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| I was wondering if any of you guys use or know anyone that uses Low profile reels and which ones. Looking at Shimano's. My partner has aged and is having a hard time holding the Calcuttas. Any help would be welcomed.
Kurtg
Edited by kurtg 12/10/2006 10:05 AM
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| In the Shimano line, take a look at the Chronarch BSV. It's built for salt with TE gearing and a TE handle.The new Curado 300 would be awesome, but doesn't have a disengaging levelwind.There are a few options. Steve |
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| How is the drag system? If you know. |
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Location: Litchfield MN | Its awesom, same size drag plates as the TE just not as meny. Butt its still incredibly smooth and strong. |
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| on Steve's recommendation i used a couple of the Chronarch's this year that he mentions above.
great reels!
i ran a 101BPV for spinners, smaller cranks, and in-line opwater (5.1:1 gear ratio) and a 101BSV for jerkbaits (6.2:1 ratio). with a good bit of use they ran smooth and without any failures all year.
the only limitation i found was that you aren't able to pull large-bladed bucktails or hard-digging crankbaits very easily, but that's to be expected with a small reel. i had good success burning Mepp's Marabous, Lilytails, and other similarly sized "standard" bucktails, as well as depthraiders. i used the high-speed reel mostly for suicks, bobbies, and lightweight gliders such as undertakers.
the drag was as good as any i've used: tight and smooth.
paired with a lightweight rod i also found this to be a great reel to hand to someone who hasn't fished for muskies or used a baitcaster before - easy to hold and practically zero backlashes.
i'm going to take a look at one of the new Curados this year, looks basically the same as the Chronarch with slightly larger gears.
the Chronarchs do not have a disengaging levelwind either, but with a spool width that's as small as these are i don't think you need it. i never had a single issue with the line not feeding quick enough on the cast or with line burying or backlashing.
http://fish.shimano.com/publish/content/fish/sac/us/en/customer_ser...
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Location: London, England | The Quantum Cabo reels are more suitable for musky than the little Shimanos I think. The largest size, cabo 30 or 31 for the left handed version has a similar line capacity to a 6500 Abu, but a low profile design. The levelwind is permanently engaged too, so no fears about the line wearing or bedding in. It is designed for saltwater fish, so is tough, the drag is good, although the ceramic drag washers can crack.
I prefer bigger reels but the cabo has a place for some lighter aplications for me and if you prefer small reels I'm sure you would like these. |
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Location: Norway | Could the new Abu Revo be an option:
http://www.fishing.net.my/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9428
It handles big fish very well 
http://tackletour.com/reviewabugarciarevostx.html
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Location: Elkhart, IN | For those of you that use the low profile reels, what's the biggest fish you've caught with them, and did you find yourself thinking that a round reel wouldn't have been any better?
I've caught a few on low profile reels with the largest being just under 40" on a Curado 100B, and it did just fine. That was caught on a small topwater while bass fishing. |
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| Thanks for the responses.
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| the biggest on one of the Chronarchs in my boat this year was 43".
drag performed great (i lock mine down pretty tight) and plenty of power.
was i glad that my biggest fish of the year was on a 7000 size Abu? yes, because i like to take it to the fish.
i think if i hooked a truly big fish on the smaller reels i would back off the drag and play the fish a bit more.
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| Hi on the Chronarch's have you guy's had them more than a year. If so have you rebuilt them at all. I'm leaning towards those reels.
Kurt |
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| I'd suggest looking at the Cabo's...they are very nice reels, great drag, smooth casting...they are a bit fast a 5.7 to 1 so they are for certain applications...for the money you can buy one and have $100 leftover from buying the shimanos ... |
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| The Calais is worth the extra cash. It is by far the best reel of the many I have owned or have used. I've caught 5 44-49" on it with many 35-40" You'll like the other shimano's as well. They're just not as smooooth. musky39 |
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| I totally love my two Bantum Curados but I don't think they are designed to retrieve anything much bigger than a Mepps Muskie Killer. The gears kinda creak and groan under much pressure. Your pard might do well to have a low profile reel seat that "drops" the traditional larger baitcasters, doesn't Garcia make one?. Another option is to move to a very heavy action spincast outfit. |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | I wonder how the new generation Shimano's will be, specifically the Citica 200DPV. I see they're coming with what they call High Efficiency Gearing, and if you look at it they are pretty big gears on it. |
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| Musky39 Which model Calis do you have |
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| I have a CL200 model. I looked on the Bass Pro website and they show a new model CL200APV. It says it's a beefed up version of what I have. They are awesome reels and are worth every penny. After a long day of casting my hands no longer ache. musky39
Edited by musky39 12/17/2006 10:04 PM
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| Rockin' SV - 12/10/2006 5:38 PM
For those of you that use the low profile reels, what's the biggest fish you've caught with them, and did you find yourself thinking that a round reel wouldn't have been any better?
I've caught a few on low profile reels with the largest being just under 40" on a Curado 100B, and it did just fine. That was caught on a small topwater while bass fishing.
Wasn't trying to catch a muskie at the time, bit I did land a 48" while casting a scumfrog to the wild celery beds for bass. Daiwa TDX 103 HSD spooled with 20# Power Pro. I don't even know if they make them anymore. Reel handled the fish fine. |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | So was you pulling the fish through a bunch of weeds too? Wow that'd be an awesome fight! It does appear to still be made http://daiwa.com/Reel/baitcasting.aspx |
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| It was interesting. She slurped it in, I set the hook and the line started cutting a swath through the grass she turned and started cutting a new path pulling drag. I was in 2 1/2-3 feet of water and she had nowhere to go but up, jumped clear out of the water twice and it was over other than a bit of surging as the boat neared (I sure wasn't going to try to drag her to the boat through all that slop) Water temps in that huge L. St Clair back bay were pushing 82 degrees. 20 minutes later she was finally ready to go, but we had to work our way about a mile to cooler water to get her ready to go. |
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Location: Avilla, IN | I will certainly put in a good word for the Cabo's. A tremendous low profile reel designed for saltwater that has handled any musky I have hooked with ease. I have fished them for 2 years and am very impressed! |
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