A good, light spinning reel

What is one? I have a Pfleuger President, I think it is a 6920 model and I think it is a good reel and it was about $60. I don't see that model anymore, I see PRESSP20X model under the President moniker.

I want another spinning reel. This is for lightweight stuff, mostly panfish or maybe even all panfish but I fish for bass and have plenty of other rigs, but it would be nice if it could also be used for light bass fishing. If it's only good for panfish, that is fine.

In the Pfleuger lineup, I see:

President, $50
President XT, $80+
Patriarch, $200+

The Patriarch, at $200+, my assumption is that I probably couldn't tell the difference but I am speaking without experience with it. The President XT is a little lighter than the President, has more bearings.

What do you think is a good, light reel? It doesn't have to be Pfleuger, I have a Shimano Stradic for bass that I like. But it's not inexpensive; I think I paid over $200 a few years back.

Daiwas are really good.

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Daiwas are really good.

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I'd recommend the Diawa Laguna LT 1000. Very solid reel for a solid price.

The pressb20 is very nice. The only thing I would caution you about is that is about a 500 or maybe 750 size, so smaller spool=more line twist.

I love the Daiwa Regal LT 1000, but it holds way more 4# line than I will ever need. I wish it came with a shallow spool.

Have you considered the pflueger Arbor.

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Daiwa revros is a nice reel. Got one this season and I’m pleased with it.

Shimano Sahara ,under a 100 , thank me later :highfive

I just got a Shimano Sedona 500, I do wish it had a larger diameter spool, but so far with nylon has been fine. a nice reel for about 70, more or less. The Pflueger 20 press20 is a real nice reel for the money, but out of stock right now or way overpriced on the net. I got the 500 size for the lighter weight, but next time a 1000.
Bob

Shimano Sedona 1000, They are great.

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Originally Posted by trypman1

Shimano Sedona 1000, They are great.

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That’s the one I should have bought, but I wanted the 6.3oz because I knew it would balance well on my TSS or 632 Luna. To get a light 1000 at good quality you have to lay out some bucks. There is one configuration listed by Shimano that I’m not sure is offered in the US. This is a 500 size “C” ( for compact) that if I read it right is a 1000 spool on a 500 body. I would buy that in a heartbeat. Probably not even available anymore.
Bob

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

Shimano Sahara ,under a 100 , thank me later :highfive

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The Sahara is an incredible deal for the money. I have a 2500 size on my main spinning combo for bass and it is just a workhorse. And, so buttery smooth even after I've beat the tar out of it.

Okuma for the money are very smooth reels. For around $30 you can get a nice Okuma spinning reel.

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I'd be taking a hard look at the drags on the ul reels if you plan on going after anything that puts up a fight.

I use the pflueger president 20's (2 of them) and the daiwa regal's (2 of them also) for panfish. Mainly bluegill, crappie & perch but I end up with a lot of catfish also. I'm not trying to catch catfish but they manage to show up every outing. The drag's on the sp 20's are maxed out @ 6#. The daiwa's are maxed at 11#. Makes a huge difference when trying to muscle these bigger fish in, especially when kayak fishing or trying to keep them from going into heavy cover.

It's good to have a small reel for panfish, any ul reel will work. It's when you hook into 20+" catfish, grass carp or large mouth bass & don't have the luxury of letting them run. You'll be glad you have a reel that can actually fight these larger fish if need be.

good gears, good break, and good bearings cost money. You find um on a 30 dollar reel...

I just bought a Diawa Regal 2500 and will likely buy a 1000 in the future. A 10 bearing that is well done and very smooth. Years back I bought a Diawa Capricorn at a flea market from a friend that ran the booth. It was the smoothest reel I had handled at the time and I haven’t regretted spending the money and it has served me very well since, now 10 years. I see the Regal as being another of this same smoothness and quality but only time will tell. Lots of good reels for under $100.

An 11 pounds drag with 4# line doesn't matter.

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The Sahara is an incredible deal for the money. I have a 2500 size on my main spinning combo for bass and it is just a workhorse. And, so buttery smooth even after I've beat the tar out of it.

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NOBODY puts more miles on tackle than me for sure
"IF" it can handle me and simply abuse the tackle as they go . There are days I hit 3 different lakes in a day and I have 2 Shimano Saharas and they have been on more different rods than I can count . Both travel with me on different rods daily and get exchanged when I feel the need to do so . I would promote these professionally speaking in a blink if Shimao wanted someone to showcase them .
I run the smallest version on them and don't even know what series number they actually are .
to this day , BOTH perform like they just came out of the box ! I also run one high end Pflueger that is "just" about as good so far , but its a baby in years of use in comparison .
when I said thank me later it wasn't a joke :highfive

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

NOBODY puts more miles on tackle than me for sure
"IF" it can handle me and simply abuse the tackle as they go . There are days I hit 3 different lakes in a day and I have 2 Shimano Saharas and they have been on more different rods than I can count . Both travel with me on different rods daily and get exchanged when I feel the need to do so . I would promote these professionally speaking in a blink if Shimao wanted someone to showcase them .
I run the smallest version on them and don't even know what series number they actually are .
to this day , BOTH perform like they just came out of the box ! I also run one high end Pflueger that is "just" about as good so far , but its a baby in years of use in comparison .
when I said thank me later it wasn't a joke :highfive

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I am curious how you fish. Out of a boat or from the bank? You do fish a lot. How many days/wk you fish? Just curious, you catch a lot.

Back to reels, yesterday, I saw a Lews Laser Lite Speed Spin reel, model LLS50 at Academy for only $30. It is incredibly light, 4.9 oz! Has 7 bearings, 6+1. Is 5.0:1 retrieve. What do you guys think? For panfish/crappie, could this work well? That's the lightest I've seen; the specs compared to the price seems a bargain for panfish.

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I am curious how you fish. Out of a boat or from the bank? You do fish a lot. How many days/wk you fish? Just curious, you catch a lot.

Back to reels, yesterday, I saw a Lews Laser Lite Speed Spin reel, model LLS50 at Academy for only $30. It is incredibly light, 4.9 oz! Has 7 bearings, 6+1. Is 5.0:1 retrieve. What do you guys think? For panfish/crappie, could this work well? That's the lightest I've seen; the specs compared to the price seems a bargain for panfish.

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the laser light is not durable enough to handle me , I "had" 2 and both gave up rather quickly . well under a year of use .
some reels feel nice and look nice and are light weight .....but i often find they actually are just "lightweights " :banghead
lightest reels are NOT always the bestest ones btw ....
my garage wall has probably 50 small open faced spinning reels that have been retired for various reasons
i heard this one was good and or that one and tried most of them ....
Okumas were ok but not long lived at around a year or so
the list is long but again ,,,drop the 80 and get the small Shimano Sahara , it might cost twice as much ,but its hundreds of times better than most reels i have used .
I "try" to wet a jig 7 days a week and will "try" just about anything to ketch a crappie .
Bank , boat , dock , whatever the case and or situation might involve to ketch one is me
and KABOOM is the word

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Originally Posted by FishingTheMidsouth

An 11 pounds drag with 4# line doesn't matter.

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That's 1 way of looking at it. I'm sure everyone sets up a lite large mouth bass setup with 4# line. I'll have to go back and re-read the op's post. Thought they asked about a ul setup that could double as a lite largemouth rig also???

Myself I use 8# 8 strand braid anymore. Lost too many fish in cover using a lite drag and 4# mono. Too bad I really like the trilene xl smooth cast too. From shore it wasn't too bad and I could at least have a chance tiring the fish out with long runs/fights. In a kayak that's anchored with stringers hanging down, not so much. A running fish gets tangled pretty easy along with fishing stump fields and heavy cover.

All of these fish were caught in a kayak. A 18" lm bass on a bison trout magnet.
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/HjVnEaB.jpg[/IMG]

These were caught using a modified drop shot. 25" catfish
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/WNkH0p7.jpg[/IMG]

More cats while perch fishing
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/JR5I3Hw.jpg[/IMG]

Typical cats while drop shotting for bluegill
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/rBC91jM.jpg[/IMG]

only 1 catfish that day
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/vgn1ivZ.jpg[/IMG]

I'm targeting the panfish pictured above but the catfish seem to show up after awhile. I believe it's from me inadvertently chumming for them with some of the panfish bleeding from hook sets.

Anyway some of us have learned lessons the hard way with what does and doesn't work with lite tackle and larger fish. Especially when there isn't room to let the fish run. I've had a lot of issues with the 6# drag on the sp20's with loosing fish due to the running/tangling and I couldn't stop them, control them, let alone slow them down. The daiwa's rule!!!

Got it just for crappie. Ocuma Ignite iT 10a. It was about $30 maybe a bit less. Put it on an Ocuma 5' ultra light rod. About the best ultra light set up since my old Mitchell 308! I also have a small Shimano but cost quite a bit more. Like the Shimano but like this little Ocuma as well. Have 2# line in the Ocuma; it's rated for 2-4# line.

Got it just for crappie. Ocuma Ignite iT 10a. It was about $30 maybe a bit less. Put it on an Ocuma 5' ultra light rod. About the best ultra light set up since my old Mitchell 308! I also have a small Shimano but cost quite a bit more. Like the Shimano but like this little Ocuma as well. Have 2# line in the Ocuma; it's rated for 1-4# line.

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

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the laser light is not durable enough to handle me , I "had" 2 and both gave up rather quickly . well under a year of use .
some reels feel nice and look nice and are light weight .....but i often find they actually are just "lightweights " :banghead
lightest reels are NOT always the bestest ones btw ....
my garage wall has probably 50 small open faced spinning reels that have been retired for various reasons
i heard this one was good and or that one and tried most of them ....
Okumas were ok but not long lived at around a year or so
the list is long but again ,,,drop the 80 and get the small Shimano Sahara , it might cost twice as much ,but its hundreds of times better than most reels i have used .
I "try" to wet a jig 7 days a week and will "try" just about anything to ketch a crappie .
Bank , boat , dock , whatever the case and or situation might involve to ketch one is me
and KABOOM is the word

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Ketchn, you probably won’t see this reply since your comment is years old. But just in case you do, I wanted to say that I 1000% agree with you in the 8lb braid!!! I mainly fish for Crappie at Lake of the Ozarks. I used to mainly use Stren Clear 4lb Mono or sometimes 4 or 6lb Braid or Nanofil. I finally got so sick and tired of losing big Crappie when trying to get them on the dock or in the boat!!! You wouldn’t think an extra 2lbs in braid for 6 vs 8 would make a big difference but it completely does. I guess possibly the 4 and 6lb is just small enough to get knicks or Micro-Abrasions and snaps or Breaks far far more often than 8lb Braid. I used to dabble a bit in using 10lb braid but ultimately found it to be a tad to thick for braid and a bit overkill compared to 8lb. Also, the 8lb Braid casts a good deal better than the 10lb Braid. If you don’t mind my asking what Brand and type of 8lb Braid do you usually run?!? I tried at least a dozen different brands and kinda over the last 8-10 years and just the last couple of years found my favorite and it is Exclusively all I use. And they is KastKing Super Power 8lb 8-Strand Braid. I usually just stick to the 8 strand over the 4 strand because it is alot Smoother and casts better. However the 4-Steand is really good stuff too, but I only use they for Ultralight setups they I do NOT cart and only fish vertically. It’s kinda strange bc the 4-Strand almost feels and gets better after being used for awhile. It becomes noticeably softer and IMO last forever b4 you have to replace it and Re-Spool it. Tight Lines!!!!!

Shimano Nasci

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Check out the new Lew's size 75 Speed Spin G2. They did a lot to trim weight - I think it's only 5.1 ounces! AND - many companies have dropped the ability to back reel - but most of the Lew's still have the switch. at $59.99 - can't beat it.

Heck i've been using the shimano fx 2500 series reels from walmart for $18.88 a piece & have had great luck with them. Ive not had any problems whatsoever.

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YES, I have 4 of them