Got the fever,getting set to start after some early wiskers.Been looking at a new reel found these Alphamars,look pretty beefy,got high poundage drag system,good line capasity just wonder if any one has had a chance to actually play around with one,or what your opinions may be on them.thanks
I looked up that reel and it seems a little over kill and didnt read if it had a clicker , which in my mind is a MUST for cattin.
I would think this reel would be more suitable for the job cattin reel
JMHO Jeff
Looks like a really decked out 6500. If you are really jonesing for a big Abu, I saw that JR’s Tackle in Brooklyn Park had a 7000i last time I was there for a reasonable price.
I just took a quick glance as the FW is telling me it’s bed time.
What I liked was the 10 lbs more drag than the 7000’s…but I’m a line out alarm kinda guy. I like watching the bite happen, but there are those times when that alarm just wakes a person up.
Heck now that I think about it, I can’t remember a time where I said “damn! Wish I had a heavier drag”.
Looks solid!
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I just took a quick glance as the FW is telling me it’s bed time.
What I liked was the 10 lbs more drag than the 7000’s…but I’m a line out alarm kinda guy. I like watching the bite happen, but there are those times when that alarm just wakes a person up.
Heck now that I think about it, I can’t remember a time where I said “damn! Wish I had a heavier drag”.
Looks solid!
they do have a line out clicker.
By looking at the photo I see the line out alarm is in the same location as the 7000c3i. 
Are you going to try one out?
Looks like it would be a pretty nice reel.
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Looks like it would be a pretty nice reel.
+1
walleyejgr what kinda of break problems are they having with these anyone know?
grinding noise
Well that’s not good.
I guess reels are like computer software (and many other things). Wait until they’ve been out a while for other people to work out the bugs…then buy.
I recall I love MS Excel v 2.5. When the next version came out it was changed a lot and I had a hard time finding tools ect and a harder time completing uncomplicated tasks.
There were two Garcia 7000iC3’s at last Saturdays swap meet at the Bluffs. One was mounted on a St Croix Premier and the other on a Guide Series rod. The whole works went for $200. including the braided line on both reels.
I should have snatched them. 
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Well that’s not good.
I guess reels are like computer software (and many other things). Wait until they’ve been out a while for other people to work out the bugs…then buy.
I recall I love MS Excel v 2.5. When the next version came out it was changed a lot and I had a hard time finding tools ect and a harder time completing uncomplicated tasks.
There were two Garcia 7000iC3’s at last Saturdays swap meet at the Bluffs. One was mounted on a St Croix Premier and the other on a Guide Series rod. The whole works went for $200. including the braided line on both reels.
I should have snatched them.
Doooooo!
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I guess reels are like computer software (and many other things). Wait until they’ve been out a while for other people to work out the bugs…then buy.
I recall I love MS Excel v 2.5. When the next version came out it was changed a lot and I had a hard time finding tools ect and a harder time completing uncomplicated tasks.
2 Words. Windows ME
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There were two Garcia 7000iC3’s at last Saturdays swap meet at the Bluffs…
Tell Mrs. Robinson “Thank you” again. I think I will likely leave the dried fish slime on the reels for good luck. I never clean ’em anyways. 
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