Umbrella Rig And Swimbait Reel And Gear Ratio?

[Eddy]

I'm looking for a reel and gear ratio for the 8' H skeet reese tessara rod

[RB 77]

I would look for a 300 size real with close to a 6:1 gear ratio. I have thrown my A-Rigs on CU 300's and CT 400's and prefer the CU 300's at a 6.2:1 gear ratio with plenty of line capacity to thrown the big stuff.

[gr8outdoorz]

For me it depends on what swimbaits you are throwing.

 

For glide baits and hard swimbaits, I like a 6:1. ratio. For hudds I prefer 5:1 ratio. The reason being I want the Hudds to crawl slowly on the bottom so the slower ratio does that for me. I tend to reel a 6:1 too fast for Hudds.

 

For A rigs I like the 5:1 also because of the torque when reeling them in.

[AMAC]

Have you checked out the Revo "Beast"?

[War Eagle 44]

Another Curado 300 fan here. It's been fantastic IMHO for these type duties, plenty of power, drag, & line capacity. I've also used an Ambassadeur 6601 and it gets the job done as well but it's no where near the refinement level of the Curado.

[JGBassinAL]

I had a Curado 300E and while it is an awesome reel, it was just way too big for my hands. I throw mine on a Curado G7 and Curado E7 and they do the job just as well as the Curado 300E.

[hatrix]

Like said before usually people use a 5 something for slow baits like hudds and a faster reel for hardbaits. A lot of guys like a 7 ratio for things like glides where there is slack in your line at times. It also helps to wake baits or burn stuff right under the surface. I am partial to using a Daiwa Luna but use a few different reels. Like mentiond a 300 size reel is usually standard fare for bigger stuff.

[gulfcaptain]

Swimbaits and arigs I want to fish slower I fish something with a 24" IPT.  Normally this is a reel in the 5.1 area.  Then have a couple that are 26-32" IPT and normally are in the 6.1 area or a bit higher.  The 300 size reels in a 7.1 pick up almost 36-39" per turn.  So don't use them as the bigger baits are going to wear you out with that retrieve.  But have converted all my swimbait/ a-rig equipment to EXO 200's and 300's in both the 6:6.1 and 5:4.1.