whats the best long casting reel?

[Jay9527]

i just got my xtasy 755c, i want to get a new reel to pair with it. i fish carolina rig and throw 3/4 oz sinker most of the time, what reel can cast the farthest? i have steez tw hlc and antares dc they cast pretty far, im happy with them. im wondering if there are any choices for a bomb cast. thanks !

[ATA]

I would go with Antares, It is definitely the best when it comes to long casting. Also Metanium 20 MGL.

[FryDog62]

I use a Tatula Elite for C-rigging... bombs them 20% farther than any other reel I’ve owned... 

[Basswhippa]

A wide spool ultra mag plus ABU from the 80s has one casting championships with several hundred yard casts.  You can find them on the auction site.  Or ABU Pro Rocket CS Mag should do similar to the ultra mag.  There's your answer,  unles you want something modern and lighter.

[bulldog1935]

Have to agree with Abu CT for ultimate distance - even better with Avail microcast spool (2012 world champion), braid and Avail internal mag brake. 

 

For my fishing, the greatest practical 1/4-oz distance is ZPI Alcance - magnesium spool, titanium spindle, and tuned mag brake cam. 

 

For the 3/4 oz, I think you'd be hard-pressed to beat Steez SV TW or Metanium MGL. 

[Jay9527]

7 hours ago, ATA said:

I would go with Antares, It is definitely the best when it comes to long casting. Also Metanium 20 MGL.

i agree , antares is great reel. butter smooth, downside just its little bit heavy. ill go check it out, metanium 20 mgl thanks 

2 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

Have to agree with Abu CT for ultimate distance - even better with Avail microcast spool (2012 world record), braid and Avail internal mag brake. 

 

For my fishing, the greatest practical 1/4-oz distance is ZPI Alcance - magnesium spool and tuned mag brake cam. 

 

For the 3/4 oz, I think you'd be hard-pressed to beat Steez SV TW or Metanium MGL. 

i had the matanium dc before, my steez and antares cast further than the matanium dc

[bulldog1935]

@Jay9527

everything is going to cast farther than dc, by definition. 

DC applies brakes 1000 /s

 

Lightweight (Mg) spool (or honeycomb alloy) have such low inertia, they respond to less brake force for longer cast. Casting is ballistic - speed is everything in distance. 

 

[jbsoonerfan]

I usually try to keep my casts within "bite detecting" range. But I can't cast 100 yards like most people on here.

[Catt]

Shimano Calcutta 100A ?

[new2BC4bass]

3 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

I usually try to keep my casts within "bite detecting" range. But I can't cast 100 yards like most people on here.

A bomb for me is about half that distance.  Never will be as good as some of these guys are. 

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Reels don’t cast, rods do. The best you can get from a reel is limited restriction of casts. Pick a quality name brand reel and set it up correctly and you’ll be able to cast further than you want to set a hook. 
 

Supple line, tightly and fully spooled, brakes set to preference, spool bearings flushed and lightly oiled, bait weight appropriate for the rod. Obviously you exclude shallow spool, BFS and “skipping” reels in this case. 

[Catt]

39 minutes ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

Reels don’t cast, rods do.

 

Been saying that here for years!

 

The reason Abu Garcia's are picked by world champions is because they "free" spool better than any other reels. 

 

But their rods ain't a 7' Carolina Lizard Dragger!

[bulldog1935]

The OP's question was really simple and doesn't require extrapolation, interpretation, and especially not pontification - especially when they're all erroneous. 

 

Ambassadeurs were picked by champion distance casters because they were the only reels available with ball bearing spools, and easy to modify to remove the extraneous parts.  Still not related to the OP's simple question, which deserves a fair answer. 

 

 

 

The reason one would want a fishing reel that casts great distance is because it reduces the effort and increases the reliability when casting to actual fishing distance. 

[jbrew73]

With a 3/4oz weight any $100 and up reel should throw it far enough.  I get good distance out of a $99 Daiwa. If I wanted more I would get the tatula elite long cast.

[Bird]

I start loosing accuracy at 200 yards ?

[DogBone_384]

8 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

I usually try to keep my casts within "bite detecting" range. But I can't cast 100 yards like most people on here.

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[WRB]

The OP identified his rod 7’5” 5 power fast action rated 3/8- 1 1/2 oz lures. The line that is used on the reel is a critical choice to determine reel spool size capacity.

Small diameter braid seems logical however a leader knot going through the guides is annoying. Let’s assume the OP is using .012D braid with .014/ .015D Copolymer 7’ leader.

Casting 50 yards isn’t unreasonable, maybe 70 yards down wind. Your reel spool should be in the 140 yards minimum capacity to maintain  IPT.

To use any of the Shimano reels recommended requires .009D/30# braid.

Any high end tuned casting reel will easily cast 50-60 yards on the rod.

Tom 

[Catt]

Every record holder will say it's the rod & the casting technique.

 

They use super tuned Abu Garcia's not cause they cast better but rather they free spool better.

 

They're also using 12-14' specialty rods.

[bulldog1935]

which again is off topic. 

 

The OP asked what reels cast farther, and if you take any reel, you can double the cast distance or cut it in half by changing the settings on it. 

 

If you look at it from design, you can increase the cast distance by reducing spool mass and inertia, so that everything about the spool and reel casting brake system works better. 

That's the velocity end of the cast curve and pretty much equates to rod length. 

From simple ballistics, very 20% increase in initial velocity doubles cast distance. You can get the same 20% by increasing the rod length 20% or by increasing the spool speed 20%. 

Every erg of work you don't have to subtract from the spool with brakes extends the cast distance. 

 

Tournament casters know that loaded line mass is part of the equation, and never load their spools with more a prayer's length of extra line, to keep the loaded spool mass down. 

They only plan to cast it once - they don't thumb at the end of their cast and don't care about end-cast backlash. 

Fishermen need a more reliable system, because they would like to cast over and over. 

[WVU-SCPA]

Give me my Penn Torque with any reel and a 4 oz pyramid and I could drag some local lakes in 1 cast.  Bite detection could be tough.

 

For the technique you are describing for whatever reason I've fallen on a simple Lews Mach 2.  I have 2 of them I can consistently cast the distance I want and outshine much more expensive reels.  Sure I could find something better but it does exactly what I want.

[bulldog1935]

there's logic to @WVU-SCPA linear mag brake choice. 

(likewise, my ZPI Alcance above)

If his start-up cast is smooth enough to get past start-up jerk backlash with that much weight, the simple linear mag brake will get a longer cast than a complicated DC system. 

Super Duty G continues to blind me with its long, reliable casts - the clean spool flange with no added mass or complications is part of that picture. 

(but it won't cast to distance of the Alcance Mg spool)

[Tatulatard]

Op has a steez hlc.  I highly doubt any of the reels listed could even match an hlc.

 

[DINK WHISPERER]

Pretty sure just about any reel will bomb a 3/4oz weight!

[freelancer27]

Daiwa Coastal TW 200. 

 

With the mentioned lure weight it casts further than my Antares Antares DC and steez' with the big weights. The bigger spool size really helps here

[Huckfinn38]

On 4/11/2022 at 9:04 AM, Basswhippa said:

A wide spool ultra mag plus ABU from the 80s has one casting championships with several hundred yard casts.  You can find them on the auction site.  Or ABU Pro Rocket CS Mag should do similar to the ultra mag.  There's your answer,  unles you want something modern and lighter.

Heavily modified. Levelwind removed, knobby mag added, ceramic bearings, and a balanced spool on a 13-15 ft rod. Not something out of the box you are going to cast 900 ft with.