medalist 1495

I just picked up a medalist 1495DA in excellent condition. I plan to put wf-8
line on it, but was just wondering how much 20lb backing this reel will hold.

Thanks

Scott Taylor writes....

I just picked up a medalist 1495DA in excellent condition. I plan to put wf-8
line on it, but was just wondering how much 20lb backing this reel will hold.

Thanks


Easily 100 yards. It's a big reel.

Joel Axelrad
**DFD**

On 21 Feb 2004 13:14:03 -0800, (Scott Taylor) wrote:

I just picked up a medalist 1495DA in excellent condition. I plan to put wf-8
line on it, but was just wondering how much 20lb backing this reel will hold.

With an WF8 you should get between 120-150 yards of 20# Micron on, depending
on how aggressive you want to get (I always leave around 1/4" of "freeboard"
on my spools, that'd get you the lower figure).

Not a great combination for bones but it'd work great for stripers...

/daytripper

On 21 Feb 2004 13:14:03 -0800, (Scott Taylor)
wrote:

I just picked up a medalist 1495DA in excellent condition. I plan to put
wf-8
line on it, but was just wondering how much 20lb backing this reel will
hold.

"daytripper" wrote in message
...

With an WF8 you should get between 120-150 yards of 20# Micron on,

My Pflueger 1495½ holds 400 yards of Micron
i.e. your 1495 may hold much more than 150 yards.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:43:51 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:

On 21 Feb 2004 13:14:03 -0800, (Scott Taylor)
wrote:

I just picked up a medalist 1495DA in excellent condition. I plan to put
wf-8
line on it, but was just wondering how much 20lb backing this reel will
hold.

"daytripper" wrote in message
.. .

With an WF8 you should get between 120-150 yards of 20# Micron on,

My Pflueger 1495½ holds 400 yards of Micron
i.e. your 1495 may hold much more than 150 yards.

Really?

Pflueger claimed 175 yards of 20# Micron for your reel, which was a full inch
thick, verses the 13/16" thick spool of a 1495, for which they claimed 150
yards...

/daytripper

daytripper wrote:

With an WF8 you should get between 120-150 yards of 20# Micron on,

My Pflueger 1495½ holds 400 yards of Micron
i.e. your 1495 may hold much more than 150 yards.


Really?

Pflueger claimed 175 yards of 20# Micron for your reel, which was a full inch
thick, verses the 13/16" thick spool of a 1495, for which they claimed 150
yards...


Maybe he filled it with just Micron?

Willi

Here's what Pflueger says.
http://www.pfluegerfishing.com/produ...ist-reel.htmlI
I hope you got an old one. The new ones aren made in some part of China
that's not up to normal Chinese standards.
Probably an old AK-47 factory.


"Scott Taylor" wrote in message
om...
I just picked up a medalist 1495DA in excellent condition. I plan to put
wf-8
line on it, but was just wondering how much 20lb backing this reel will
hold.

Thanks