Quote Originally Posted by HALF FAST View Post
Wayne (creek)had got me started long lining a little bit on Greers, when I first started gearing up my own boat, I didn't / couldn't buy 10 phluger reels so I bought an assortment of cheap reels. that way when the sorryest of them fell apart I'd know which ones were better and replace with them. after a couple years, hands down the best cheap reels I own are wally world avocet silvers.smoothest casting, the string doesn't get hung on the bail like the others do, and those are the only reels I have that cranking the handle closes the bail.
It is a whole lot less expensive to hang around Nimrod than it is Creek.
DP