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| A good friend of mine, who was helping me fill up reels had a great suggestion for the muskie world. He does not fish, so he has a bit of commonsense to him...I explained the idea of having a full spool to help with line taken...He suggested a fatter spool which would hold less line and still give the same surface area to taken in line. I am sure the muskie market is too small but still a good idea non the less...Ben |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | Many moons ago, some of the higher end reels came with cork arbors, that could be put on the spool before filling, thus reducing line capacity while still keeping the weight down. I would think someone in the plastics business could design something similar for the more popular reels today. Not a huge market, but who knows? |
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| The Abu-Garcia Record RCN60HC does this very thing! |
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| It would seem that the HC does the opposite of what I am speaking of. It holds more line, I am thinking of a spool that is fatter in the middle so it holds less line, but still provides the large surface area...Ben |
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| My bad! I should have said RCN60 without the HC. |
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Location: Rhinelander, WI | Ben you are correct the HC stands for high capacity. The regular Record the RCN60 comes with a High Speed whiffle spool. This spool is exactly what you are talking about larger diameter and it holds less line as a result. 145yard of 14lb vs 245yards of 14lb on the HC model. A 6500C3 also holds 245 yards of 14 lb.
Now the HC model is the only model that comes with the power handle. I want the Power handle and the low capacity spool. I don’t know if you can interchange the spool.
Chuck are you out there?
Nail A Pig!
Mike
Edited by MRoberts 3/28/2006 1:38 PM
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Location: London, England | You can probably change the spool, but can definitely change the handle. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Tim Kelly has it right, MRoberts, just place a power handle on that Abu Record will the low cap spool.
I'm sure Chuck has them.
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| This may be a question that's already been answered somewhere...
Where do you get a power handle, and are they universal to all ABU reels?
I looked at the "grator grip" that Rollies sells, is that what's considered a "power handle"? |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Here is a link to Cabela's Abu Power Handle. And yes it will fit all Abus. I did not find it at R&H, Thorne, or Patsika's.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=00238... |
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Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | .
Edited by C_Nelson 6/7/2008 2:38 PM
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why not a low capacity fishing reel?