Ambassadeur Record Series

[Peter E.]

Well fellow Anglers, I have been itching to buy one of these new Records but as always I like to make sure that I am getting my money's worth. I have read the reviews and they are all good, but I want it from the folks I trust: Ya'll! So gents tell me if you have tried one, if you know someone that has and what you or they thought. Mind you I own shimano, Pflueger, Quantum (never again), and Ambassadeur, so I am i guess you would say being "species specific" here. Alright I appreciate the info. Thanks! \

Peter

[Guest DavidGreen]

Peter,

I voted buy.....

I am currently finishing up on a custom 6'6" MHF T-rig rod for a client, and the reel it is being built for is a Garcia® Record R40. The reel feels good on the rod, as for casting, the test casting I did was in my opinion better than most of the older Garcia® models that I have built rods for.

I did take some time (out of curiosity), to break the reel down and have a good look at the internal works. I found the reel to be made as all of Garcia's round reels are.

Built to last and be used as a work horse.  

Just my .02¢

Tight Lines!

[Peter E.]

Thanks ReelMech, I was hoping to get your attention on this one, I take all my reels down in the winter and I was wondering how complicated is this one? Or would it be best to send it to some one. And also I would like your mailing address, because I don't have very high opinions of the local reel mechs.

Thanks again.

[Guest DavidGreen]

Happy   Holidays!

Peter,

If your experienced at taking your reel/s down for servicing at seasons end, then all you would need is the schematic for the reel. It would be in the box. If not let me know I have them. For my info just hit the discount link in my tag line..

Tight Lines!!  

[cart7t]

I've sold a couple of them on Ebay though I never got to use them when I had them.  Both RCN-40's were really nice reels.  They had a very nice solid feel to them and were as smooth as silk.  I'm betting these babies will last a long time with little failures.  Go for it.

[MALTESE FALCON]

PETER,

AFTER FISHING ONE SEASON WITH MY RECORD RCN-40 ALL I CAN SAY IS BUY TWO OF THEM. YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

THEY'RE GREAT REELS. VERY SMOOTH, CAST LIKE A DREAM, AND SMOOTH DRAG. WHAT MORE CAN WE ASK OF OUR REELS?

FALCON

[Peter E.]

Thanks fellows ya'll are a great help. I appreciate the info and advice from reelMech. Falcon thanks for the great heads up on the quality. I did alot of research on the reel and With ya'll good word I plan to buy one within the month! I would say tommorrow but college budgets suck. Thanks for all the great input.

[cart7t]

I haven't checked what RCN40's are going for new these days but if you keep an eye on Ebay you can pick up a like new, sometimes with box and papers for around $90-100.

[Peter E.]

I was in Woods and Water about a month ago and they offered me a rc60 for $89 but I wanted to get some homework done before I bought it.

[Lon]

as a new poster maybe I shouldn't be so opinionated in my first post. BUT, it is my opinion that there is NO better reel on the market than the garcia products.

I have several reels, that were musky fished for over a decade and work flawlessly still. Just clean and lube regularly and I've replaced the pawl on a couple.

Now if a reel holds up to that kind of punishment for that long an ambassedeur as a bass reel should last forever. FWIW I have owned several different reels, and these are the only ones that have been completely trouble free.  I did have one 4600 c3 that had a sticky brake adjustment knob, that caused some frustration but got er' taken care of.

I'm curious how the 4600 C5 with magnetic brake works. I'm thinking I might pick up a couple of those this year for fishing weightless senkos, and for casting lighter cranks in open water into the wind. All my others are either 4600 C4's or C3's.