10-17-2009, 03:11 AM
Haven't fish there rods much even though I ended up getting a free Yellowstone rod I bought a few of there reels, Bugati & GPX 5 wt, & GP 9/10 wt. Haven t had the opportunity to try the GP but the Bugati & GPX in were fished today.
Both reels look great feel real sturdy the large arbor made line retrieval pretty fast but both reels choked when it came to drag I usually palm my reel so wasn't a big deal but both reels have tight spots in the drag (more so on the Bugati then the GPX) Dont know if its the bearing they use but the drag is nice and smooth for a few rotations then gets tight and back the Bugati did this with the drag was all the way open...
Heres a picture of the bearing and the rubber washer the rubber washer is the only thing that holds the bearing on the center cylinder but ive tried pulling the reel off the cylinder and its pretty sturdy.
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Both reels look great feel real sturdy the large arbor made line retrieval pretty fast but both reels choked when it came to drag I usually palm my reel so wasn't a big deal but both reels have tight spots in the drag (more so on the Bugati then the GPX) Dont know if its the bearing they use but the drag is nice and smooth for a few rotations then gets tight and back the Bugati did this with the drag was all the way open...
Heres a picture of the bearing and the rubber washer the rubber washer is the only thing that holds the bearing on the center cylinder but ive tried pulling the reel off the cylinder and its pretty sturdy.
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