Buying my first B C in 70 years. opinions on a Lews LFS-SS1SHA at Cabela's $100

[NYWayfarer]

On 2/19/2022 at 9:48 AM, bulldog1935 said:

I hope this thing is on. 

There are better reel choices than Lew's for light braid and light lures, simply because they either come with BFS spool, or good aftermarket BFS spool choices are made for them. 

You'll hear much praise for Curado BFS, etc. 

Good Revo options, which is essentially Lew's design. 

got an old Ambassadeur? - the  microcast parts are out there. 

 

The reason I went from Lew's (after 35 years) to Daiwa is this exact reason. 

No spool options are made for Lew's. 

With this spool, no problem fishing small braid, no problem casting 1/16 oz (to 130', even). 

I just walked a friend through a new Daiwa Tatula 100, because the Momo honeycomb SV spool to match it still has online stock. 

Same here. The Lew’s LFS is a great reel but there are no aftermarket shallow spools available for them. 
 

I was able to find one for my Abu Garcia Revo X. I plan on using this with lighter lines this season.

 

 

 

[dodgeguy]

Gets a Lew's custom lite slp. It doesn't need a custom spool.weighs 4.9 oz. 209$ at sportsmansoutfitters.com.     

[bulldog1935]

not only that, he can carry 800 yds of his 2-lb braid. 

[Big Hands]

9 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

I'm too, let's call it empirical, to not know, and to settle for "about" anything.  

I love those multi-colored X-braids, because you can count off every 10-m while you're loading them (plus they have black marks every 1-m). 

They're also neat that you can look at the color of your spool and read your cast distance. or how much line you have out

I already know you like to pick the fly poop out of the pepper and then know what the fly ate for breakfast. It obviously works well for you and I appreciate that about you.

 

I'm a little less empirical with 'data', but I can imagine there are times when knowing how much line was out would be useful. As for casting distance, I usually only have enough line over the backing to have some in reserve if I need it, but not too much more. I can usually start to see the backing on a long cast and use that to see if I'm casting as far as I usually do with a given setup, etc.

 

Other than that, either I can cast to it or I can't ? 

9 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

One reason you want to be careful topping spools is being able to remove them. 

I swap spools around (a couple of Daiwa 34 mm reels with even more spools). 

But you also need to get inside for maintenance, especially if you're oiling unshielded spool bearings. 

I can't say that has never happened, doh!

 

I have also spooled up as far as I dared to push it, only to have the line pile on more toward the center enough to have it hang up on the reel foot  on a cast where I was really trying to wing an 8 oz swimbait as far as possible. So long SPRO Slow Sinking BBZ1 . . . .

5 hours ago, Bass_Fishing_Socal said:

@Big HandsI might be wrong then. I never use light line and a soft rod that require such a hook set.

I'm referring to days gone by when 5'6" MH pistol grip rods (the softest casting rods I had) that were rated for 10-25 lb monofilament filled our rod lockers that were built in laterally because no one was using rods longer than that until the flippin sticks became popular. You could swing surprisingly hard on 6 lb mono on a MH fast taper rod with that setup. When P-Line first came out (Izorline too), it was so stretchy, you could swing as hard as you wanted on their 6 lb test and it wouldn't break. Wouldn't set a hook well either.

 

Back then, I had to learn to do it. Now, I have to learn not to do it.