Fishing Reels

STRADIC GTM 3000

Advantages: Everything other than price is just amazing
Disadvantages: Price but you get what you pay for

After travelling around as a child (18 actually), just checking out how smooth these things are, I finally had the money a couple of years ago, to be able to splash out and buy one. I didn't have to pay the rrp. of £125, but managed to find a cheap deal through 'advanced pole fishing techniques', and only paid around £75, which is actually one hell of a bargain. This reel is worth every penny. It has all of Shimano's famous features (after all, it ...
...thers's the drag. This has a large range, and can be turned a long way. Working with this, there's the Fightin' Drag lever. This allows you to change the drag setting in an instant. For example, when fishing, you might like the drag tight or loose, but then for playing a fish, you might want it at another setting somewhere in between. With the lever, you can flich straight to that in-between setting without having to mess about finding it. The double ...

BJEEE 20.12.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Shimano Stradic GTM 3000

Best Clutch ever

Advantages: front drag clutch
Disadvantages: some may find it slighty heavy

In my opinion this is the best front drag bait runner. I think the line capacity is unbelievable it can handle any big fish in european waters. I like fishing in all weathers (rain, sun or snow) and I find it is a real workhorse. It has a waterproof clutch so no grit or gravel gets in the clutch. In my opinion It is slightly heavier, 790grams which makes the rod feel more balanced. It has a 116cm retrieve,per crank of the handle. This is over one ...
...akward conversion as a big pit bait runner. It is a bait runner with a front drag clutch. This makes it unique and you get a better feel for playing with the fish. I think it has a superb cranking power and a very smooth clutch. ...

samerlin 04.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Shimano Big Baitrunner Reel Lc

Excellent reel. Best baitrunner on the market.

Advantages: Best proven baitrunner on the market, rear drag switch...
Disadvantages: Not that I am complaining off. Maybe a free spool would be nice.

Recently purchased ny second shimano baitrunner. Had a smaller one (3500 series), love it and not get a biggie (6500 series) for sea angling. This baitrunner had been around for so many years, yet the design has not evolve much. mainly due to it was already perfect as it is. Black, squarish, there are no phisical attraction, but functionality and the power that it hold make it all worth it and I can't think of any better model to replace this baitrunners. ...
...last forever too. I think Shimano is the first one who invent this rear drag switch thing and pattented the 'baitrunner' name too, I think. When I did sea fishing, my favorite method are live-baiting for mid/ top water species and bottom fishing for bottom/ near bottom dwellers. Live-baiting is self-explainatory, free-lining. There are two drag to set, baitrunner drag can switched-on for minimal drag and front drag pre-set for hook up. Having resistance ...

seaweed78 09.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Shimano Baitrunners

Not a durable reel

Advantages: Good casting distance, high speed retrieval, comfortable handle, good power
Disadvantages: Outer finishing seems not lasting too long. Quality deterioriate after some time.

This reel had every features that you wanted from a shore reel. From ergonomic handle, high speed, retrieving power and long cast. I wrote a good review about this reel before but today I am taking it back. It is simply because this reel had no durability as demanded. After had some fun with this reel, it started to get 'heavy'. the turn is no longer smootth and when drag is tighten, the reeling smoothness became tight as well. I had cleaned, re-lubricate ...

seaweed78 03.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Daiwa Emcast Plus Big Pit Reel

bait runner perfection

Advantages: Smooth, sexy and awsome
Disadvantages: Discontinued

...drive shaft meets the pinion. Shimano designers have overcome this by reducing a large percentage of surface area contact and incorporating bearings on either side of the shaft. The resultant design leaves the shaft in a floating position, considerably improving efficiency and longevity.  Power Roller Shimano's Power Roller dramatically reduces line twist, prolonging the useful life of your reel line and improving casting performance. ...
...Super Stopper II With the reel set in anti-reverse mode you'll find zero free-play on the handle thanks to Super Stopper II. Unerringly positive every time, its practical benefits include micro increment settings of quiver tips or specialist bite indicators and faster hook setting.  Hypergear This precision-engineered main gear transmits more power from the handle to the rotor. Designed to exacting tolerances, it requires less effort but ...

richchappy 08.09.2008 · Read full review
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