jason41987

well.. the no 9 would have just been a rebuild project.. hard to find anything actually made in america anymore.. pflueger i believe is made in korea... well, better than china.. but im already getting an ambassadeur c3, im just looking to expand to a bit more since i really like the round baitcasters

hey everyone... im focusing my collection of reels towards round baitcasters now... and two of them in my sights are an old penn peerless no. 9 reel, and a new pflueger trion 66 round baitcaster... so i was wondering what you guys think of these two reels, have you used either one? if so, what were your impressions?

ive actually had the idea of a baitcast reel with a spool that pops out when you free the spool for casting.. allowing you to cast like a spinning reel, then pop back into place once you started reeling... problem is then youd have zero benefits over a spinning reel and might as well just use a spinning reel.... i cant help but feel the same way about the alvey reel

i actually got the bulk of the inspiration from a centerpin reel, but most these designs are rather old, and though some concenpts i like.. if you could modernize it into a smaller, lighter spool and use some of the mechanics of the fly reels you might be able to get something fairly interesting... i would imagine using this on a spinning rod with a set of casting reel guides, free the spool, hold the line with your finger like you wood a spinning reel and cast.. problem is the design would have to be back-lash proof as there wouldnt really be a way to slow the spool down manually

hey everyone... i was looking at some fly reels, studying them closely no doubt from a mechanical/engineering point of view.. there are some features of these reels i like... certain aspects to the design... then i look at baitcasting reels and well, features i like on those too... one thing i like about the fly reels are the designs of the spools, the way theyre not enclosed... then i look at baitcasters and i notice much of the "birds nest" problems are when the spool over runs the excess line gets jammed either under the frame, or between the spool and the body... so what if someone cross these designs?.. a smaller, more open spool with the supports and the guts of the reel passing through the center of the spool rather than around it, designed around modern braided line do doubt, and used like a conventional lure/bait reel rather than fly? i believe i could design something along these lines, and build it... but id like to hear feedback.. if anyone can foresee problems, or is curious how a feature might work?... should the crank be direct-drive, or geared?, brake, spool tension, or both?... less likely to catastophically backlash, would drag AND spool tension be neccessary? i just like thinking up new ways to do things to expand my own knowledge and understanding behind the mechanics, but the end product could be pretty fun to play with

well.. im pressure sure ive decided on the abu garcia C3 5500 left handed model...since ill be going for some really large fish this summer (musky).. it seems having a stronger, more durable, more reliable reel would be better... and with my mix of bait and lure fishing, palming wont be as important to me as someone who strictly lure fishes

that would be nice to find a real i could get fairly cheap.. and then tweak the performance afterwards.. something i can fine tune myself into a top notch reel... hmm... checked out the revo S from abu garcia.. a lot of mixed reviews.. too many, these reels seem to have a lot of problems.. so back to square 1... hmm i can seem to find the pflueger president at a fair price, quantums seem to have a very nice following.. havent found a bad review on those yet... so the accurist PT by them is in the mix.. and well.. i guess im starting to narrow it down now... the C3 ambassadeur, this quantum, possibly a pflueger president... or the cabela prodigy or BPS extreme store brand models

well i tried narrowing it down to left handed reels only.. though now everything is available in a left handed reel, so didnt do much narrowing there.. tried narrowing down to US made only... that eliminated everything, unfortunately.. i guess my next step would be to find something that atleast isnt made in china... pflueger is made in korea i think, daiwa and shimano are japanese, and abu garcia is made in sweden... the rest can be assumed carry the infamous "made in china" stamp what about those cabelas and bass pro shops brand reels? they both make some nice models i think i like

just out of curiosity, i found a calculator online that i punch in the diameter of the lb test line listed in the real specs, and the length of line it says it holds... then i type in the diameter of the new line and it will tell me how many yards this holds... for .014 @ 100 yards (100 yards of 12lb line) which is a fairly small capacity, i would be able to hold close to 250 yards of 20lb braided... so... at this point line capacity means nothing, as even the smallest reels hold plenty when i use braded for the bulk of the spool umm.. also, i would like to find something that actually says "made in USA" on it if possible

my plan for line is to use 20# high visibility braided line tied to a swivel, and order 25-30 yards of 15# fluorocarbon to make into leaders... i see this setup more and more when people want something durable, and visible without sacraficing the invisibility of fluorocarbon..... and though the C3 ambassadeur is still an option i will most likely end up going low-profile... im kind of liking the abu revo SX, but i may try that black max first just to give the low profiles a try before going for something more expensive... the closest bass pro shops according to their website is more than a 2 hour drive one-way... and thats a lot closer than the nearest cabelas, so ill definitely be ordering online other reels im looking into besides those three i mentioned from abu (ambassadeur, black max, revo SX), i also like the quantum KVD reels, pflueger president, daiwa megaforce, and a couple from quantum another option im weighing is getting an abu BCX round baitcast, and the black max.. put one of them on the rod i have now, one on the new rod and see what i like more, then put the other one on my old rod and have it as a backup in case something happens to the one i like, or someone else decides to join me also, ive decided im only going to purchase a reel i can get in a left hand model... because i want to train myself to reel with the left hand so i wont need to switch hands anymore

after doing some thinking.. i think i will go low profile... so $150 limit, preferable under $100, since baitcasters are fairly new to me i dont want to spend too much on one just yet, something easily torn down and maintained.. quality, and a decent enough amount of line (i have large hands so just about any low profile will be comfortable)

i get the impression low profiles are used to hold in the palms for better control over the rod?.. i could be wrong... anyway, let me know what you think of the black max.. i may buy one to go with the ambassadeur since the two combined still wont equal most the daiwas or the patriarch pflueger makes... one idea i had was to make the final line guide on the tip large enough to allow a barrel swivel to pass through, so i could unhook my line, real it all the way in and swap reels quickly... i could use a black max for lures, the other for bait if thats what theyre much better suited for as for making the rods... theres really just a process to follow, other than that theres not too much to it... im going to use a hole-saw to cut out rings from balsa to glue together, mount on a long bolt and put it in my drill press chuck... then while thats spinning freely i can use a wood file to give it the shape i want... and probably use clear heat shrink tubing over it the grip to protect it, and give it more texture

im not sure how well contouring to my hand would be.. never actually held the reel in my hand, but held the grip itself... i really do like the features and the style of the abu ambassadeur C3 6500 size... but it doesnt look well contoured for fitting in the palm of the hand... how does this reel perform vs a good low profile?...either way, im looking for a reel i can keep for a long time, that is well suited to taking apart and rebuilding from time to time when parts or bearings go bad unfortunately, no bass pro, no cabelas, nothing here but a walmart and off-brand products, for this i have to use facts and reasoning to select a reel and order it online since i dont have the luxury of handling them first

hey everyone, ive been running on intermediate level fishing gear for a while now, and i think its time i go for an upgrade of all my tackle... for lures, ive began making my own crankbaits from balsa wood, additional body templates would be cool if anyone had any.. im looking for a quality, general purpose setup.. not specifically going for any one species, but something well suited for fish a tad on the larger size... large bass, walleye, pike, even pull out rather large carb and suckers too... so i was thinking basing this around 15lb test line for the rod, im going to make it myself from a blank.. i was thinking 6'6-7' length, medium-heavy (for the 15lb line) and fast action since its better my rod bends closer to the tip since i end up having to bring fish in from around trees and other obstacles for line i intend to use a bright, high visibility braided line, with a fluorocarbon end spliced into it.. giving me the greater line capacity, strength for snags, and still have the last foot or two invisible to the fish and this brings me to the meat of this post... the reel.. ive thought about going back with spinning reels, but some careful consideration points me towards using a baitcast reel which i do not have much experience with, but the benefits are there for longer, smoother casts, capacity, and they seem to be a generally more durable reel i notice a lot of people cast with one hand, then switch the rod to the opposite hand to reel, a practice i also do now, but i was wondering, why is it i rarely see people just cast with their right hand and reel with the left?... is there some purpose to holding the reel in the palm of your hand or is it just something a lot of people seem to instinctively do?... i was thinking of getting a left handed reel and learning to real it in that way that being said.. im looking for a good reel recommendation, somewhere in the $100-$150 range... i really like the styling of the abu garcia ambassadeur series, with the classic look, but modern features... or are the low profiles like the pflueger patriarch or quantum smoke a much better choice?... i should mention i mostly lure fish.. but sometimes im just in the mood to spend a day with home-made baits... so i was thinking maybe the ambassadeur C3 6500 size with the line-out alarm... what do you guys think?