Pinnacle Alyssa XLT and Vision XLT

[The Rooster]

I was on the Pinnacle website looking at these two reels.  I noticed that the Alyssa has 165 yd capacity while the Vision has 120, both using 12 lb. line.  Any reason for the higher line capacity on one over the other??  Was it intended to be used in a specific application that may require more line capacity, or maybe more space for the same amount of heavier line instead of a lot more of the smaller line?? 

Also, more important to me is......does this increase the overall size of the Alyssa reel over the Vision??  I'm used to the size of my BPS Extreme reels now.  I don't want a reel that is a lot bulkier than that when I palm it.

[wickyman]

I have yet to hold the alyssa, or xlt visions, but from what I have seen on the website, they are both very small palmable reels.  I have to say that they look no bigger than my bionic reel, and just as light, with more metal!  lol  I am so used to smaller reels, that it almost seems impossible for a great manufacturer to make anything huge anymore!   

I would assume the reasoning behind the larger capacity spool, would allow you to use a heavier line, with less issues.  I.E. birds nests from too much line, or even too much over spool on the cast.  I could be wrong, but that to me seems like the only viable answer.  I am curious to hear what pinnacle1 says! 

[The Rooster]

Well I went to ebay and looked up one for sale there and it shows a picture of it that provided a different angle than the pictures on Pinnacle's website.  It looks like it might be comparable to a widespool version of other reels such as the Extreme ETX20HC models from Bass Pro.  That particular reel holds 160 yds of 12 lb line.  Only 5 yards difference.

[247bassin]

I have the Vision Slyder, I absolutely love it...

I have 50 pound braid on it and it hold a 120 yard filler spool.  I use it for a jig reel, for flipping and pitching.  It is by far a much better reel than I would have expected for a $50 reel.  It pitches great, and I can cast it very far when casting. 

Hope this helps...

[flippinout]

The Alyssa is the same size as the Solene.  I got two Alyssas for Christmas.  The spool is cut deeper to make the room for extra line.  I requested these reels on my wish list in order to hold enough 15lb line for C-rigs and swimbait fishing.   I can throw an entire spool off my Solenes.  Hope this helps.

[The Rooster]

The Alyssa is the same size as the Solene. I got two Alyssas for Christmas. The spool is cut deeper to make the room for extra line. I requested these reels on my wish list in order to hold enough 15lb line for C-rigs and swimbait fishing. I can throw an entire spool off my Solenes. Hope this helps.

Yeah that helps a lot.  So it's no wider, it's just deeper spool only.  That's cool.  Does it make it feel any bulkier in your hand, such as having a higher profile on the rod??  For example, I noticed the Bass Pro Rick Clunn model has 135 yds of 12 line while my Extremes hold 120 yds.  Just 15 yards difference but when I ordered a RC reel I immediately noticed it was bulkier in hand, set up higher on the rod overall.  I ended up sending it back (but not for this reason, had issues with overall build design I didn't like). 

I'm so used to the lower profile of the Extremes I'm not sure I can adjust to a reel that has a higher profile or feels bulkier in hand.

[southtexasbassin]

I have a Vision XLT and I am not to impressed with it.  If I cast the reel sometimes the brake will move by itself.  I notice this has happen because of the backlashes I am getting.  Not only that, the screw that holds the hand to the reel broke off.  There was a defect with the screw and the spool.  Pennacle replaced them but I still dont like the overall performance of it. 

[Jeff H]

I recently bought a Alyssa XLT10 and it's had some problems from the very start. I bought it as a gift for somebody and now have it back minus the left sideplate that fell off when he was using it and was lost. He told me it also would tend to spin the handle backwards when he pulled on a snag. Took it apart and cleaned the one way roller bearing and that helped a bit but it still did do this once. I don't know what to do with this thing. I should probably give them the chance to fix it and see how it works rather than letting it collect dust and suffer the the $80 loss. On the other hand, I hate to put any money into the thing too.