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| What is the best reel out that you dont have to spend a whole paycheck to buy? also what is the best reel out. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Best for what?
Just to bring line in, that would be a Zebco 202
Edited by muskie! nut 2/12/2011 6:47 PM
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| Depends how much your paycheck is. My vote is for the Calcutta 400 |
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Location: Central WI | Find yourself a nice used abu 5000, 5500, or 6600 for $35-$50....should last you a long time. Easy to maintain and fix. Can't burn bucktails with them though. |
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| Revo toro, hands down. Ebay them for ~$200. Next step down would be mainas/old trion 66's if you wanna stay around $100 and don't crush it too hard. Like yankin/rippin/twitchin and 16 hour days? go with the toros.... |
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| Heard great thing about Abu Revo Toro, can't wait to get one. However, Shimano Curado has been flawless for me. |
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Posts: 1906
Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Calcutta 400B |
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Location: Detroit River | Daiwa Luna 300. $216 on Ebay
Joe's Sporting Goods is running a closeout sale on the Revo Toro 61 for 149>99 w/free shipping. |
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Location: Pelican Rapids, MN | LJV! Worth every cent! |
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Location: S.W. WI | Shimano Calcutta 400b= $220
Shimano Cardiff 300 or 400 = $100
my $.02 |
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| Trion 66 dollar for dollar is a good real. More expensive the 400b calcutta |
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Location: Denmark | Best reel for the dollar is IMO not the Calcutta 400B, The CNC finished frame adds 100$ to the price without adding much more than optic value compared to a Cardiff. And the best reel is always a subjective opinion, I have excellent reels with god performance and functionality/ABU/Daiwa), but lower on durability, as well as rugged reels with lower performance, but higher on durability (Shimano).
This season I will use the Okuma Akena intensively, used the 400 yesterday for the first time, and rate it high on functionality, mostly due to it's excellent handle, as well as the casting abilities. |
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Location: Oshkosh | Another vote for the Revo Toro, you get what you pay for and great deals can be found on Ebay.
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Location: Duluth MN | Jsondag - 2/12/2011 9:09 PM
LJV! Worth every cent!
Do you have problems with the reel engaging mid cast with your LJV? |
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Location: N.FIB | penn 975,only reel I haven`t broke yet,just bought a calcutta 400te to use this year so we will see how that reel does for me. |
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| EBAY Shimano Cardiff 400 or Pflueger trion 66 Round Baitcaster for $100! Best bang for your buck! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | I beat the snot out of a Bass Pro Pete Maina reel and it still keeps on ticking....99 bucks...hard to beat that dollar for dollar imo...
all reels break, even TE's... that said, my trinidad has held up the best with the hours put on it...imo the reason reels break is as much from the user as it is the reel being cheap...try to cut down on backlashes and I think most guys would get a lot longer life out of a reel... |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Shimano 400 LJV, best I have ever used and I do not have issues with it engaging when I am casting. |
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Location: Duluth MN | MikeHulbert - 2/13/2011 7:59 PM
Shimano 400 LJV, best I have ever used and I do not have issues with it engaging when I am casting.
Thanks Mike, I just ordered one then I heard someone was having some issues.
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Location: Oregon | I have a Tica Caiman that has had zero issues and have also had good luck with several Okuma Indurons. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | My Okuma Akenas were flawless this year. I paid well under a hundred a piece from Sportsman's Guide this early Spring. |
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| My Shimano Corvalus and Cardiff have taken extreme beatings and I have had no problem with them. |
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