Shootout of the $80 reels - PQ, Speed Spool, Aird

[Maggiesmaster]

About this time last year,  Bass Pro had their old style discontinued Pro Qualifier reels on sale for $49.00. I bought one for myself & one for a friend.  Big mistake---I should have bought several more!  They're not as good as my $300 Lews, or even my $200 Lews, but I could have had 4 to 6 Pro Qualifiers for one Lews.  Don't know how much Bass Pro will have them discounted during this year's  spring sale.

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5 hours ago, Chuck Popeeye Moser said:

Has anyone tried yje Kasyking line of reels?

 

I have several PQ’s and and a PQ2 (I personally like the original PQ better). I just bought a KastKing Assassin to compare since the Assassin was just on sale for $43.99. Also, since I don’t expect BPS to have stellar sales on the original PQ since it was discontinued, I am looking for a substitute for the PQ.

 

So far the only 3 things I can about the Assassin say are these:

 

The KastKing Assassin is 1) really light; 2) when the centrifugal brake is on, it is really noisy (the PQ doesn’t have a *edit* **adjustable centrifugal** brake); and 3) reeling the Assassin seems to take a little more work to turn the handle.

 

I have yet to even spool up the Assassin so the verdict for me is still out.

[new2BC4bass]

1 hour ago, Chuck Popeeye Moser said:

Has anyone tried yje Kasyking line of reels?

 

 

 

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/kastking-assassin-review.html

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/kastking.html

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/review-kastking-assassin.html

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/kastking-stealth-reel-review.html

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/kastking-assasin-reel-review.html

 

I can guarantee a search for "Kastking" will turn up quit a few more threads.

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X2 on the Fuego

[shawnmc]

Fuego CT. Best $67 I've spent in a long time.