Smallmouth Hunter

Line per turn has to do with the diameter of the spool. Some reels have taller spools than others, which explains the variation in line per turn among various 6.3:1 reels per say.

Dude your math is so far off.. C=pi * d, but d is not d of handle'a rotary motion, but rather the spool! The length of the handle has nothing to do with length per turn! You could put a 100ft long handle on a 30 ipt reel, and it will always be 30 ipt. Or you could put a 5 mm handle on it and it would still be 30 ipt. No offense tho. It is a common misconception.

51e > 201i.. Not much of a contest quite honestly.

201e or ch101d7 or core 51 And Not sure on the rod, but probably an NRX or NFC. High end croixs are nice too. Yawn

Yawn

the Curado 50/51e was $199 too. They only raised the price on the 200/201 size from 179 to 199 when they introduced the Chronarch E.

yup. Me too

Look for a used 200e. Best reel I've ever used

the ci4+ Doesn't have magnetic brakes. The dial on it tunes the centrifugal brakes by making all the ones in the on position slightly more/less powerful.

I have never gone below or above 30 pound and it does dig when you catch a fish, but it's not too bad. The extra casting distance is worth it.

Tie on a 10-15 ft fluoro leader to absorb some of that shock, and maybe step up to 15 lb.

For spinning reels, stick with 10-20 pound braid. I like 15. Then use a 10 or so lb fluoro leader. 30 lb braid is way too thick for spinning reels IMO, and 20 is pushing it as well but doable.

Looking to buy a lowrance 4x or 5x. Anyone know of a place that has these on sale or maybe another similar unit on sale for about $150-250? Thanks

If you want a real Gary Loomis rod, look at edge rods / NOrth Fork composites. They use carbon wrapped grips which you might like.

Good to hear this news!! Sounds awesome