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Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/17/19 03:09 PM
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dlmyers
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Seeking help from anyone with experience with one of these reels may be able to add. I have been very disappointed with casting distance, which is doubly frustrating considering that’s the exact thing this is suppose to be good at. It’s either birdnesting, or overbraking. I broke the reel down last night and removed the factory grease and cleaned a brand new reel and reapplied grease and lube, thinking that may work and I have the same result as before.
Yesterday I called Abu about it, and they assured me I have the top of the line caster from their product range and that it should be capable from 1/4oz on up. And that’s just not so at the moment. They attributed the issues to a need to increase finesse with thumbing the spool. However, I can cast their 5500c3 and a 6000c both as hard and intentionally as I want and everything is perfect and double the distance...I feel like I can use these reels well enough that that’s not the issue. They pointed me to a reel repair shop in Dallas if issues persist, however this is a brand new reel and I live in weatherford. Spending $50 more on a reel that is suppose to work out of the box is frustrating to consider.
Did I buy a lemon? What’s going on? Are bearings bad right out of the box? Could my line choice make the difference? Help!
-------- 06 NauticStar 2110 Yamaha 150txr Elite 7 HDI Motorguide Xi5 80SW
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/18/19 12:43 AM
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jwcromer
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what distance are you getting?
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/18/19 11:44 AM
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I have a 1/4oz jig head and paddle tail jig on. I made some further adjustments between the centrifugal and the spool tensioner. I think now I’m getting about 100 to 110 feet with the wind at my back....which requires a relatively light cast. I found that encouraging. But that’s still a little shy of what my other reels can do with full effort. If you turn into the wind distance is reduced by half with this same cast tactic though.
-------- 06 NauticStar 2110 Yamaha 150txr Elite 7 HDI Motorguide Xi5 80SW
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/18/19 08:53 PM
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TCK73
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I have 8 of those reels, and with a 3/8 oz head and grub or 3” swimbait I can easily throw 60 yards with them. I use 65lb Power Pro line with flouro leaders. They will launch a 7” pencil popper farther that you can imagine.
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/19/19 03:33 AM
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Care to help with why that’s not the case for me?
-------- 06 NauticStar 2110 Yamaha 150txr Elite 7 HDI Motorguide Xi5 80SW
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/19/19 03:36 AM
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dlmyers
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You think it’s the difference between 15lb mono and braid?
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/19/19 03:10 PM
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You think it’s the difference between 15lb mono and braid? if this is the case it would make you use braid all the time,even if you didnot want to.
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/20/19 09:44 PM
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TCK73
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Here is my setup, it fits my style of casting. I set the spool so there is no end play and tie on my lure. I let it drop and hit the water and tighten or loosen the left knob until it will slowly descend thru the water. I may have to make a few small twists sometimes after the first cast to get it to the tension I like. On the braid deal, I'm not sure, I have never spooled them with 15lb mono. I have spooled them with 30 lb in the past, but I was casting cut shad with a 2 oz. no roll sinker, so I really cannot compare that.
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/28/19 05:46 PM
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dlmyers
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Thanks to each of you for your responses. Your input helped me not turn away from the reel too quickly.
After some more messing around I’m casting consistently at 140ft. I consider that acceptable (would love an effortless 160‘+), and there are not any birdsnests occurring, I think my main issue was attributable to the rod I was using. It’s a heavy rod that has a lure rating of 1/4 to 1oz...I think I’m finding out that range is more narrow to the higher end than advertised. When I was having my issues I was casting closer to slightly under a 1/2oz lure. Switch to a jointed football jig with a creature bait and it was closer to 7/8oz. The weight of that lure seemed more in tune with the overall set up.
TCK73, maybe with a different rod I can get closer to the 60yds you get from yours on that near 1/2oz set up.
-------- 06 NauticStar 2110 Yamaha 150txr Elite 7 HDI Motorguide Xi5 80SW
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Re: Dissapointed: Pro Rocket 6500 black edition
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09/29/19 12:42 AM
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TCK73
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You will get there, the rods I am using are 7’6” medium/medium.
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