Every brand is the same floppy fit. What gives with the sloppy fits ?

 

At 77 I do not buy stuff that loose new.

 

I retired all the spare ones for fishing kids. Just worn out. Mostly bail springs.   I need about 5 new cheapies for them.

 

They did not have 1 decent new reel . Store in Easton Pa.

 

I have Penns for me.  But the kids do not get them ever.

What?

I just don't buy stuff from dicks anymore. I just don't like them. A good low cost reel would be a BPS spinning reel, or one of the low cost Lew's spinning models. A good quality low cost spinning rod is a Berkely Cherrywood or Berkley Amp.

My local DSG never has decent reels, or rods for that matter, cheap is cheap no matter where you get it nowadays

Thanks for the warning.

I really hate going to Wall Mart . But heck.

 

Is Sports Authority better ?  I buy after I feel it up.

I buy after I feel it up.

Said every guy out there! Hahaha

I've bought "cheap" combos at DSG, and BPS.

 

Don't have any of those combos anymore.

 

This was years ago... I prefer to mix and match

gear.

 O K guys

Some reasonable reels for the kids or another senior to use.  They WILL get stepped on. Dropped in the water....Carp do take rods while geezers doze off. What yearly oiling ? 

 

Like ones that have spare spools available.  4# for perch..........20 # for bigger stuff...........Any O K braided lines in 4# & 20 #.  Cheap stuff.  Loved that Cajun red braid in 10#. Really miss it.

 

Thanks

 

Just rechecked for the Cajun red braid lines ............WAAHOO !! it is back !!

 

I need to get out & or surf more often. Geezer excuse for too cold to fish in upstate  N Y.

 O K guys

Some reasonable reels for the kids or another senior to use.  They WILL get stepped on. Dropped in the water....Carp do take rods while geezers doze off. What yearly oiling ? 

 

Like ones that have spare spools available.  4# for perch..........20 # for bigger stuff...........Any O K braided lines in 4# & 20 #.  Cheap stuff.  Loved that Cajun red braid in 10#. Really miss it.

 

Thanks

 

Just rechecked for the Cajun red braid lines ............WAAHOO !! it is back !!

 

I need to get out & or surf more often. Geezer excuse for too cold to fish in upstate  N Y.

 

Specifically at DSG, I'd recommend the

Daiwa Samurai combos for seniors, kids, 

and people who just don't fish much and 

want an inexpensive, but decent combo.

Possible that they were just shipped loose

I've got a few that if drag Is loose they flop