JJP

There was a time many years ago when alls I threw was floating rapalas, mepps spinner and power worms on a 6’ rod with 6lb mono. Caught just as many fish too

It’s fine. I tend to underspool spinning reels a bit, it helps especially with slack line techniques when you’re reeling loose line onto the spool

Are the 2000 Daiwa LT (specifically the revros LT 2000) comparable to the Shimano 1000 spinning reels? Just from line capacity specs and weight the same the same. Are the 1000 daiwas similar to 500-750 shimanos?

Has anyone used this reel? Need a small 1000 sizes reel for a few trout trips I’m going to make this fall. Found this reel on Amazon for $30. Anything else I should look at in the $30-$50 range

I have been using trilene xl and berkley big game for over 30 years.

5-6 wraps 15lb and under 3-4 with line over 20.

150 yard spool of powerpro at Walmart is around $14. It’ll last years. I only change it when it gets low on spool from retying

Same here it must be from the sun. My boxes stay in a hot garage and have had no issues

I would go with a Shimano in your price range. Sedona, Sahara, nasci they’re all good and they last a long time as long as they are taken care of (not dunked, dropped etc.) I have a first gen nasci that is 7-8 years old and has never been serviced and I have no issues. I would stay away from Penn. they’re clunky, heavy and geared more towards the saltwater angler. besides pflueger, Penn is the last spinning reel I would want to bass fish with

Did they change the formula in the plastic? They tear up much quicker than the last time I bought them a few years ago. Sometimes I won’t even get one fish out of them. They are tearing up just from Tex posing.

I’ve been using 40-50lb power pro for forever. No need to change

Braid will get cut easier than mono or fluoro. If you’re going to target pike use a short wire leader

Back when I fished 5-7 days a week I would respool mono once a month. That was probably overkill, now fishing 1-2 times a week I just change it out if it gets low on the spool or at the beginning of each season

In my area pretty much all the tackle stores cater to saltwater with the exception of a couple and even then, most of the time they don’t have what I need. I try to support a local shop whenever I can because when I am in need of rod or reel repair they are there to do it where a big box store is not.

I’m still using 6-8lb trilene xl on spinning reels when not using braid 6lb is .008in thinner than trilenexl which is .009