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FAVORITE REEL????
COLT
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...for the type of fishing you do, of course.
...Since bass fishing is my deal,...bait casting.
...Ambassaduers for years, still have a few. Shimano,....NOW the one brand I have fallen in LOVE with is PINNACLE.
...A good one, as smooth, or so close you can't tell the difference, as ANY CALCUTTA, for real.
...Nice Pinnacle w/6-8 ball bearings (depending on model), can be had for $75-$150..NEW! Flea-bay has some great deals on 'em.
...Think their comming out w/a 10 BB, should be smooth as a babys butt, and cast a country mile!
...Never heard of them till a amb.3600c, drag crapped out, & before I got it fixed, bought a Pinnacle. The 3600 was one I worm w/so I replaced it with a pinnacle for $50 bucks I think, and I was amazed, never looked back...[:D]
...Need to send off the Amb., same problem, but I'll let the experts fix it this third time! ...
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...Since bass fishing is my deal,...bait casting.
...Ambassaduers for years, still have a few. Shimano,....NOW the one brand I have fallen in LOVE with is PINNACLE.
...A good one, as smooth, or so close you can't tell the difference, as ANY CALCUTTA, for real.
...Nice Pinnacle w/6-8 ball bearings (depending on model), can be had for $75-$150..NEW! Flea-bay has some great deals on 'em.
...Think their comming out w/a 10 BB, should be smooth as a babys butt, and cast a country mile!
...Never heard of them till a amb.3600c, drag crapped out, & before I got it fixed, bought a Pinnacle. The 3600 was one I worm w/so I replaced it with a pinnacle for $50 bucks I think, and I was amazed, never looked back...[:D]
...Need to send off the Amb., same problem, but I'll let the experts fix it this third time! ...
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I don`t know how to fish with lures and I don`t have much chance at all to fish in a boat. I would like to learn how to fish with lures and what reel to get etc, Maybe I`ll learn how in our new Fishin Forum. I`d laugh my * off if I ever catch a fish using a lure without live bait. I think I`d have tears come to my eyes from laughin so hard. I never have been able to catch anything without worms or something. I`d probably smack the fish around a bit for being so dumb and biting on nothing. Mostly my best fishin is at Vermillion Ohio "Lake Erie" Catchin Perch.
Someday I`d like to catch one of those big stripers.
I might not be real fancy at fishin but I love goin fishin.
Ok I`ll quit rambling now
I do have one older, but nearly unused Diawa Millionaire 3RM baitcasting reel, but I know so little about baitcasting reels that I really don't know what quality it is. It seems like a fair reel, but I've used it far too little to even begin to tell anything about it's durability. Anyone know anything about them?
...I use ALL STAR rods, different lengths for wormin, running baits, topwaters. Like the 6 1/2ft. med. for topwater. Like the 6ft. med/heavy for plastic baits [worms craws, LIZARDS. LIZARDS, my favorite plastic bait, then a giant grub...2-2 1/2in. tail. I won't throw a plastic bait w/o a rattler in it, I'm a beliver, the size & number of fish a bait w/rattler, vs. bait w/o rattler hooked me!
Then TOPWATERS!!! MY FAVORITE, I think, hell, I like 'em all!
...nothing like a fish comming up and ripping into your topwater bait, the visual is awesome! I make most of my topwaters now, balsa wood, w/rattlers built into most of them. The materials I use (primers, paints), the balsa gets TOUGH, but still get chewed up after awhile...but so do the exspensive baits,...and I relly think balsa gives a better "action", IMO...
...When I catfish, I'll use chicken livers, yeccck, but the channel cat love em.
...Oh, and the crappie! Love to eat them more than catch em, tender mouth and not much fight...but I like anything that swims if it will tug back on my line...[:D]
...could not ever get the hang of a spinnig reel, a LOT of pros on the tours use 'em in different situations.
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Should hold up under some pretty heavy fishing. I have an old diawa that is not near as well built as the one you have, and I treated it BAD, still works fine! Just have several much nicer...so it gets treated like a stepchild...[;)]
SHIMANO
What he said ^