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Location: APPLETON, WI | Maybe this is getting off-topic... but maybe I'm outside of the norm since I try and vary my retrieve on bucktails. Whether it's Double 10's, 13's or a Mepps... I vary my retrieve. Are you guys actually talking about casting Double 10's and burning them back to the boat on each and every cast? I'm relatively new to the sport, so I guess I'm asking. |
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| Jonesi I disagree 100 percent. 400te is not "adequate" for burning. Speed kills. You should know that sometimes slowwwww rolled will get the hit and sometimes mach 1 is the only thing that will trigger the hit. It changes all the time. End of story. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | So how fast is burning? Is burning just reeling as fast as you can? (Forgive me and go easy on a gear newb....burning isn't a technique we're able to use on a fly rod.) |
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Location: Twin Cities | IMO it's not that you need to go fast all the time, but when you need too, you can't go fast enough...it's a matter of having the right tools in the tool box to cover the situations. Get the fastest/best reel you can afford, you can always reel slower but can only go fast when that's the ticket!
It's amazing as well how much EASIER it is to fish big stuff at a "regular" (whatever that means) pace using an oversized reel, takes the work out of a 12 hour day throwing blades. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | Guess I'm not sure what burning means anymore either... I put 3/4 oz of weight on my dcg's, and I can blow them out of the water easily w/ a 7000 or 700te. Those two reels 'only' pull in around 30" of line. For everyone cranking faster than me, what are you weighting your bucktails with? downrigger balls? I agree w/ jonesi... this burning thing has been blown way out of proportion. |
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| If I can't trigger 'em with a 400TE, either out on a cast or at boatside, then I guess I won't catch 'em. Not adequate???? LOL X 10,000. Apparently it had was adequate for the 4 fish last night in League.2 out and 2 boatside. I agree , speed kills, but only if you know how to use it . A reel that will retrieve at mach 10 means squat at boatside. I'll take technique any day. Now THAT is the end of the story. Hahahahahahahaha. |
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| I really like the Penn 975. It is not a true burner, but has a big enough spool to make up for the low ratio, and a good anti reverse for jerking plastics. Good luck man!!
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Location: Toronto, Ontario | I have a few buddies who absolutely insist that the best all round musky reel is the 700TE and that it's perfect for big blades. As soon as I have the extra $450, I think that that is the reel I'm going to buy. I can't stand the 7000C3i on my Sling Blade right now.
Edited by Mackerel 7/30/2009 1:46 PM
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