$500 Baitcaster

Well, I'm not buying one, but I have to tell you guys. . . I'm danged
impressed. Went to a new local tackle shop today and was nosing around the
reels with a friend of mine who asked me if I'd seen the new Shimmano
"computerized" reel. I hadn't so out of the show case it came. The guy
behind the counter telling me how far it could cast. . . farther than I
could throw any reel in the joint. blah blah blah.. you know?

So I says "Look pal for $500. my thumb does just as good a job". He says
"Five bucks says it can't." I say's "yer on." So out the front door of the
shop and into a long long nearly empty mini mall parking lot we go. . . me,
my buddy another customer and the sales clerk. The guy hands me the rod and
reel and says give it a go. I threw a medium cast and it went ok, but didn't
notice much difference. Then he turned me into the wind and said... give it
a real heavy throw and . . . don't put your thumb anywhere near the spool.
I did and it went pretty well, but I think i was a little timid with it. But
I threw that silly thing a country mile and not a line strand out of place.
It was amazing.

But then this guy who was with us took that reel and threw the plug farther
than I have ever seen any cast in my life. And never touched the reel spool
and not anywhere near a backlash. Now I'm not going to go buy one, can't
afford it any longer, but it was the damndest thang I ever saw when it came
to casting. Now it does have a set back in that the retrieve is slow.. like
a 5:1 or something like that. A great crankbait reel though because you
could throw the thing into the next county.

Just wondering if anyone else has seen this thing and had any thoughts or
comments about it. I was very favorably impressed with everything except the
price.

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

no reel is worth 500 bucks...unless you can afford it LoL

so here's the question. did you pay him the $5or not?

crownliner

"Josh" wrote in message
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Well, I'm not buying one, but I have to tell you guys. . . I'm danged
impressed. Went to a new local tackle shop today and was nosing around the
reels with a friend of mine who asked me if I'd seen the new Shimmano
"computerized" reel. I hadn't so out of the show case it came. The guy
behind the counter telling me how far it could cast. . . farther than I
could throw any reel in the joint. blah blah blah.. you know?

So I says "Look pal for $500. my thumb does just as good a job". He says
"Five bucks says it can't." I say's "yer on." So out the front door of the
shop and into a long long nearly empty mini mall parking lot we go. . .
me,
my buddy another customer and the sales clerk. The guy hands me the rod
and
reel and says give it a go. I threw a medium cast and it went ok, but
didn't
notice much difference. Then he turned me into the wind and said... give
it
a real heavy throw and . . . don't put your thumb anywhere near the spool.
I did and it went pretty well, but I think i was a little timid with it.
But
I threw that silly thing a country mile and not a line strand out of
place.
It was amazing.

But then this guy who was with us took that reel and threw the plug
farther
than I have ever seen any cast in my life. And never touched the reel
spool
and not anywhere near a backlash. Now I'm not going to go buy one, can't
afford it any longer, but it was the damndest thang I ever saw when it
came
to casting. Now it does have a set back in that the retrieve is slow..
like
a 5:1 or something like that. A great crankbait reel though because you
could throw the thing into the next county.

Just wondering if anyone else has seen this thing and had any thoughts or
comments about it. I was very favorably impressed with everything except
the
price.

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

Give it a couple years and Zebco will probably have one for $35.99
"J Buck" wrote in message
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no reel is worth 500 bucks...unless you can afford it LoL

I once thought the Curado was too much. Now I own 5 of them. Also thought
it'll be a cold day on August before I ever spent over $100 on a rod... now
I own, well never mind. Let's just not tell my wife.

Would I pay $500 on a reel??? I hope not!

--
Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com


"J Buck" wrote in message
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no reel is worth 500 bucks...unless you can afford it LoL

"Josh" wrote in message SNIP

Just wondering if anyone else has seen this thing and had any thoughts or
comments about it. I was very favorably impressed with everything except
the
price.

I saw this reel at its debut in Las Vegas for ICAST and got a chance to play
with it. I was impressed with how far I could throw an amazingly small
practice plug, but it is NOT infallible.

A guy from South Africa gave the reel a try and threw a backlash of EPIC
proportions. I though only my clients caused ones that bad..... :-)
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"Josh" wrote in message
...
Well, I'm not buying one, but I have to tell you guys. . . I'm danged
impressed. Went to a new local tackle shop today and was nosing around the
reels with a friend of mine who asked me if I'd seen the new Shimmano
"computerized" reel. I hadn't so out of the show case it came. The guy
behind the counter telling me how far it could cast. . . farther than I
could throw any reel in the joint. blah blah blah.. you know?
BIG SNIP

Just wondering if anyone else has seen this thing and had any thoughts or
comments about it. I was very favorably impressed with everything except
the
price.

At some point you can go to far with all the "aids" our technology can bring
us. At some point I guess we'll each own an android that will cast for us.
Maybe we won't even leave the house, we'll just watch our droid fishing on
our watch. Frankly, I hope the perfect rod, perfect reel, perfect lure,
etc, is never found. There's something about an occasional backlash and an
occasional day of getting skunked that keeps us all coming back.

Crown, lol he let me off with the promise I'll bring my business to his
shop.. told him I'd see him Sat morn. lol.

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

What shop? I would like to try one out.

Kurt

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:30:22 -0600, "Josh"
wrote:

Crown, lol he let me off with the promise I'll bring my business to his
shop.. told him I'd see him Sat morn. lol.

Steve wrote:
A guy from South Africa gave the reel a try and threw a backlash of EPIC
proportions


South Africa = South of the Equator. Everything spins the other way there.
Obviously, his counter clockwise muscle movements confused the clockwase
programmed computer.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing