DBL000006 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 I'm not in the Market to go crazy on a spinning Reel. I have few low range Spinning Reels already. I've heard that the Pro Max has some Revo parts on it. Just some thoughts guys. Again i really only use baitcasters most of the time. Just want a decent Spinning Reel. I want your thoughts on this Reel. Please don't say, you can send 30-50 more Dollars and buy this Reel. I know that and that isn't why i made this Post. Thanks guys and can not wait for the feedback! Quote
Super User fishnkamp Posted January 23, 2017 Super User Posted January 23, 2017 Sorry I have no experience with that reel. I do have a lot of experience with Pflueger President reels. They go for around $59.00 and between myself and my wife we fish 7 of these reels. One of them is a 6930 and the rest are 6935 size reels. We have bass fished with them for years, some are as old as ten years old and our newest is 1 1/2 old. These are not fancy high tech stuff. Just built well and we have landed some 30 plus inch stripers and big cats on them. This past April we traveled to Dale Hollow for our vacation. We were targeting big female post spawn smallies on deep water grass flats. The biggest we caught was 7 pounds and was caught on a spinning rod and a Ned Rig. On the last day she hooked an 8 pound channel cat. I do not recommend chasing big cats with a 6 foot light action GL3 G Loomis rod. The reel was one of her Presidents. The drag worked fantastic and while the fish ran her all around the boat, she did land it. Also, I have never had to get one repaired yet. So for a highly reliable and affordable reel I would jump on one. My wife only uses spinning reels, including for frogging. Myself, I have one President and two more expensive spinning reels and they were picked for faster retrieve speeds. The rest of my gear includes a dozen baitcasters. Put one of these reels in your hands and I think you will be happy with it. By the way on all of my spinning reels I fill the spool 1/2 way up with Stren Clear Blue Original mono in 14 pound test. Then I use Berkley Original FireLine Fused in 14 pound test. That line is equal to 6 pound test mono in diameter. The FireLine handles so smoothly and hardly ever gives us coil issues. When we go out and fish those deep clear lakes we just add a 4 foot leader of either fluoro or P Line CXX in 10 pound test. That is our setup. I hope that helps. Quote
DBL000006 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Posted January 23, 2017 12 hours ago, fishnkamp said: Sorry I have no experience with that reel. I do have a lot of experience with Pflueger President reels. They go for around $59.00 and between myself and my wife we fish 7 of these reels. One of them is a 6930 and the rest are 6935 size reels. We have bass fished with them for years, some are as old as ten years old and our newest is 1 1/2 old. These are not fancy high tech stuff. Just built well and we have landed some 30 plus inch stripers and big cats on them. This past April we traveled to Dale Hollow for our vacation. We were targeting big female post spawn smallies on deep water grass flats. The biggest we caught was 7 pounds and was caught on a spinning rod and a Ned Rig. On the last day she hooked an 8 pound channel cat. I do not recommend chasing big cats with a 6 foot light action GL3 G Loomis rod. The reel was one of her Presidents. The drag worked fantastic and while the fish ran her all around the boat, she did land it. Also, I have never had to get one repaired yet. So for a highly reliable and affordable reel I would jump on one. My wife only uses spinning reels, including for frogging. Myself, I have one President and two more expensive spinning reels and they were picked for faster retrieve speeds. The rest of my gear includes a dozen baitcasters. Put one of these reels in your hands and I think you will be happy with it. By the way on all of my spinning reels I fill the spool 1/2 way up with Stren Clear Blue Original mono in 14 pound test. Then I use Berkley Original FireLine Fused in 14 pound test. That line is equal to 6 pound test mono in diameter. The FireLine handles so smoothly and hardly ever gives us coil issues. When we go out and fish those deep clear lakes we just add a 4 foot leader of either fluoro or P Line CXX in 10 pound test. That is our setup. I hope that helps. I see that, that Reel has a lot of reviews. The Pro Max has a lot of features of the Revo Reel has. It's hard buying a brand i never used before. Plus, all my Baitcasters are Abu Garcia. It's a tough decision between the 2 Reels. Or i can pay 20 bucks more and a Orra s. So many opinions right now. Quote
basszilla Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 So why is it that when I Google reviews of the President, I read complaints about the foot breaking off? That's another reason I decided not to buy a Chinese reel for my re-entrance into freshwater fishing. Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted January 23, 2017 Global Moderator Posted January 23, 2017 13 hours ago, DBL000006 said: I'm not in the Market to go crazy on a spinning Reel. I have few low range Spinning Reels already. I've heard that the Pro Max has some Revo parts on it. Just some thoughts guys. Again i really only use baitcasters most of the time. Just want a decent Spinning Reel. I want your thoughts on this Reel. Please don't say, you can send 30-50 more Dollars and buy this Reel. I know that and that isn't why i made this Post. Thanks guys and can not wait for the feedback! No experience with the spinning reel but if they perform as well as the pro max casters they're well worth it! I have 4 pro max baitcasters and I love them. Abu Garcia for Life! Lol 1 Quote
DBL000006 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Posted January 23, 2017 1 minute ago, 12poundbass said: No experience with the spinning reel but if they perform as well as the pro max casters they're well worth it! I have 4 pro max baitcasters and I love them. Abu Garcia for Life! Lol I actually did some research on the Orra SX. That Reel is 100 bucks on other Sites. I can get that Reel for 83 and change. I may just spend the extra 25-30 dollars and buy the Orra SX Spinning Reel. Quote
Super User fishnkamp Posted January 23, 2017 Super User Posted January 23, 2017 If I remember correctly there was someone on here that complained about breaking the reel foot off 3 of them. He was the only person I have ever heard say that. I have no idea how he did it. Your mileage may vary... I did my own google search and it came up with reviews from Bass Pro, Cabelas, Amazon, and Gander Mountain and all of them averaged 4.8 to 5 out of 5 ratings. I can only express my own experience from using them for so long. Quote
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