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Location: Not Where I Want To Be | 4.6 Winch Model for Cowgirls if your going with a Revo. |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | The WINCH will be the one that's better suitable for Cowgirls, which is the lower gear ratio. The 50(51) and 60(61) are essentially the same reel. One just has a bigger spool. 51 and 61 are left handed models.
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| do people using the winch primarily slow roll the cowgirls? It seems like it would be difficult to burn them with this reel.
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Location: Oshkosh | I have a 5.4 and I love for all cowgirl fishing except burning them. Plus its more versatile for other kinds of fishing, well the winch isnt very practical for much else IMHO.
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Location: Hugo, MN | I'd say the Winch is going to make you happier for cowgirls. It's good for more than just that. You will like it for hard pulling crankbaits and spinnerbaits, too. Since you likely already have a reel in the 5.0-5.4:1 ratio, you may find the Winch fills a void in your tackle arsenal. |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | Has anyone seen what the retrieve rate is on the Winch? Inches per crank? I've seen this info on the Revo Toro, but not the new Winch.
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| Arron, 4.6:1,I have another question, on EBAY their selling Toro 61 NIB for 207.99 but it is made in Korea are they all made in korea. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | lake-bum - 3/4/2010 9:58 AM
Arron, 4.6:1,I have another question, on EBAY their selling Toro 61 NIB for 207.99 but it is made in Korea are they all made in korea.
Mine I got a few weeks ago (the 61 Winch) at Dorn Hardware says Made in Korea. It also says Sweden Engineered on the reel. |
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| Yeah the ones on ebay look exactly the same.....just $50 cheaper. Bumms me out, I just bought on last week for $269. I guess I should have shopped around a bit more. The winch is pretty cheap on ebay also. I wonder if those are refurbished models though????
Also, anyone who buys one make sure to get a receipt of purchase. If you purchase any Abu Garcia reel over $150 they give you a free pair of polarized glass. They are pretty decent.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=revo&#...
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Location: Yahara River Chain | blackriver - 3/4/2010 11:07 AM
Also, anyone who buys one make sure to get a receipt of purchase. If you purchase any Abu Garcia reel over $150 they give you a free pair of polarized glass. They are pretty decent.
I sent in my 11.95 for the glasses, so I got to figure out what to do with when I get them. I have to have Rx glasses. |
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| I have Rx glasses also. I figured I'd sell the glasses to a buddy and hopefully get enough to buy the line for the reel!!! |
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Location: west allis, wi | i bought my first revo toro 61 on ebay and it was/is perfect...i should be getting my second one today hopefully - also purchased on ebay....i'm hoping i can still qualify for the glasses since i did buy them on e-bay and not through a retailer exactly....i'll find out i guess.
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | AWH - 3/3/2010 11:43 PM
Has anyone seen what the retrieve rate is on the Winch? Inches per crank? I've seen this info on the Revo Toro, but not the new Winch.
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Location: big cove tannery pa | It says that the line cap of the reel is 14lb 200yds on the 50/51 and 14lb 250yds on the 60/61. My question is can u put heavier line on the reel than the 14lb diameter it is calling for without it having any problems casting? |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | pamuskyhunter - 4/5/2010 7:24 AM
It says that the line cap of the reel is 14lb 200yds on the 50/51 and 14lb 250yds on the 60/61. My question is can u put heavier line on the reel than the 14lb diameter it is calling for without it having any problems casting?
Definitely.
I have the 5.4:1 gear ratio model and just bought the 60HS (6.4:1 gear ratio) model. I have both of them spooled up with 100lb. Spiderwire Stealth Braid... no issues casting whatsoever + plenty of line. |
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Location: big cove tannery pa | thank you thats what i wanted to hear |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | pamuskyhunter - 4/5/2010 7:24 AM
It says that the line cap of the reel is 14lb 200yds on the 50/51 and 14lb 250yds on the 60/61. My question is can u put heavier line on the reel than the 14lb diameter it is calling for without it having any problems casting?
YES The TORO has a SYNCHRONIZED - NON- DISENGAGING level wind system so you can use any dia. line on this reel. The TORO 50 with #80 braid will hold around 125 yds and the TORO 60 with #100 braid will hold around 130 yds, both are some of best reels on the market today for Musky fishing.
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| for you guys buying on ebay , check out Lakeside Reels , they usually have free shipping with their reels and they use priority shipping ( 2 day shipping ) i have bought reels from them before and they are ALWAYS on time !!! i live in Ca. and got the reel in 2 days !!! in my opinion they are the best to buy from , i have used others but they had standard shipping that took 5 days . |
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Location: big cove tannery pa | Thank you,checked out Lakeside reels and they dont have the revo toro listed in left handed retrieve.
Found this site for the revo toro,good prices!!!
http://www.aquasuperstore.com/products/Abu-Garcia-Revo-Toro-51-7BB-...
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Location: Hopefully on the water | winch--21"
5.4----25.5"
6.4---29"
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Location: South East Wisconsin | "You will like it for hard pulling crankbaits." OMG how true! WOW.. I love this reel! |
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| Why can't they put this technology in there round reels?
I guess its just me but I like the look and feel of a round reel.
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| purchased the revo toro 60 with the 5:4 gear ratio, If you guys are going to use the reel for pulling big blades I would suggest getting the Penn 975 or something with more spool capacity. Gear ratio really doesn't mean anything unless you have the spool capacity. Even with the winch style, your spool diameter is the same as the revo reel with 5:4 gears, you are not gaining anything more. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | *shrug*
Been out casting quite a few times this year with my Revo Toro HS (6.4:1) and Revo Toro (5.4:1) and haven't really had an issue with the spool diameter. Are you referring to the line capacity itself...? I've pulled Double 10's and Double 13's with my Revo Toro's and although, it isn't a reel I'd use to "burn" the big blades, but IMO... it handles them nicely for a low-profile reel. I can cast them all day long with no problems whatsoever. |
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| I have a 6.4:1 and i use it for cowgirls often. It works well if you want to bring them in at a moderate speed or burning them.
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | guest - 5/7/2010 6:18 PM
purchased the revo toro 60 with the 5:4 gear ratio, If you guys are going to use the reel for pulling big blades I would suggest getting the Penn 975 or something with more spool capacity. Gear ratio really doesn't mean anything unless you have the spool capacity. Even with the winch style, your spool diameter is the same as the revo reel with 5:4 gears, you are not gaining anything more.
The Penn 975 has a line pickup of 20" the Toro 60 5.4:1 has a line pickup of 25" so on a cast of 30yds the Toro will start at 22-23" of line pickup and within 20ft will be almost 23-25" The Penn 975 on the same cast of 30yds will start at about 17-18" of line pickup, both have the same spool width, I don't get what you talking about ??? |
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| I am talking about the revo toro winch with the 21" pure handle turn. If you are using 80lb tuf line xp which is .o18 diameter with a full spool on the penn you are going to get more than 21" per handle turn than the revo with the smaller diameter spool. That is why guys are filling the Penn's over the rated amount of line to get more line retrivel which means bigger diameter spool. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | I guess if you can overfill the Penn 975 spool by a inch or two,I would think that reel will backlash alot with a overfilled spool ??? and the Penn is a big reel which makes this reel hard to palm the reel, I think the Penn is 16oz and the TORO is only 11oz , The Toro has a main gear that is 40mm tall so the 5.4:1 ratio will pull DCG10-13 with ease all day long.
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| What about the older model revo winch? the last model has only a 5.4:1 ratio.
Are you guys talking only about the new models??
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| Dave, I think you are talking about the standard Revo Winch, not the Toro Winch model. The standard Winch is a great reel but it's a bass reel and it's just to small for all but the smallest musky presentations. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | PIKEMASTER - 5/7/2010 9:32 PM
I guess if you can overfill the Penn 975 spool by a inch or two,I would think that reel will backlash alot with a overfilled spool ??? and the Penn is a big reel which makes this reel hard to palm the reel, I think the Penn is 16oz and the TORO is only 11oz , The Toro has a main gear that is 40mm tall so the 5.4:1 ratio will pull DCG10-13 with ease all day long.
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Comparing a Penn 975 to a Revo Toro is apples and oranges. I love the profile of my Revo Toro and the lightweight set-up I've currently got. No fatigue whatsoever. I can yank in DCG's and Super Models all day long. Not sure I understand how overspooling a Penn 975 makes it a better reel for big blades. But to each their own... |
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| Anyone know for sure if you can get the sunglasses via buying on ebay yet? Those are some good prices... |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | longNtoothy - 5/8/2010 9:35 AM
Anyone know for sure if you can get the sunglasses via buying on ebay yet? Those are some good prices...
Yep.
I bought my Revo Toro (5.4:1) and Revo Toro HS (6.4:1) both on eBay. Sent in my Paypal receipts along with the submission form. Both of my personal checks for the rebates were processed and cashed by Abu-Garcia... so I'm assuming they wouldn't have processed and cashed my checks if the rebate forms were null and void.
I looked at the status online of both my rebates and they both say: "PROCESSED".
I should have my sunglasses any day now. |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | I have a Toro Winch there is no problems throwing DCG’s. Matter of fact can’t you just spool the reel half way and that will bring your ratio down? I think a lot of it has to do with torque on the reels. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Esox-Hunter - 5/8/2010 11:17 AM
I have a Toro Winch there is no problems throwing DCG’s. Matter of fact can’t you just spool the reel half way and that will bring your ratio down? I think a lot of it has to do with torque on the reels.
NO The power comes from the gears, the spool size helps with line pickup, so if you only fill your Toro Winch half way you still have a 4.6:1 gear ratio/ gears but your line pickup is now only maybe 12-15" per turn of the handle. |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Interesting, in a recent conversation that I had about these reels I was told that. Maybe they were wrong I don’t know. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Guest, etal, I'm still thinking that the gear ratio of the reel COMBINED with the spool diameter is what makes the difference in how much torque you FEEL at the handle. The line you are bringing in is the "work," no matter how you slice it. You could have a low gear ratio with a huge spool that would bring in a lot of line per crank, or a high gear ratio with a very small diameter spool that would bring in very little line per crank. If both bring in the same amount of line per crank, you are doing the same amount of "work." The only difference then in how the reel feels is how much leverage you have (how long the handle is).
If you underfill any reel, it will be easier to turn the handle, but the bait won't be coming in as fast. Overfilling a reel? I don't think you can really do that without some major problems.
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Location: Hayward, WI | esoxaddict - 5/8/2010 3:34 PM
No matte what you do with the line you can't change how many times the spool goes around per each full turn of the handle -- that is determined by the dear ratio of the reel, and remains constant. Line pickup is NOT constant, because you will be reeling less line per turn at the far end of a cast.
EA, I agree with you there. However, would you say that a 6.1 ratio reel with say a 1 inch spool diameter (measurement with spool filled) will reel in line the same speed and with the same level of work that a 6.1 ratio reel with a 2 inch diameter spool (also the measurement of the filled spool)? Even though the amount of line pickup changes changes constantly during the cast, the reel with the bigger diameter spool will bring in more line, and also be harder to crank, even though both reels have the same gear ratio.
Think of it this way. Your truck's rear end has a 3.73 gear ratio. If you put stock sized tires on it, it has a certain amount of get up and go, and the speedometer and odometer are right on. If you put great big tall tires on there, the TRUCK still has the same gear ratio, but it will be going farther and faster than the odometer and speedometer say because the tall tires cover more distance per revolution. You might also notice a "loss" of power. Every time the rear end takes one revolution, it works a little harder because it has to move the truck farther than it did before with smaller tires.
SOOOO.... in a way, underspooling your reel would have the same effect of a lower gear ratio. It would bring baits in slower and easier. But, there would be other negatives to that also, like shorter casting distance. All I am trying to say is that what REALLY matters is the gear ratio COMBINED with spool diameter (and I guess width, because the wider to spool, the less the diameter will change on a cast, so the line retrieval rate will stay a little more constant throughout the cast).
Or, we could just go buy a reel, fish with it, and see what we think... 
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| This is exactly what I am talking about, it so easy not because of gear ratio but spool diameter, width unlike the revo toro winch!!!! I just think that the revo is not going to hold up to the big blades and pounders like these other reels have proven to hold up. |
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Location: Hopefully on the water | I will agree on the diameter thing. As Curlytail mentioned with the tire thing. The bigger the diameter (of ANY reel) wether it it line diameter or spool diameter it will be the fastest at the end of a retrive. Gears will will help determine how hard the reel has to work to get this done. The Penn and Saltists (depending on what series) do have some big differenfesin line pick up. But I am not going to throw a Penn 975 or Saltist 40 all day long. The Revo Toro's are a ton lighter in weight and comfort and will prove themselves over time IMO. To me the biggest thing is comfort, and having your spool filled to the max to get the most out of the reel. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | PIKEMASTER - 5/8/2010 4:54 PM
So why does a Trinidad that has a 6.3:1 gears and a spool twice the size of a Toro bring in DCG10-13 so easy ?????
Because it has a LONG power handle - much longer than any standard reel. Unless I am missing something, this has to all be physics. The more line that comes in per crank, the "harder" you would have to work. You can offset how much torque you feel by putting a longer handle on it.
Case in point - I had a hard time bringing in a standard #8 bucktail with a stock Okuma paddle handle. Put a power handle on it, and I could crank double 10's all day with ease. The line pickup and gear ratio didn't change, but the handle length and design did. The same, or more, speed (and thus power) was being generated at the reel, but the handle made it feel easier.
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The length of the handle will give you more power not torque and the spool dia will determined the line pickup and has nothing to do with torque or power I think not sure about that. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | PIKEMASTER - 5/9/2010 9:10 AM
The length of the handle will give you more power not torque and the spool dia will determined the line pickup and has nothing to do with torque or power I think not sure about that.
The rest of your physics is correct. However Torque is defined as force multiplied by distance. Distance here being the length of the handle. A longer handle will in fact yield higher torque on the main gear because the lever arm (crank) is longer.
The same is also true with the spool diameter. A higher amount of torque is needed to pull (when rotating about the center) when the spool diameter is increased. Torque is force times radius, when rotated about the center or pinion gear. |
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Location: Canada | reelman - 5/9/2010 1:13 PM
I think you would be surprised if you actually measured the distance from the pivot to the paddle on a power handle versus a double handle. On Abu's it's virtually the same distance. The ease has to do with the actual paddle being bigger and allowing more fingers on it.
The power handle for my C4was noticeably longer. The single paddle that comes with the Toro is the same length as the double paddle handle. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | PIKEMASTER - 5/9/2010 9:10 AM
Take a 10 speed bike the Taller/Dia the rear gears and the smaller the front gears are the harder it is to peddal, increase the size of the front gear the easy it is to peddal.
You are right there, but now we are just talking gear ratios again. If you doubled the height of both the front and rear gears, the gear ratio would be the same, and the ease of peddling would be the same, as would the speed.
I've asked this question before of WHY having large, tall, gears is a benefit. From a pure physics point of view, the size of the gears shouldn't really matter. It's the size of the two gears relative to each other that matters. I'm wondering if the taller gears can just have the teeth cut deeper and be more durable? Maybe there's some other variable I am missing, like friction or something, but I can't see what it would be.
I still think that to crank in say 25" of line per crank, a certain amount of "work" has to be done, whether that means a low gear ratio with a big spool or a high gear ratio with a small spool. It takes a certain amount of "work" to move a bait 25" per crank at a certain speed, no matter what. The biggest difference the angler will feel depends a lot on the handle length and type of knob on that handle (I agree, the bigger knob helps a lot on power handles too, not just the length).
Interesting topic to debate I guess.
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Location: APPLETON, WI | The consensus seems to be that the 5.4:1 gear ratio for the Revo Toro is a great all-around reel. I have this reel that I use for my "all-purpose" set-up and I love it for DCG's, Double 13's, etc, etc.
The 4.6:1 gear ratio is what's currently available on the Revo Toro Winch model... |
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Location: Hugo, MN | Curlytail has it 100 percent correct. It is simple physics and cannot be argued. Bigger gears are for better durability, period. As far as the two reels in question, the 5.4 will generate approximately 20 percent more speed than the 4.6. To do this you will need to work harder, since the other variable, handle length is the same.
Pikemaster, measure the length of the Trinidad handle. That's where the perceived power comes from. The durability comes from the beefy gears, etc.
- must add that doubling the retrieve speed of a dcg doesn't make it pull twice as hard. If you can retrieve a bait at 20 in per crank with x amount of effort, that doesn't mean that to retrieve that same bait at 40 in per crank, with the same perceived effort, would require a handle twice as long. It may be more like 1.5 times the length, depending on the drag characteristics of the bait, which change with speed.
Having said that, the 4.6 is good for hard pulling baits.
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