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Moby Dick
I am going to get a light spinning rig and a also a heavier (medium) set up, BUT was stumped by the way manufacturers label the reels - often refering to the number of bearings in it. I mostly cast and retrieve, over and over, so want a smooth reel. One where the bail flips easily mostly. What should I be looking for?
Thanks in advance, Marie L. Martin
*** dont go out and buy a reel with the msot bearings you will see these bearings are less quality, in this case more is not better...
reels like pflueger for example almost always beef up theyre reels with ungodly amount of bearins say over 10 or even 12 in a reel priced fairly low, then we take a company such as shimano and they rarely go over 6 or 7 bearings and these bearings are much more quality bearings will last longs, and a Shimano will OWN a plfueger in a side to side comparison (IN MY OPINION) take into consideration what kind and type of bearings are used.
hope that helped some
Hey Colby, did you really read my reply to Moby?
I will agree with colby, more bearings isn't better... but I would disagree with the pflueger statement... you simply have not fished a high end pflueger reel if you think shimano will own them... Im currently fishing a pflueger supreme xt, and it is by far my favorite spin reel of all time, and will go on to have a very brite future in the reel competitions... that being said, the shimano spirex ( I am partial to the rear drag for steelhead ) is simply the best reel for under $75 bucks on the market. now I also have a pflueger president that I estimate I have landed over 4500 lbs of salmonoids with and the only thing wrong with it is the finish came off the body... which I kinda like, makes it look like it knows a days work- abu garcia gear is outdated garbage... might as well buy south bend-.... just sayin- oh, and to answer your question, the more bearings, the more sand it will take to make your reel start sounding like a mossberg model 500.. just take care of your stuff, don't lay a spin reel in mud or on a sandbar... oil with remlube frequently, don't tighten the drag and try to reel in trees.. don't think becouse you spend $150 that a tool is indestructable.... or that becouse you only spent $50 its a piece of junk...
i read it......... i just said my opinion, and said the most amount of bearings isn't always better.
i have bought my fare share of pfluegers and i learned my lesson end story. we all got our own opinion mine is to never buy a pfleuger again , i have bought every pflueger from the trion spinning reel up to the supreme casting reels and even used the patriarch series. i am at a point where i can state my opinion with backed tests time after time, amount of bearings depend they will just find stupider places to put them once you top a certain amount, more quality bearings in reels such as shimano it leaves no room for errors the warranty serivce is good from my findidngs also... im not sayin 1 bearing is better than 5 but theres a point were extra bearings become pointless, look for quality not quantity. we agreed on things we posted as well, its just a second opinion wether i agree or not and with some things i do and some things i dont.
"i don't think the mos bearings or the quality matters,"
brandon
OH MY ! I just saw this comment by colbypearson and I am a tad concerned. I did not mean to start a testy conversation, just wanted ideas. Brandon, I think that that person was impolite and out of line for calling your comments "uneducated". I am sorry that happened because you were trying to give me your opinion. As long as I fished with hubby, before he died, we always had very economical reels too - lol, usually Bi Mart too !! I just spend a lot of time spinning, casting and retrieving and re-casting, and wanted to try to find one that doesn't have that sticky feel to it when you go to begin your retrieve. That gets tiring. I wanted to "treat" myself you might say. thanks again, mwhatever floats your boat.......... thats a pretty uneducated comment, i can assure you that quality and quantity both matter a very significant amount in a reel
OH MY ! I just saw this comment by colbypearson and I am a tad concerned. I did not mean to start a testy conversation, just wanted ideas. Brandon, I think that that person was impolite and out of line for calling your comments "uneducated". I am sorry that happened because you were trying to give me your opinion. As long as I fished with hubby, before he died, we always had very economical reels too - lol, usually Bi Mart too !! I just spend a lot of time spinning, casting and retrieving and re-casting, and wanted to try to find one that doesn't have that sticky feel to it when you go to begin your retrieve. That gets tiring. I wanted to "treat" myself you might say. thanks again, m
OK ok, your bearing comments are generally what I suspected, but what about the ease in which the bail flips back over when you start your retrieve? That is not directly related to bearing quality, but to me is the single most important thing in a cast and retrieve situation. One wants the flip to be effortless and smooth. How does one look for that - other than actually handling and working each reel?
much thanks, marie
colby!!! your inbox is full bruh, and your comment didn't offend me