new reel for all around use?

[guywhofishes]

Well… I have to confess I bought a couple of Supreme XTs today because they were the only middle range reels on sale at Scheels.

I now have seven or eight XTs and/or Patriarchs on a wide range of rods… jigging, pitching, corking, etc.

I’m a creature of habit which is sorta boring - but predictable. At least I know what the reel is gonna feel like regardless of which rig I pick up. Ha ha.

 

[wslayer]

^^^^^Wise Choice

 

[Sum1]

Pflueger makes a great real!

 

[Sluggo]

I think I am the only person that has ever had bad luck with Pflueger. I had a couple and if I cast cranks all day, at some point the line would get pinched in the roller. Would either nick the line or snap it. Now they are dead to me.

I think they removed the back reel switch too.

 

[guywhofishes]

On occasion I will bump the anti-reverse switch on a reel that has one… and just about crap myself at how spazzy I react when the reel starts reeling backwards “on its own” out of the blue.

 

[Sluggo]

I used to always get Shimano reels until they eliminated the back reel switch, which everyone agrees is a must have. Anyway I contacted them and asked them why and they said drags are better now and the switch was one more point where water and dust could get into the reel.

 

[guywhofishes]

I used to always get Shimano reels until they eliminated the back reel switch, which everyone agrees is a must have. Anyway I contacted them and asked them why and they said drags are better now and the switch was one more point where water and dust could get into the reel.

I recently had to address my wife's old tried and true Shimano Symetre. We own several and all their anti-reverses eventually require maintenance - which is no big deal.

But I bet lazy or ignorant people just get pissed off and junk it and buy another brand after they fail - so Shimano took the easy route and got rid of them.

 

[Allen]

Maybe 25+ years ago I was a big fan of Shimano reels, but then started running into a metric shit ton of problems with the bales on them. I think I may still have one old Shimano (yes, with bale issues) on a rod I rarely employ, and have gone to Pflueger spinning reels and Daiwa line-counters for trolling rods. I know people who like their Okuma line-counter reels, but I can't stand the drag on those pieces of crap.

 

[MSA]

Shimano Stradics are my new favorite for my light tackle reels. Ive been using them for 3 years, had them on multiple saltwater/surf trips, been dropped in the sand and surf many times, absolutely zero noise, stiffness, or wobble....still just as smooth as they were on day one.

 

[guywhofishes]

Shimano Stradics are my new favorite for my light tackle reels. Ive been using them for 3 years, had them on multiple saltwater/surf trips, been dropped in the sand and surf many times, absolutely zero noise, stiffness, or wobble....still just as smooth as they were on day one.

I have one too. Same thoughts, but it seems heavier than the Pfluegers, which can be a good thing for certain tasks IMO.

 

[MSA]

I have one too. Same thoughts, but it seems heavier than the Pfluegers, which can be a good thing for certain tasks IMO.

I used to like Pfluegers, but they all seem to get wobbly and loose after a year, and they're severely allergic to saltwater....It's like bees to Macaulay Culkin in My Girl....A pflueger even gets all bumpy and blistered after ocean exposure, the chrome plating starts peeling off, the pot metal mold starts turning to powder.

 

[guywhofishes]

I used to like Pfluegers, but they all seem to get wobbly and loose after a year, and they're severely allergic to saltwater....It's like bees to Macaulay Culkin in My Girl....A pflueger even gets all bumpy and blistered after ocean exposure, the chrome plating starts peeling off, the pot metal mold starts turning to powder.

I believe it. Saltwater is a whole nother animal.

I just discovered that bending the bail wire ever so slightly smaller in radius and clean/lube of the bail wire mounts/screws fixes sloppy bails that drive me nuts after several years. duh-oh!!