Weight REEL Shootout

by **briansII** » February 8th, 2014, 11:09 am

Another chapter in the Yellowstone Angler's Shootouts.

https://www.yellowstoneangler.com/gear- ... amsonreels

Warning. Extreme fish *. :oo:

Being a lover of CNC machined aluminum, I enjoyed looking at the pictures of the reels, and browsing the aricle. I doubt I'll read the whole thing, but I find it entertaining on a wet, Sat. morning. The video(fishing *)was a little over the top for me, but what an incredible place.

BTW, I own the reel that won the shootout. :bananadance:

briansII

by **meb** » February 9th, 2014, 11:41 am

I didn't see any Hardy Marquis 1s on the list!!! I wonder how the Abel Spey and Switch reels would have performed. I wish I could afford some of the top end reels.

MB

by **Rasputinj** » February 9th, 2014, 1:19 pm

meb wrote:I didn't see any Hardy Marquis 1s on the list!!! I wonder how the Abel Spey and Switch reels would have performed. I wish I could afford some of the top end reels.

MB

I fished with a bamboo spey builder in Vancouver with old Hardy Perfects and Marquis reels, he seemed to do a heck of a job bringing in large steelhead and salmon with click/pawl. If you search around you can get larger galvan torques pretty cheap used. I found a t-8 for $190 in the classifieds off a ff forum. I think for the most part the skill of the angler has more to do than the reel. I do agree with the article that sometimes the Lamsons are a pain to get the spool off. Some of those reels are so expensive. I search for my reels on eBay and close outs at of old models. I caught a lot of big trout in NZ with an older Sage reel, seemed to work just fine. I think the only thing I look for are reels that are harder to gunk/ sand in between the spool and the frame or drag system.

by **RichardCullip** » February 9th, 2014, 5:53 pm

I've got some Galvan Torques (T-4,T-5, T-6 and T-8) and love them. Drag is smooth and very adjustable and I think they look pretty sharp.

by **lucfish** » February 9th, 2014, 8:16 pm

I don't care what they say, Tibor is the best.

by **midger** » February 9th, 2014, 8:45 pm

briansII wrote: BTW, I own the reel that won the shootout.

briansII

Well yeah, that one and you probably own the top 15 reels with all the equipment you buy.

Very interesting info Brian. Thanks for posting it and it was an interesting read for a Sunday afternoon, but I don't think I'll be running out and buying any of them.

by **briansII** » February 10th, 2014, 11:31 am

midger wrote:
briansII wrote: BTW, I own the reel that won the shootout.

briansII

Well yeah, that one and you probably own the top 15 reels with all the equipment you buy.

Very interesting info Brian. Thanks for posting it and it was an interesting read for a Sunday afternoon, but I don't think I'll be running out and buying any of them.

Ha! Care to disclose how many rods and reels you own?

I actually only own a few of the reels on the list. I may be a hoarder, but I don'ttypicallyload up on expensive gear. I splurged(birthday present to myself)on the Nautilus NV, and unlike a lot of my stuff, I use the heck out of that reel.....notice how I immediately justify the purchase. Must be a reflex action.

Luc, a Riptide is on my want list. It's a reel that has been proven over and over again.

Meb, I think a click & pawl shootout would be cool. Every thing from Pfluegers to custom, bench made reels.

I like reels. I realize, in most cases, they are simple line holders, but there's beauty in simplicity.

briansII

by **meb** » February 10th, 2014, 9:03 pm

I like your reels. Great picture. I hope you get a steelhead in your local waters soon so you can hear those Marquis reels sing.

I have Hardys or Sage 505s and 506s made by Hardy for all of my trout and steelhead rods, single handed and two handed. They were the reels that I started with, and I came to prefer them.

When I said I wish I could afford expensive reels, I was thinking Bougles and Perfects.

MB