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Getting back to it after a long break - finaddictfred - 10-25-2008
After a 15+ year break I'm getting the bug to be fishing again and I need to get new gear. My main question is about reels. I'm looking at a Pfluger President to use for Crappie and such in the Orlando area. Why do the reels have so many line weight options? Can't I just run different weights on spare spools? Like my main line will be 6 and a spare spool of 10. But by the way they are in the add I will need a seperate reel for different weights. help me out here..I'm a wee bit
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Fred
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Re: [finaddictfred] Getting back to it after a long break - gdn443 - 10-26-2008
I have that reel for spincasting and I'm not that thrilled with it. Use the same money and get a shimano. Lighter and tighter. Line weight will go hand in hand with the size reel. 2500 serios will do fine for what you want to fish. If you want to go heavier, switch to a braid that has less diameter. Going up to 20lb line you will need another reel to handle the spool needed.
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Re: [finaddictfred] Getting back to it after a long break - Brook - 10-26-2008
I don't think they're really options, as such, FinAddicted. They're merely saying that the reel can accomodate several sizes of line, and provide a milage chart for each one. I betcha, though, that no matter what line size you choose, more of it will fit on the spool than the mfg. says.
In theory there's no reason you can't just have separate spools with different line weights. That is, as you remember, how it was done in the old days, especially with smaller reels. I still have one outfit that has a spool filled with 2# and another with 4#.
However, a couple of things apply nowadays. First off, while manufactures theoretically offer extra spools, finding them is something else. As the man said: In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. And even when the mfgs do offer them, few retailers have the room or desire to stock them. So they become custom orders.
The second part has to do with money. Give the costs of things nowadays (and the desire to maximize profitability, of course) extra spools cost almost as much as reels. So most fishermen just go with the extra reel.
Brook
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