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| I am just wondering how many of us are still using round reels like a Luna, Calcutta, Ambassadeur, etc. I like my Calcutta 400d and my old, gold Calcutta once in awhile.
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Back in the dark ages i started with Abu6500's and 7000's bought a few Calcutta's still using the same reels some well over 30 years old but everyone knows I'm a dinosaur. |
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Posts: 93
| I am a huge fan of round reels. So much so I have a hard time using the low profile style. Calcutta Conquest is my #2 favorite with the Daiwa Shrapnel being my favorite.
No matter how hard I try I can't get use to the Tranx or Revo's I have.
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Posts: 667
Location: Wisconsin | Round for me as well. I, like Horsehunter and many others, started with an old abu. I guess its partly what you get used to using. I really don't like the low profile reels. Bought a few and then sold them as they just don't feel right in my hand. All Calcutta's for me. |
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Posts: 864
Location: NE Ohio | count me all in! i use my calcuttas 400B's every trip, wouldn't leave home without them! |
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Posts: 682
Location: Sycamore, IL | Love my TE's and Conquests! |
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Posts: 205
| I started with Ambassadors for bass fishing back in the 70's and just stayed with them. The now closed Easterlings Rod & Reel had rebuilding parts and 'buzz kits' to change gear ratios. Right now I have a couple custom 6000's, a 7000 for trolling with metered line, a 5000C with thumbar for lighter baits and a Calcutta 400. The Calcutta is the smoothest but satisfied all. |
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Posts: 489
Location: Northern Illinois | I have used the low profile reels since they came out and have continued to move on to the next generations of them. But I still have a few old Morrums with upgraded drags and they still work great. |
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Posts: 663
| Over many years of playing this game and trying numerous reels the Shimano Calcutta series has been without question the most dependable reels. I still have my original Calcutta 400 CT that is running as strong as the day I bought it sometime in the early 90's.
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Posts: 256
| Personally, I still regularly use my Calcutta 401 D.
I find that the differences between round/low profile reels to be negligible when fishing with reels the size of musky reels. The big line capacity of a size 400 reel will take a lot of space in your hands, no way getting around that.
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Posts: 164
| I use both. I like to change it up, which helps my hand fatigue. Different palming each but if I could only have one type I would use my Calcutta te. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | Still have a Ambassadeur 5500c from 1979 and a couple Mourrums along with a pair of mid 90's 7000's and a Calcutta 400B with power handle. The old 5500C is on a jig rod, 7000's I use if I go sucker fishing , the Morrum's use around here for Pike fishing Mepp's #5 and the 400B still gets a work out. |
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Posts: 246
| I use an Abu 6500C4 as a jerkbait reel. Upgraded the bearings and drag on it a few years ago. |
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Posts: 399
Location: WI | Still using an Abu Garcia 6501 & an Okuma isis 400. |
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Posts: 526
| Does a Daiwa Saltist count? I have one I use for trolling/sucker fishing. I also have a 200 size Calcutta and 400 Calcutta b that sometimes use for crawling topwater baits. |
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Posts: 221
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | My Calcutta 400d on my big nasty is my favorite combo I own, use it more than all my other rods combined. Hard to find a reel smoother than that |
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Posts: 393
| I have transitioned to Tranx 400 on most of my poles but still use a Calcutta 400d on a 9ft pole as an all purpose setup. It has been incredible durable, absolutely no problems and still casts as smooth as when I bought it 6 years ago. By the way my Calcutta 400b is also still going strong 10 years later.
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Posts: 32
Location: Rockford, IL USA | Still use my Calcutta 400 but last year also used a low profile reel and found myself liking the low profile reel more. Not getting rid of the Calcutta BUT the low pro reel was nice! |
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Location: oswego, il | Still use my TE's, 400B and my Penn reels. There is something to be said for using a slow retrieve reel for glides, twitching and jerking. Longer pause! |
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Posts: 343
| I still use Calcutta TE's, had them worked on by PikeMaster just a short while before he passed away, seemed like a great guy.
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Posts: 1141
Location: NorthCentral WI | My 401D's are always the first combos I reach for. I still use an older Inshore Ambassadeur regularly too. In recent years I added a Toro Beast, Toro S, and an Okuma Komodo and I avoid using them because I can not get used to the feel of the low profile frames. I have actually been considering trading all of them for round reels. |
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Posts: 38
| I have a few low profile reels but the workhorses that are on my two favorite rods are a Calcutta LJV 400 and a Calcutta Conquest 400. With the Conquest I can throw a jerkbait a country mile with nary a backlash. |
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Posts: 485
Location: On my favorite lake! | Nothing wrong with round reels. I use some of both round and low profile.
Tranx , Toros and 6500’s. With some of the rods with that down handle on it. Less people are palming the reel. |
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