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Location: Great white north | Just courious if these reels hold up to the abuse like higher end reels |
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| started musky fishing with those and not bad but drag slipped on hookset lost me fishs and once i tryed low profile toros the smoothness pulling most baits compaired to cardiff,sold em and never looked back , get some real musky reels any of the ^popular brands and you will not regret it. |
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Location: Great white north | Thanks,i was asking for buddie who wants to get into Skis.I run higher end reels but he's not ready to commit yet so I figured the Cardiff would be a good starting point |
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| You would be better off buying a blow up doll. |
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Location: Great white north | That bad eh ok well he's gonna have to buck up then.Thanks guys |
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| I bought 2 to try as client reels a few years ago. One lasted a day the other less than I week. I returned them and got 400B's instead and they have been very good. He would be better off buying a 5500 or 6500 Abu also than a Cardiff in my opinion.
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Location: Great white north | Thank u Jeff,I agree 400b is a bulletproof reel |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Revo Toro S or Daiwa Lexa. That's as inexpensive as I personally would go, even for a starter. Your buddy will enjoy the sport so much more and likely stick with it, with some decent stuff to use. |
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Location: Great white north | Never thought of the Lexa,thanks dude that's what I'm gonna recommend |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Muskiebrains - 3/16/2017 9:39 AM Just courious if these reels hold up to the abuse like higher end reels No, they don't. First conventional muskie reel I bought was a Cardiff. Lasted exactly two days.
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Location: West Bend WI | Jeff Hanson - 3/16/2017 10:37 AM
I bought 2 to try as client reels a few years ago. One lasted a day the other less than I week. I returned them and got 400B's instead and they have been very good. He would be better off buying a 5500 or 6500 Abu also than a Cardiff in my opinion.
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com
What failed on the reels?
I've been using a couple cardiffs for several years without problems. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | figure 8 - 3/16/2017 10:03 AM
You would be better off buying a blow up doll.
Really???? What brand of blow up doll do you recommend? |
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Location: Minnesota | Have him puck up a good used reel more bang for the buck |
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| I've got an older style Cardiff 301 that I used as my only reel for a couple seasons when I was first starting out. I did everything you could imagine while learning how to cast - stopping the bait with the reel, backlashes, trying to reel stuff that's way too big/etc. I've broken a bunch of reels since then, all much more expensive. The Cardfiff is still going... |
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Cardiff line of reels