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| I was just wondering if anyone else is having problems with the Luna's anti-reverse? It works great for straight retrieve baits, but it back reels when I use jerkbaits and twitch baits. I have 2 Lunas with this problem. I keep sending them back to Daiwa and a few weeks later they back reel again. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | I had a milionairre that had the same probs...sent it in numerous times and kept having same problem...they sent me a luna and had the same probs....anit-reverse hell!
Good luck...
I now run cheap reels and consider them disposable...never found a reel I could get two seasons out of. |
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| For jerkbaits, gliders & twitch baits, I've been using a Quantum Cabo CBC30PTS for the past few years with no issues....it's better than my Curado which I just sold to a friend.
$.02 |
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| "Anti-reverse hell". I love it. I have not had one issue with my Lunas until this season. Holding my rod straight out with a 3oz. bait, and the handle slowly turns backwards. Hook a bait on the "keeper" while moving spots and slack line develops. Not just one , but "a few". Send 'em back and hope for the best. Oh, and I have a buddy who toasted a Trinidad 16N this season. I guess us Muskie guys/gals are just too hard on out stuff or manufacturers can't produce a reel we can't break. It's not the fighting of the fish, it's the casting and woorking of big baits. I know , I know, 2-3oz baits aren't big in the muskie realm, but in the general fishing scene, they are. I want a reel that will allow me to rip a 12" Big Game all day. Does such an animal exist? (see Bigfoot story). Starting to like the idea of "disposeable " reels. Take the couple G I've spent on the "good stuff" and roll it into twice as many "cheaper" reels. Sounds kinda backwards to me though. Hmmm. Steve |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Jonesi---Yup, I always suspected it was my 'slack line popping' of 10 Jakes that does my reels in. That's just how I fish 'em... |
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| CB,
Yeah man , and as much as I try to keep my thumb on the spool , it just doesn't work. I conciously try to keep slack out and keep the reel "in gear" on the pops and twitches. I challenge any manufacturer to make a reel that I can't break. 33 years and counting.Hahahahaha. Callin' it like I see it. Oh and $$$ now doesn't seem to matter. Used to get what you pay for. Desperate times...... Steve |
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| Same problem here. Time to switch reels... |
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| Same here. I've actually lost a couple fish this year because of the same problem. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | The Calcutta TE has a bearing and a pawl for the anti-reverse, any reel will not last long jerking 3-12oz baits !!!!!!!!!
Edited by PIKEMASTER 8/18/2008 10:25 AM
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| I've blown up TE's as well , and for 3fiddy they shouldn't sound like coffee grinders after a season. S |
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| The best reels I've used, for durability anyways, are the old BPS Pete Maina reels--the BLACK ones (the gold ones that my friends have break all the time), and the Cabo. |
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Location: Nowhere near where I should be | had my luna for three months before mine let loose, glad to know its not just me. slack line twitches, gets you every time |
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| Don't know if this would be something that could help you guys. Most of my reels are old abu 7000's from before the instant anti-reverse came out. When I rip baits super hard I thumb the spool. It sounds complicated but you get used to it right away. Probably nothing magically about 7000's either, I don't mean they're not strong, but if I did slack line rips they'd probably break too. |
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