife it was a deal that they sale normally $330 !!! I would probably have a larger medical bill surgically removing her Filipino foot out my arse !!! I stick with my Shimano 2000IX they work great for crappie fishing !!!!

I can't ever say I got a deal and spend that much money. My wife knows what I get at work!
I would be with stormwalker in the emergency room!

YEAH ME TOO

Originally Posted by Inkdabber

Some may disagree with this, but if you want high quality spinning reels for a 1/4 of the cost as you would pay locally, go to eBay and order them directly from China. It takes about a month to get them if you select the free shipping method, but it's well worth it. You can get 10 ball bearing reels for 8 bucks, or 14 ball bearing reels for 14 bucks. I have ordered over 20 the last year or so and have not been disappointed at all.

That's good to hear Tim. Ive always been sorta scared of them but may look at them for future needs. Thanks for that tip.

I always look at the $10-$15 spinning reels (cheap ones) that are light duty and have a large diameter center spool. The smaller diameter spools seems to cause more curling memory to your line IMO. All of mine are probably 1 or 2 ball bearing reels but they have decent drags and that's what is important to me.