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Location: Stones throw away...finally!! | I have been trying to find out, with no luck, if an Abu Garcia Toro power handle will fit on a Shimano Calcutta 400 TE reel. Anyone out there with both a Toro and TE, or anyone with access to try it out? Or, does anyone know if the Shimano power handle is counter-weighted to prevent mid cast engagement? Thanks for the help. |
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Location: MN | The shimano is countreweighted but mine engauged mid cast 3 times and each time I had to send it back becaus it would tear out the pinion gear. |
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Location: Stones throw away...finally!! | Was that on the standard TE or the LJV? Thanks. |
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| My counterwieghted Shimano handle on my TE has never engaged midcast, not sure how that would happen once let alone three times. |
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Location: MN | Standard 400 te. |
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| How can a reel engage midcast when your thumb is planted on the thumbar while thumbing the spool? |
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Location: Hopefully on the water | The weight of the handle and its position of the power handle when you cast it will do it. My 7000's have done it a few times. makes for a awful noise and check your response time with the rod in your hand. Luckily I haven't dropped the rod in the water yet doing it. |
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Abu Toro Power Handle/Shimano Power Handle