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I am basically a shimano man and have fished the baitcasters for many years. My favorite was the bantam from back in the 80's as I prefer to palm the reel. Can't remember the model# but it was my favorite and lost it during Ike when I left in a hurry and didn't take it with me. I guess people can say I'm cheap on gear but I generally pay around $100.00 for a reel and fish them hard. I'm not really into pimping equipment but I've been fishing the cheaper model(around $85.00) Lews speed spool on a 6'8" falcon rod with good results. My fishing partner and I were fishing the surf at the end of the seawall a couple weeks ago early morning when I hooked something(probably a jack) that headed straight out for the oil rigs. As I watched my line spool off to the last few wraps without ever turning the fish The line went limp and I was glad the fish got off. Reeled up and still had all my rigging so within the next three or four cast belly hooked a 24" spanish mackeral and after that little battle and release decided this little rig past the test.
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So yer sayin you like the Lews reel and will stay with that combo for your go to rig? Sounds like a good deal to me as I tend to shy away from uber expensive reels,I also use a Falcon Coastal xg med for trout and it works well , I had a few of the Mettles upgraded by Fisher Angling and they perform well! with upgrades under a hundred bones.Ill have to give the Lews stuff a try, Ive had them before back in the good old days!LOL!West Bay Sensai... -
Yeah Rollo I've had Diawa's, Quantams, Abu's, curados, cruxis, calais etc. Never had a Lews but they're bad little reels. Never spent more on a rod than the cost of the reel. As long as it's a good graphite Lumus blank I'm good to go.Comment
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I've heard some good things about the Lew's. I'll go buy one and get a review on here sometime soon.
BTW - Bought an All Star AST Series from Academy last week for my new Daiwa Ballistic reel and one of the eyes had a small burr on it. Tore my braid to pieces...Comment
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