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 Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: FishTheBite]
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06/06/18 04:28 PM
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Ted Martin
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Pfleuger President is like $45 bucks and I like it every bit as much as my spinning reels that cost 2-3 times that much. I think mine is the 2000 size. This, I have four Presidents from a 20 up through the 35 and have fished the heck out of them for four years and they work and look like new. And the most important part, the drag, is excellent right out of the box. I also have two Stradics and the Presidents feel solid and well built immediately after putting down a Shimano and picking up a Pfluger. tough to beat the pfluegers for spinning reels, they are high quality and value priced. I also have a Revo-SX that i like a lot, but i can't say its any better than the pfluegers. No need IMO to spend over $100 on a spinning reel, for me at least.
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: John A.]
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06/06/18 05:06 PM
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Brad R
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I love my Stradics but I also have a few of the Shimano Nasci spinning reels. For right around $99, it'd be a top choice in that price range.
Lots of really good reels mentioned here!
Brad
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: John A.]
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06/06/18 05:27 PM
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Bobby Milam
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Pflueger president. Been using it for years. Great reels for great price.
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: John A.]
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06/07/18 02:59 AM
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67TexasTBend
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Another vote for the Shimano Sahara. I've used it in saltwater a lot, and it's still never given me any problems.
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: John A.]
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06/07/18 04:25 AM
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Marooned
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+1 on the Shimano Sahara. Have also read good reports on Lew's spinning reels but I have not used one.
In memory of my childhood friend Dan Sterling, who taught me at an early age how to catch bream with a hand-line, and who unknowingly hooked me on fishing for life.
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: John A.]
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06/07/18 05:07 AM
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WackySenko
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Stradic. But I fish a saros for my salt rig and it falls right where it should between that and the Sahara. I don't think they make them any more and they're stupid cheap on Ebay now. That's what I'd get. Might buy an extra actually now that I looked.
Last edited by WackySenko; 06/07/18 05:09 AM.
"Its not an addiction...its a disease! and I LIKE it! keeps my sanity in this cruel world!"
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: John A.]
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06/07/18 01:44 PM
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redraider4life
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I'm a Shimano guy but let my wife put together her own set up recently. She went Okuma on the reel and man is it smooth. She has had no issues with putting a whipping on the bass lately.
Life can be best understood looking back, but it can only be lived looking forward !
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: John A.]
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06/07/18 01:56 PM
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texasAUtiger
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
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Ranger z21
Mercury 250 ProXS
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: John A.]
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06/07/18 02:30 PM
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Notaguide
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I have a Lews and a couple of Sahara. The Lews feels clunky and cheap compared to the Saharas.
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Re: Spinning reel recommendation
[Re: Bobby Milam]
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06/07/18 03:01 PM
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Gungle
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Pflueger president. Been using it for years. Great reels for great price. Ditto, good bang for the buck. I have reels that cost 4 times as much and don't work any better! Cheers,  George
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