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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Over the course of the last couple of weeks we've gotten in the new St.Croix Avid baitcasters and the Abu D series. I've had a chance to look them both over and am sort of suprised at the small size of the 250 Avid and the 5600 D. To me the Avid 250 is about the same size as a Calcutta 200 and the Abu D series 5600 has a spool at least an 1/8" shorter than a C4 5600 making it about the same size at the 4600.
has anybody else noticed this yet? Do you think manufactuers are making the mediums more for super lines? |
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Location: Fond Du lac WI | that would be a good guess on the super line theory .. I tried super lines once never again so i will stick to my 6500 abu and musky cortland line black braided .. |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | GMG, I think with the advent of superlines these smaller reels are becoming much more prevalent. You do not need the big spools for line capacity. For those that palm their reels, the smaller reels are more comfortable, not to mention lighter. Less fatigue makes one a much better fisherdude. |
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Location: Genoa City, WI | The Avid Reel is a slightly stripped down version of the Daiwa CVZ253 reel. I believe the main difference is 2 less ball bearings. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. St. Croix "designed" it while Daiwa makes it.
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | PLITZZ came to the store on Saturday (wearing his Muskies First T-Shirt, I may add) and we looked at both of the D series that Gander had in stock. Wow is there a difference between the C and D sizes. Not to say anything bad about the D because I have'nt fished it yet, but I dont know if its a $100.00 reel. |
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| Since we're on the subject. Has anyone used a Shimano Curado for muskie fishing. I used it to use it when I first started muskie fishing but graduated to some larger Shimano's. I bought another rod recently and didn't really want to fork out more $$ since I've broke the bank on new lures this winter. Your thoughts on it's use for smaller cranks and bucktails would be appreciated? |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Jim,
I use a couple of Low Profiles for soft plastic/small bait throw backs. One is the Curado the second is the Torno by Abu. Both can handle smaller baits easily and I have to give the nod to my Torno for drag efficiency.
I dont use low profiles for true musky sized baits, sometimes muskys dont want big stuff and bass baits work better, especially in early season and cold fron conditions.
I dont know about other guys, but I'll throw back sucker minnows or other live bait after I've had a follow, low profiles are nice for that too. |
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Smaller medium sized reels?