what is everybodys favorite reel for single poleing spinning or level wind and what brand want something light that not a piece of juck
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what is everybodys favorite reel for single poleing spinning or level wind and what brand want something light that not a piece of juck
Mitchell 308. The new ones are greatly improved over the old Garcia - Mitchell 308. I just picked up a Mitchell 310. Slightly smaller than the 308. Looking forward to trying it out
i like small
I'm using a Shimano Spirex 1000 on my 8' single jig rod, and a Okuma 20 on my 12' double jig rod (both primarily used Livescope flippin').
I do have a couple of rods outfitted with the Mitchell 308x reels, that I use for simple cast/retrieve methods.
* Note - just remember to pick a reel that's heavy enough to balance your rod, depending on its length. A light reel on a long rod might sound good, but if the outfit is going to be tip end heavy, then it's going to be a strain on your wrist/forearm if used for any length of time. But, if it balances out (over an outstretched finger at the front end of the handle), then even if it is a little heavy in hand it's not going to be as noticable or as much a strain as a tip heavy outfit. :twocents
I use a few Presidents in a few of the sizes and for the money they’re hard to beat. The Daiwa Regal LT has 10 bearings and very smooth with a good drag. I have a couple of them in the 1000 size and they’re awful good.
Single long pole fishing shallow a bait caster works really well but any will work. Deeper a spinning reel is for sure the way to go.
Are you talking about long poles ? 10 ft or more ? If that’s the case and you fish fairly shallow the Slater Ice fishing reel is what I prefer. Super light weight, tough and fool proof.
I think my 12 ft rod with reel rigged out only weighs about 8 ounces.
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them there amazon specials I found will ruin you on a killer open faced spinning reels ....not kidding either ....
totally the stuff , under 20 bucks .....bad to the bone quality ....it is what it is ....:highfive
gave one to my buddy last week , he is so in love with it ....just saying
I run 3 of them now , every time one of them "expensive" ones dies it gets replaced with better quality at around 25% of the name brand price ....:yikes
13 ball bearings and so smooth a babies buttocks are jealous ....just saying ....
the drag is super duper beyond smooth and the list of attributes goes on ...over sized handle knob and actually quite attractive as well ....the total package ..
even think they come in other colors as well ....:Rofl
You happen to have the link to that reel on Amazon? I bought some of those cheap 10 ball bearings China reels once and they were junk. The drag was a joke.
will find it , they really are the stuff bro ,,,,,cant even wrap my mind around all my wasted big bucks on nice reels that ain't EVEN a tiny bit better ....go figure ....:bangheadQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
btw , you see my youtube channel thing about setting the drag before you hit the water ? it is one of them reels ....:highfiveQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
Nothing fancy
On smaller rods I use the pflueger president sp20's (+/- 5.7oz).
Longer rods get a diawa reagal 1000 lt (+/- 6.7oz)
I don't do a lot of fishing, only catch 1000/1200 fish a year. I do service my reels once a year, oiling/lubing/checking line, etc. Been using the pfluegers for years and started using the diawa's when they came out with the lighter air rotor systems. The old diawa 1000's were 8oz & the new air rotor setup brought the 1000 down to 6.7oz.
Haven't had any issues with the reels even though I had to set up to #8 braid due to the excessive amounts of catfish that seem to always be around. The catfish destroyed the #2/#4/#6 mono. Using a lite drag (normal for panfish) simply allowed them to run until they tangled on bottom structure.
A typical day catching panfish.
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My rods are what take a beating from the catfish/#8 test. When kayak fishing I like to use a pflueger 4' 8"/sp20 combo for a short pole (#2-#6 rated). Broke 1 of them on a huge catfish. The massive runs/thrashing they do on ultra-lite equipment will test the limits of any setup.
thanks everyone plan on a 12 or 14 ft pole do you use braid or florocarbon or mono
I'd go with mono if you plan on getting a inexpensive reel (or small reel) to start with. If that doesn't work out like you want, then go to the others. :twocentsQuote:
Originally Posted by duck
Are you going to use it to fish shallow with a long pole? If so i'd go cheap bait caster or ice reel. I like 15lb. hi-viz braid with a 10lb. clear mono leader in clear water. Dirty water i don't care if i use a leader or not. Strictly clear water shallow fishing mono or fluorocarbon either one would work fine if you don't want to mess with tying leaders on braid.Quote:
Originally Posted by duck