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| When it comes down to it, I'd rather spend my money on the rod than the reel.
I can't see paying some of the prices out there, when a $60 reel will serve me for years. And after I sat and watch the demo at the Rhinelander outing, I know more about my reels and how to take better care of them.
We are throwing 6 ounce lures around, you sure as hell don't need finese.
What you need is a winch that can handle trowing big lures and reeel them back in. During a battle, you need a good drag. That is more important than magnets on the freespool.
I can see the difference when I'm flipping or pitching or skipping lures when I bass fish. Then a sensitive freespool setting is a must. For muskie fishing, I don't think so.
Whem I'm glider fishing, I am basically reeling in nothing but slack line anyway.
I used to be a Daiwa Rep back in the 70's and 80's, and I am still using the original SS reels that came out back then. Solid brass inside those babies, and they've lasted 30 years. Same goes with some bass-sized baitcasting reels. All brass on the inside and they still work like the day that I took them out of the box.
I'm not a guide. I seem to muskie fish less and less every year, whether it's time constraints or family stuff. But I have 5500C3's that are 3 years old, and now that I learned to clean the right areas and degrease the drag washers, they will last me for many more years.
Give me $300 and I'll go buy 2 St Croixs and put any of my stock of Abus on them instead of dumping that much money on a reel.
Beav |
