"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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When I was a kid my dad bought a bunch of Abu Garcia 5000D bait casters
for
cat fishing. We had those rigged on some fishing rods that could have
doubled as pool cues. They would cast a 1 oz pancake sinker just fine
when
the spool tension was dialed in right. They would occassionaly backlash,
but I don't recall that were very bad. I don't think we were able to get
the casting distance that I can with my Daiwa 150i, but they did a pretty
fair job over all. No magnetic backlash control or anythign like that.
My
dad still has a couple of them and they still work about the same as ever
after nearly thirty years. They rarely get serviced.

I have been seriously considering buyng a couple of inexpensive metal
round
body Abu Garcias instead on the expensive plastic body Pfluegers,
Quantums,
and Shimanos I have now for my new reels next season.

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"Rob" wrote in message
om...
I've heard that the abu reels are also very reliable and borderline
indestructible... Looks like Cabe**'s has some really good deals on
those as well..

Thanks!
Rob



I use a couple of abu 4601's for both trout trolling and throwing plastics
and small Rattletraps. They are nice feeling reels. They are not the
greatest, but for $40 on sale, they do a great job. First place I used the
4600's was with a guide on Lake Fork. On Falcon rods, and we got a lot of
small bass that day. I have a 6500 I use for Striped bass bait fishing, is
starting to have some corrosion problems as it also gets used at times in
Sal****er. But the reel is at least 20 years old.