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Location: Not Where I Want To Be | Looking for some opinions on your favorite Jerbait- Glider Reel and why |
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| I prefer the 6500C4, with a power handle.
6.4:1, picks up line quickly. You'll only get a season or two out of it, but the parts that wear out are cheap and very easy to replace.
Generally speaking? I used to think "buy the most expensive reel you can afford"...
Today I think "horse#*#*, but a reel you can fix when it breaks, because it will break eventually. Buy two of them, then you'll always have one that works..." |
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| don't "buy the most expensive reel", instead buy the reel you can afford that performs best and is durable. jerkbaits especially put a lot of stress on the parts of a reel. i sure as heck don't want a reel that i know will fail eventually, because i've had that happen to me with a fish on the line...and that sucks in a way that backup reels can't help.
far and away my favorite is the Shimano Curado 300. not cheap, but not expensive; high speed; built like a tank.
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Location: Pelican Rapids, MN | I prefer the same reels I use for blades - Except non-level winds. - The line pick up it huge when working jerks.
In the past I have used Calcutta 700's & Abu 7000's. This year I'm running a bunch of Saltists.
Edited by Jsondag 5/8/2009 4:25 PM
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Posts: 123
Location: Bemidji, MN | I used Daiwa Lunas last summer and performed well for me. |
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Posts: 1290
Location: WI | I use a C4, I like the fast gear ratio. |
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Location: Apollo, PA | cabo 30 or 31 is a nice reel and built like a tank too |
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Location: Chicago, IL | diito on the C4
the high gear ratio does the trick
reasonable price for a decent reel
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Posts: 646
Location: In a shack in the woods | Shimane tekota 600. Just got it and haven't used it a whole lot but the two hours casting cranks today was awesome. I am definately buying more. |
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Location: ohio | C4 here also, |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | My favorite is an Okuma 250 Induron. |
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Posts: 208
Location: Sun Prairie, WI | 1 more for the C4. Great for fast line pick up, going on season 2 with mine, we'll see how it does this year, so far so good, just have to put the power handle on her this year. |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | I used to use a C4 but don't have any power once you catch a fish. I switched to a TE and it worked well. This year I'm trying my Curado and I think that is going to be the ticket. It's low profile so you won't get "the claw" twitching gliders all day. It also has a fairly high speed retrieve similar to a C4. They're also very durable, much more so then the Abu's I've had in the past. |
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| I'm currently using a Maina 5.1 to 1 bass pro reel...100 bucks..been using it a seasons worth of fishing now with no trouble...can't go wrong for 100 bucks..at times they go on sale for 70.
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Posts: 462
Location: Antioch, IL | One more vote for the C4. Same reasons as above. |
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Posts: 734
Location: Watertown, MN | Calcutta 400 and 400TE, the have been bullet proof, but this year will be trying the curado 300 and the new revo toro 60, for reason like treats stated, I palm and the hand cannot take it all day.
Troyz |
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Location: Irvine, KY | 5600 C4 for the reasons listed above, but I have plans to go to a Toro 50HS because of palming with small hands.
Edited by Muskiecut 5/13/2009 1:42 PM
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