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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | The 300EJ has 6.9 gears, great for picking up slack line for top water, but I would not use it for bucktails. Also it has a power handle, but the std handle on the 300E is the same length so it will not have any more power then a std handle. Shimano is working on a 500 size reel that will go head to head with the TORO, I don't think it will be out this year at ICAST but it should be out in the next 1-2 years. |
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| PIKEMASTER - 4/4/2011 8:36 AM
The 300EJ has 6.9 gears, great for picking up slack line for top water, but I would not use it for bucktails. Also it has a power handle, but the std handle on the 300E is the same length so it will not have any more power then a std handle. Shimano is working on a 500 size reel that will go head to head with the TORO, I don't think it will be out this year at ICAST but it should be out in the next 1-2 years.
I agree about the high speed gears and pulling big baits but as to the power handle I believe that even if they are the same length you still will have more power because the paddle on the power handle is larger so that you can get more of your fingers on the paddle. It might not be more powerful but your hand will not hurt as much at the end of the day. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | You guys missed the point about switching hands while casting. I know that KVD and all switch hands, they have been doing it for years, so yes they are "efficient" .
But we are talking about someone that has just started. So how many years do you think a kid or the wife will it take to get "efficient"? And doing that a maybe fishing a week at a time a year, to be able to set the hooks hard, impart action on a bait, etc? I'm betting that they will be able to reach "KVD efficiency" faster when they have that rod in their dominate hand. And quicker yet if the person in question has been using a spinning reel for years. You don't have to retrain them. Think about it. |
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Location: North Central IL USA | I think there a law about which side the cranks should be on a bait caster - the right hand side!
That law goes on to state that, 'all spinning reels must have their cranking handles on the left hand side'.
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| I'm right handed and crank my spinning reels on the right too. I didn't realize I was doing it wrong until my friends and father-in-law questioned me about it. My dad is left handed and I grew up using his equipment. This is how I fish and I don't want to change it now. There is an argument for starting her off one way or the other. |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | My soon to be eleven year old daughter has been fishing with me for years. She has tried different type rods and reels and has settled on one of my rod/reel combos. The reel is a 6500C4 that has been converted to 5.3:1 gears and has a power handle. The rod is an 8' MH Gander Mountain IM8 Pro Select Muskie rod. The combo of the smooth running reel with the power handle and the long and yet light rod allows her to cast all day. She loves that rod/reel combo and has claimed it as her own. 
We tried 5500 class reels and shorter rods, but none worked as well for her. Smooth reel and long/light rod proved the best option. |
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