Reel Choice For Technique

[Caver]

My big purchase over the winter was a Revo Winch low gear ratio reel. From the description it was designed for crankbaits, which is my go to bait, and pulling fish out of heavy cover when flipping and pitching- which is a technique I wanted to hone this summer. I've had some problems keeping fish on when pitching jigs and some folks said part of the reason might be the low gear ratio of the reel. Is a high gear ratio reel preferred for pitching jigs or a low gear reel? Anyone prefer a low gear???

[Diggy]

You want a higher gear ratio reel for that technique (flipping pitching) to take up the slack quickly. You can use a 6 ratio reel if you need one for all around fishing also but most/I prefer 7. That winch isnt made for that type speed to take up slack even tho it has the torque to pull the fish out.

If you are a revo fan you may want an sx or sx HS(7 ratio) for this technique especially since it has 24lbs of drag

[MN_SONNEN_ANGLER]

as for a slower retrieveing reel... only on liped crankbaits from my personal choice and from what i have always been told.

On flipping or pitching, i prefer a fast retrieveing reel 6 or 7.

[smalljaw67]

Anytime I'm throwing a jig or plastic I'm using a high speed reel, just about every technigues which involves using the rod to move the bait is going to be high speed. The Revo Winch to me is a crankbait reel, what you get with slow gear ratio reels is more torque so it is easier cranking because the big lipped crankbaits have a lot of resistance so using a reel with more torque makes it much easier, it has nothing to do with winching fish out of cover, that is what your rod is for. If you go it for flipping and pitching I suggest you either trade it for a faster one which should not be a problem or just keep it for cranking and get a higher gear ratio for flipping. Now, you can use it, but you are going experiece problems with hooking fish as a lot of times the fish are tight against cover and they will run stright toward you when hooked and this is were the winch is going to hurt as you aren't going to be as fast getting the slack up and turning the fish until it is well under the boat. For fun fishing you don't really need to worry about it but if you are fishing touneys and you're flipping you make sure you have a fast reel. And remember, the power to move fish is in the rod, not the reel.

[J Francho]

I like a relatively faster reel or jigs and Texas rig presentations, but I got along fine back in the day with my "high speed" 5:1 reels. Today, anything faster than 28 IPT is fast enough.