08-21-2004, 12:57 AM
Hey there leaky,
I was no spinning reel fan until I started fishing the beaches, and finesse fishing the swimbaits.
I do know I was very suprised at the materials used in some of the gears and other components I looked at upon shopping for my first spinner in 15 years.
I ended up getting a quantum '110yds of 10lb level' model with 4 ballbearings and although it functions perfectly I don't think I would be able to depend on it for a major fish attack. You see..... the spool (properly seated and tightened correctly) can be tilted vertically quite freely on the shaft no less than 1/4 of an inch either to one side or the other!
Told that's the nature of the animal. I'll just wait till the bottom of the spool scrapes the spool housing, binds the spool and looses me a trophy before I go balastic! ha ha ha No problems yet!
Seems like there is a price relation between number of bearings and $$$. Drags are really smooth on almost all reels I tried starting from a tiny bit of pressure to locking it down only to a degree where the clerk didn't grit their teeth at me! ha ha
Surely some of the old standard models like the Mitchell 405 have replacement parts. or part out a yard sale reel if they are common.
Good hunting,
JapanRon
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I was no spinning reel fan until I started fishing the beaches, and finesse fishing the swimbaits.
I do know I was very suprised at the materials used in some of the gears and other components I looked at upon shopping for my first spinner in 15 years.
I ended up getting a quantum '110yds of 10lb level' model with 4 ballbearings and although it functions perfectly I don't think I would be able to depend on it for a major fish attack. You see..... the spool (properly seated and tightened correctly) can be tilted vertically quite freely on the shaft no less than 1/4 of an inch either to one side or the other!
Told that's the nature of the animal. I'll just wait till the bottom of the spool scrapes the spool housing, binds the spool and looses me a trophy before I go balastic! ha ha ha No problems yet!
Seems like there is a price relation between number of bearings and $$$. Drags are really smooth on almost all reels I tried starting from a tiny bit of pressure to locking it down only to a degree where the clerk didn't grit their teeth at me! ha ha
Surely some of the old standard models like the Mitchell 405 have replacement parts. or part out a yard sale reel if they are common.
Good hunting,
JapanRon
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