New baitcast reel, some other issues..

[Timbaux65]

I was able to find a Pflueger Trion reel, not the most expensive kind, but I got it for $29 because it was the last one, and had no box.

Tied on a 2/0 hook, put a Zoom Baby Brush Hog on it with no weight, and hey....it can cast it. Not WAY out there, but it can cast it, and I spent some time with it and added another 25 feet to my cast. Really nice reel, 6.4:1 ratio. Satisfied.

While I was at Academy, I bought some 10lb Stren line, and put that on the Shimano spinning reel. The 6lb test may have just been too old. I truly prefer 6lb over 10lb, but the places I fish are too abrasive.

I am going to try Thursday and try fish as much as i can. I will probly try two different spots.

The local sacalait pro told me switch to blue and white tube jig. fish it 2 feet deep. We shall see.

[dick tabbert]

I changed over to Pflueger years ago. They are smooth running reels. I started out with the baitcasters and eventually even change my spinning over. I started out with the trions and for the money they are very smooth running reels. I then upgraded to the President and now I have a couple Supremes. I love the Pflueger reels they have a lot of quality built into them and it won't cost you an arm and a leg. Hope you have as good of luck as I have. Have fun and GOOD FISHIN..

[Timbaux65]

Yeah i agree. I am a Daiwa man myself, but you have to pay really good bit of money for their Steez and other top quality stuff. Like $300 or more.

I had heard the Pflueger spinning reels were great.

For me, casting an ultra light spinning reel with a Wally Marshall rod, i can pretty much hit a spot 40 feet away , really accurate. The Zebco Z03..i need practice casting with it, and the baitcaster I find the tension knob plays such an important part of casting with accuracy. I like casting sidearm with the baitcaster and overhand with the spinning reel.

[David, aka, "McScruff"]

Im a fan of Pflueger reels, as I have been collecting their old bait cast reels for a while. Personally, I think the goodness in today's Pfueger is all about the engineering design. I say this because I'm betting they are made in one of those places we musn't mention.

[dick tabbert]

David I think your right.

[Timbaux65]

My understanding is that, in some cases, designs are done here, then the manufacturing is done overseas. Salter's jig pole is an example, they couldnt be competitive made in Mississippi so he sent the design overseas and had them produced.

 

To each his own, I guess, but it is really hard to get solid opinions on reels online. Some say a reel is the best they ever had, and durable, smooth, casts long, etc...  You order the reel, and it comes in, it wont cast, not even something heavy, even though the reel is smooth. Send it back and try a different one.

 

The Pflueger equipment, the older stuff, was good. Baitcasters have come a LONG way, but the older Pfluegers were good, and I used Lew's Speed spool a friend loaned me.

[David, aka, "McScruff"]

You are right, economics drives our equipment. In a way its a good thing - modern manufacturing techniques and reduced labor cost overseas puts workable, useful gear into our hands at reasonable cost.  This formula is nothing new - it was done centuries ago the very same way, for the very same reasons.

As for me, I prefer to use older reels from the 70's-90's. I do not own any brand new models. I find these reels have a mix of both old world and new that just works for me. There are some even older ones that I will trip over myself to get!

The old Pfluegers are like that. They were beyond good - they were sublime. Small, precise ockworks is more like it. All hand fitted.  By todays standards, they were gut simple. But they were made like little else is today. We could probably not afford them, were we to have them made like that.

Which brings us full circle. I want gear that works, is reliable and doesn't cost too much. It sometimes takes some experimenting to find these three together.

[Tony Livingston]

I use a Pfleuger President ultralight spinning reel, #6720. It is by no means what I would consider a top of the line unit, but I absolutely love it. It is one of the smoothest operating reels I have ever used, in any price range. I think I gave around $50 for it. I would recommend it any day.