Can I get some input on some reasonable durable ultra light spinning reels? I bought some of those cheap china ones off ebay what a mistake that was. The old saying you get what you pay for.
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Can I get some input on some reasonable durable ultra light spinning reels? I bought some of those cheap china ones off ebay what a mistake that was. The old saying you get what you pay for.
I use the bass pro crappie maxx reels, seem to hold up & are only around $20 each
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Originally Posted by specktacklure
Shimano IX or AX series reels are what I use. Bout $10.00 last I bought em at abass Pro. Hold up real well too.
I sell 1200 Shimano IX reels per year; been doing it for 14 years and have not have 1 complaint. I also use them!
Monk
Just bought two from you along with some plastics....they look good......gonna give em a try!Quote:
Originally Posted by monkscrappie
I like the Okuma 15 series
Shimano IX or AX. Cheep and easy.
got some cheep (7.00) reels at wally. had them for two years now no trouble yet.
I bought 6 of them from you a couple of months ago and really like the rear drag and how durable they are for inexpensive reels.Quote:
Originally Posted by monkscrappie
I have some of the Shimano Slade that is no longer made. If you buy the Shimano's I hope you like em. I've had mine over 10 years and still use em all the time. Wore the gears out of 1 out of 8. Have caught Redfish, Seatrout and anything else I had a mind to chase. Money well spent. I have others that may be different in some way or another but these just keep going.
I just picked up 2 used Shakespeare Cirrus C25 reels on craigslist for $20. I have one on a 5 1/2' rod that I've been trolling with and honestly it is my favorite pole on the boat. I work with a hodge podge mix of poles and reels since I can't justify a whole new fishing pole setup just because I'm trolling all of a sudden lol. Wife would have me on the couch. I like the mix of longer and shorter rods since I'm a newb. The shorter rods with ultra light spinning reels hit just as often as my 12' B'N'M rods with counter reels. The short ones are easy to get the fish in the boat and work on the next pole since my catches seem to often come in pairs. I only have been using those longer poles for the past 3 trips and use them to be my two most outer poles with pulling from the back of the boat. Good luck out there!
Spider rigging i use all Deep-South rods...............excellant backbone
18's - 16's -14's - matched to Shakespear SS5 Micro-lite reels - (reels are in
excess of 10 yrs old and none have had a problem with)
Long-ling use Shakespear Micro-lite rods 4.6 - up to 7.0' in length matched with
Pfluger 4410 reels. - Need lots of flex in rods to be able to use lite wgt line. Again no problems what so ever.
Run 6 lb on Spider riggin - 4 lb on long lines..............
Fish 3 - 5 times a week in all kinds freshwater
Prefer Pfluger reels to anything i work with for soomthness of crank and control.