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Location: MN | Does anyone know what company produces these for Bass Pro Shops? Looks a lot like a Shimano. |
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Location: Windy City | From what I've been told it is a Pflueger Triad? Not completely sure about the model but the brand for sure. |
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Location: MN | I checked out Pflueger site, but nothing that looks like this reel at all, unless I am just missing it. |
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| The Pete Maina round reel is the pflueger trion 66. |
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Location: West Bend, WI | I was told they are almost impossible to find parts for. |
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| Are the new round reels out yet? I know he was working on testing a new model last year.
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Location: Germantown, WI | Pete Maina claims that they are not made by Pflueger. I will say that they are similar to the Trion 66, but they are not the same. I have a Gander Mtn GS 66 which was in fact made by Pflueger. It is definitely not the same as one of the Pete Maina series reels. The new reels from Bass Pro are out. The are called Musky Angler reels. Visually they look identical to the old Pete Maina reels, but no longer have Pete's name on them. According to Pete there is now a different manufacturer. Apparently the tooling wore out and Bass Pro decided to change manufacturers. Interesting that Pete's promotion deal ran out about the same time. |
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| It would be more accurate to say it's made at the same place that makes the Pflueger for Pflueger and most other reels. I don't know all the details, but I've heard them described as a "quality conscious" Korean company. Indeed, if you look on the bottom of most reels it says Korea whether it's Shimano (lower end), Pflueger, Tica, Bass Pro and on and on. I'm sure Steve knows more about this than I do, this is just what I was told years ago when I asked the same question when the PM reels first came out. |
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| I guess definition of 'the same' can be a bit fuzzy. In my mind cosmetics mean nothing, these reels are the same, and this is why - I've used parts interchangeably from the trion 66's, guide series 56 an 66 and the manias. Also, there was a high speed Browning round discontinued in 2009 that had the same design. If you need parts for any of these contact bass pro and you can get the maina versions quite reasonably. The only limitation will be that the main drive gears will only be in 4.2 and 5.2:1. Those last forever though. I'll be curious if anyone gets the new bass pro musky angler series to how different the guts actually are, or maybe they were just tired of paying Pete royalites?... |
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| I thought the older ones where made by Browning! Not sure about the low profile ones! |
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Location: WI | If anyone needs 5.2:1 gears sets for the Pete Maina musky reels, I have 2 extra sets I'd sell or take lures on a trade....both sets were bought from Outdoor World (Bass Pro Reel Repair)...PM me if interested. |
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| I got the spring catalog yesterday and Pete's Picture is still next to the muskie rod and the reel has his picture, name and a quote. The products don't have his name on it though. Unless I am missing something, I don't think they could use his name, picture and quote unless there was some type of deal still in place. |
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| Heard from BPS reel repair folks...sounds like the new reel differs only in cosmetics. I guess the good news is that parts for the browning/pfleuger/trion/mania/ganders will continue to be available and cheap...bad news is that there were no major improvements.
I'll have to check my parts bucket (5 gallons worth now!) to see if I'm in need of some 5.2's - does that include both gears needed, or just the big main gear? |
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Location: St. John, Indiana | i was told they wanted people to think they could use the reels for species other then muskies, so they were gonna market them different |
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Location: WI | Includes both gears..... |
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Location: MN | So are they any good, or are there quality issues to prevent someone from buying them? |
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| For the money, they are pretty dang solid. If you are a hard core caster - meaning that you cast far, retrieve with heavy pressure on big baits (reeling cranks, steady retrieve w/ double 10's, etc) for 6 hours + per day for 30 or more days per year, go with the 4.2 and only spool it 75% full...you will probably still burn through a reel or 2 per season, but the parts are cheap and repairs are very simple. I have found these reels in general to outlast abu 6000 series (including worm gears, main gears and anti-reverse bearings). Even the 5.2's can last forever if you use them on twitchbait and jerkbait rods...here fill up the spool till it's brimming since the only work the reel really does is when you bring in a fish. That is, the rod moves the bait, and the reel picks up slack line. Reeling in slack line 95% of the time can make a even a real crapper last forever.
Do some review searches (not just here, but on striper, redfish, offshore saltwater and general fishing sites) for all of the reel varieties that use the BPS components (GS, trions, Browning Citori, an older saltwater BPS that I can't recall right now) and you'll get a good picture. I've owned tons of types of musky reels at one time or another and this is how I look at the mainas - for $99 they are a give or take purchase, for $69 it's a good deal and for $55 (the price I bought my last 3 for) it's a steal. Also, I like the fact that if I buy from BPS, I can send the reel in and get a new one within a year if anything goes wrong...having them do the repairs after that costs some, but not bad (much cheaper than my experience with Abu circa 2008.) If you are at all mechanical, you'll be able to do your own repairs for next to nothing after taking the reel apart a few times. |
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