connortn

Pond-Pro: I...er.. you could say he enjoys marching to a different drummer than most ;D Bass-Brat: Had looked at the prolite finesse as a choice. Had not realized it was on sale. Do you know for how long? Maybe the extreme lite also, even though both of them are at 8 oz. At present the reel being used is an old Shimano Bantam Crestfire that has been disassembled, cleaned and what little could be done to it to improve casting. Before disassembling was casting 25+ yds. with 1/4 oz weigh using 5'6" bps tourney special ML rod rated at 1/16 to 1/2 oz. and 6 to 14 lb. line. This was using line of unknown weight and age but was definitely old and much line curl when it was removed to disassemble. Have not restrung it as of yet so I don't know what improvements I made. I do know that the spool would stop almost instantly when spun before working on it and now it will spin about 3 seconds before stopping. I'm sure the two BPS reels can beat it in performance and quality. The reel chosen will possibly be used for bass one or two times a year and maybe once or twice a month for trout. Not a big fisherman he is, but enjoys it once in a while. That's one reason why the budget is low, don't need a $2,000 Martin guitar just to amuse mysel... er ... himself Anyone have any ideals on who makes the prolite finesse for BPS? Connortn, who enjoys tinkering with things too much to make them work better.

If one had delusions about using a baitcaster to fish for trout in streams using 1/8 oz and 1/4 oz lures and that individual had little excess money to spend for a reel :'((50-100 dollars) and if he had machine capabilities and knew about super-tuning reels, what would be a good light weight reel (around 7 oz. or less) for this delusional person to use? I'm not saying I know this person 8-) but he seems harmless enough, he just wants to fish finesse without spending several hundred dollars, which his family will probably really appreciate . so let's leave the pixy's and such out of the picture, at least for now. From what I know about this individual, he has no desire to use the practical spinning outfit for this endeavor, he likes to be difficult ;D Can anyone here help this poor soul?