Jig rod

[Fishes in trees]

If you've got a good deal on the 300E - BUY IT    Previous posters advice about it being too much reel for a jig rod are totally correct.

I fish a Kistler 7'5" Heavy action pitching/flipping rod with a Curado 50E and 20 lb Abrazx often.   It works great as my bubba drop shot rod.

ALSO ( staying somewhat on the subject) it works great as a heavy jig rod, for throwing half and three quarter oz football heads at Table Rock.    Line capacity of the 50E is enough to handle either of these applications.   Sometimes I will be throwing those half ounce football jigs a long way - I might throw out 3/4 of the spool - but it works.

Now, the reason I said to buy the 300 E if possible is that it is a great reel for many other applications.  For instance - distance throwing of crank baits - fill it with 65 lb braid and it is a great frogging reel AND an outstanding A-rig reel.  If you ever happen to go north and fish for large pike or muskies, that reel will work great for that.

Here's what I'll do if you don't like the 300 E - I'll swap you a Chronarch 50 even up for it.   You put that 300E on a jig rod and go pitching all day and your wrist is going to hurt at the end of the day - it just will - it is pretty heavy compared to premium reels in a size commonly used for jig fishing.   All this advice goes out the window if you are going to use this reel for inshore fishing as well

 

 

[lmbfisherman]

On 4/4/2016 at 0:03 AM, Vlad Val Yevdash said:

im going to get the shimano chronarch ci4+151hg

I was going to suggest a 200 series reel for the IMX 894C, I own the GLX 894C and it balanced better to put a 200 series reel.  I also agree 3/8 oz wouldn't be the best for a 4 powered rod, I'd go down to a 3 powered rod for this.