6:3.1 gear ratio

[BASS fisherman]

What would a reel with a gear ratio of 6:3.1 be good for?  What would you use it for?

[5bass]

Flippin and pitchin,t-rig,c-rig,spinnerbait

[Matt Jungblut]

fishing

[BASS fisherman]

fishing

Gee thanks dude, that helps alot!

[BASS fisherman]

Flippin and pitchin,t-rig,c-rig,spinnerbait

Thats what I was thinking too.  I have an Abu Garcia with the same gear ratio, that I use for flippin and pitching, but it gets so heavy after a while.  

[jdw174]

While it might be a bit much for deep cranking, I'd say that a 6.3:1 would work for just about anything else you could toss while bass fishing.

[vtbassin]

What would a reel with a gear ratio of 6:3.1 be good for? What would you use it for?

I would consider it a good all round ratio that you could do about any technique you wanted to with.  Fast enough to burn a spinnerbait and all you need to do to slow it down is crank a little slower.  

[harshman]

Another thing to keep in mind is the amount of line the reel pulls in avery time you crank the handle. Just cause it says 6.3:1 doesn't make it absolutely specific to a certain speed(correct me if I'm wrong) For instance an ABU 5500 C4 with the 6.3 will pull in over 30" of line with one revolution where as most low profile bc's will pull in 25",26", 27" or even 28" and the so called burners 7.1:1 will still mostly pull in 28", unless you want to spend over $250 per reel to get 30" of recovery. Makes me wonder what an ABU 5500 C4 7.1:1 would pull in.

Harshman

[Banor]

fishing

Gee thanks dude, that helps alot!

The answer may have been overly simplified and a tad sarcastic but it is very accurate.  6.3:1 is probably the one size fits all gear ratio of baitcasting.  (Until you learn to specialize and figure out what works best for you for techniques).

B

[Raul]

Again, gear ratio has nothing to do with the speed of the reel, two reels with the same gear ratio can and will in most ocassions have different speed.

[Banor]

Agreed.

B

[Munkin]

This is how I use reels:

6-1= Anything that I am using the rod to move the lure like jigs, soft plastics, etc.

5-1= Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, anything that requires a constant retrieve?

4-1= Deep diving crankbaits ( The low ratio prevents my ADHD from kicking in and reelin to fast ;D)

Now I will use a 6-1 for spinnerbaits in the fall and like someone else said it is the best all around gear ratio.

Allen

[BASS fisherman]

Again, gear ratio has nothing to do with the speed of the reel, two reels with the same gear ratio can and will in most ocassions have different speed.

Then why do they assign a gear ratio to a reel?

[Raul]

The gear ratio only tells you the ammount of revolutions the spool turns for every revolution of the handle, 6.3:1 means the spool rotates 6.3 times for every turn of the handle, nothing more.

Most baitcasters with a 6.2-6.3: 1 gear ratio have a IPT ( inches of line the reel picks up efor every turn of the handle ) of 25"- 30" but there 's huge difference in speed between both, while with one you crankbait may run fine with the other it won 't, or while with one you have to reel in like mad to keep your buzzbait on the surface with the other it 's a piece of cake.

So, when you purchase a reel don 't look at the gear ratio as a measure of speed, look at the IPT.

"Burner" reels are burners only if they are actually picking up a lot of inches per turn, for example, most burner baitcasters have an IPT of 30", about half of all the spinning reels available in the market are faster than "burner" baitcasters. If you really want to burn baits look for the mid sized spinning reels, 2000-2500 sizes have an IPT of 30"- 33" ( Examples: Sahara 2500 = 30", Symetre 2500 = 31", Stradic 2500 = 33", Regal = 29.5" ).