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Brat Bonker
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by Brat Bonker » Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:55 pm
FishingThePacNW wrote:Ok guys i had my dads side of the family christmas early and got 45 bucks! so i went to Three Rivers Marine and told the guy what i was looking for and he brought me a Phlueger President and its retail is like 50 or 60 bucks and he gave it to me for 45 and he put on 30lb high vis yellow power pro braid on it! Sweet! i cant wait to go slay some steelies!
doesn't matter what gear you use but how you use it, presentation is key remember that, matter of putting that bait infront of mr steelyhead's face just how he wants it.
that is a good deal for 45 bucks, braid itself is like $20
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by TroutSnipr » Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:26 pm
The Presidents are worth the full price so to get the reel and the braid for $45 was such a sweet deal.
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by schu7498 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:01 pm
yeah that is a sweet deal! Someone was in the christmas spirit!
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by oaksmithiii » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:09 pm
natetreat wrote:I'd go with Shimano. The Sahara is a good reel, and the new curado is a cheap price point and will work for you.
I second that! I just picked up an extra Sahara at Cabella's for 44.95 closeout. Great reel for the money !
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by EAmon ___hoffman123 » Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:55 am
anyone know if a Tica camen is good? i just got it with for christmas.. It's seems like smooth reel..
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by Bodofish » Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:23 am
I don't have that one but I have a couple Tica reels and bought a couple more for my sons and they're top notch. Very precision made, even more so than a Shimano. Excelent drags.
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by EAmon ___hoffman123 » Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:35 am
Thanks bodo i typed the name wrong on that one haha.. I just edited my last post
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by Bodofish » Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:02 pm
EAmon ___hoffman123 wrote:Thanks bodo i typed the name wrong on that one haha.. I just edited my last post
Hehehe.... missed that by a mile! Yeah, I have the Caiman's, very nice reels. Tica was a rocket nozzle factory before going to tackle and the reels used to be ESD machined. That means to one molecule tolerance. Pretty impressive.
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by ripsomelip » Tue Dec 25, 2012 4:44 pm
I use Tica . never been dissapointed.
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by TroutSnipr » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:30 am
The guys that do the Hawg Quest TV show use Tica reels almost exclusively and though they are a sponsor of the show I have never seen an episode where there was any problems with them.
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by FishingThePacNW » Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:09 pm
So guys I need up getting a little bit more money then I expected and my new combo I'm gong to get is the $89 lamiglass at dougs (forgot the name) and the Abu Garcia Ambassedeur!! Good combo?
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by goodtimesfishing » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:24 pm
oaksmithiii wrote:natetreat wrote:I'd go with Shimano. The Sahara is a good reel, and the new curado is a cheap price point and will work for you.
I second that! I just picked up an extra Sahara at Cabella's for 44.95 closeout. Great reel for the money !
I just picked up one of those Saharas at Cabellas also! Steel of a deal(no pun intended) Reg price on it was $79. Paid $44.99. I have always used fireling but they don't have the flame green at cabelas and I had a coupon for employee pricing, so I decided to give power pro a try. Reg price is $16.99 got it for $12.74 Although nothing compared to the deal that fishingthepacnw got, that was a steal.
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FishingThePacNW
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by FishingThePacNW » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:23 pm
Sounds like a good deal for the reel and the line!! Maybe we can go test out our new gear this weekend together on the wallace?
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by TheHunt » Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:37 pm
That will work. One thing I have started to do is release the drag completely when you are storing the rods. I had one spinning reel that the drag went bad and the person at the fishing counter at Sportco told me to back them off and they will last longer.
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by Brat Bonker » Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:00 pm
FishingThePacNW wrote:So guys I need up getting a little bit more money then I expected and my new combo I'm gong to get is the $89 lamiglass at dougs (forgot the name) and the Abu Garcia Ambassedeur!! Good combo?
I have a 5500 ambassedeur and I like it only problem is it reels really slow.
I also have a tica scrampler and realy like it have not had a problem other than some of the paint chips off.
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by FishingThePacNW » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:39 pm
So I'm getting an Ambassedeur I know that but idk what size 5600 or 6000
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by Brat Bonker » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:43 pm
I suggest a smaller one for steelhead but personally I would get a black max instead of an ambasseduer, something about those low profile reels make them really nice.
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by FishingThePacNW » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:47 pm
Ya I was going to get the lack max but then my buddy eamon suggested the Ambassedeur And it just looked so sexy so I think I'm gunna go with that
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by goodtimesfishing » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:07 pm
TheHunt wrote:That will work. One thing I have started to do is release the drag completely when you are storing the rods. I had one spinning reel that the drag went bad and the person at the fishing counter at Sportco told me to back them off and they will last longer.
Good habit to get into. Helps eliminate a jerky drag, keeps it smooth! Another good habit is to pull line from your reel (test the drag) on a regular basis and you are less likely to lose a fish because the drag was too tight.
