Looking for new spin outfit. Over the past few years I have been bouncing back and forth with Pflueger Presidential reels and Gander Mountain reels. I feel that I have given the Presidential’s a good run for their money and have found them to be crap. Looking to upgrade just a bit. I would like to purchase a reel in the $100 range. Also would like a new rod (6ft. to 6.6ft. in length) to go with it. Any recommendations?
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Certainly NOT HAPPY with St. Croix service. Will never buy another at this point. Took over a month to get in touch with somebody and still NOT HAPPY with how they do things.
So far the gamble is good. I’m pretty happy with the 100 pack of Stubby Tubes. Hope to test them out in the next few days.
https://youtu.be/-iohezRLvBM So those tubes I ordered last year pretty much sucked. They looked nice. The thing that I didn’t like was their toughness, which basically didn’t exist. I caught fish with them but upon removal the tube would be falling apart. In most cases they were a one fish bait. They didn’t hold up well to bouncing off rocks either. Recently ran across a new place having a close out sale on 3” tube baits. I ordered 1 pack (10) of 3” flipping tubes which I think are die poured, and then for shits and giggle’s I ordered a 100 pack of 3” stubby tubes, which kinda look to be dipped, I hope. The 100 pack cost less than $18. I like the price. I’ll let you know if they’re worth jumping on.
Quick Review II Love the rod and reel combo. Very happy with the Penn reels. Love the rod. Ordered another.
Quick review: Loving the St. Croix paired with the Penn 2500 is great. I absolutely love it. The Penn 3000 are performing well also but are the size I thought they would be, which is a little large for my liking but work well for use in kayak only. I highly recommend the 2500 Battle III at this point. I won’t spend much time on the tubes. Momma said to never talk bad about people. I’ll just say that they are not for me. Searching for new manufacturers. I know it’s still early for gear but I wanted to let you know about the tubes.
And now I am ready...
I just figured as rough and careless as I am, it might be a good idea for me to give myself a chance...
That’s my brothers-in-law’s band! He’s the BASS player, of course. https://youtu.be/a_1GzRyLxLE
Well, you’ll just have to wait like the rest of us. 🤠
Waiting on my idiot bag.
Yippy (Sorry)
My Penn Battle III arrived today. Tippy!
And if you don’t know... I consider myself to be somewhat clumsy and hard on reels. I don’t like to spend too much on them. If the maintenance aspect of them turns out to be as easy as they claim it is then I hope to get many years use out of these. I hope.
The weight is NOT grossly bad. I missed that word in the post above. To be clear, there is nothing really wrong with the weight. It’s just noticeable. Thank you. Know go about your day.
These reels are the 3000 series and sell for 50 bucks. A little bit larger than the presidentials but I have had this size before. I was kind of afraid the other 2000 series option would be too small for my liking. The Penn Battle lll I’m waiting on is a NEW size 2500, so I think I’m gonna be very pleased with that size and weight. Yes I said “weight.” These are full steel bodies and pretty much everything machined right here in the USA. Maybe the handle grip padding is from China. The weight is noticeable but grossly bad or anything. Plus you can order all parts directly from them. These are suppose to be super easy to fix and maintenance. We’ll see...