what kind of reel is this.. NO PHOTO, sorry..

  • oldrat
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 1531
    February 18, 2015 at 6:51 pm #1513230

    when I was at Cabelas a few weeks ago, I saw a reel that I still cannot believe nor understand .. and that’s with 40 plus years of the tackle industry.. this was a bait casting reel.. with a long stem and it basically attached like a spinning reel.. some one explain this reel to me.. what is it called and what do you use it for.. I am completely confused and ready to learn something new..

    Breezy
    Posts: 29
    February 18, 2015 at 6:59 pm #1513237

    Like this?

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    folke2000
    Posts: 56
    February 18, 2015 at 8:00 pm #1513261

    Sounds like the 13 Fishing Black Betty reel. Just a reel used by ice fishermen to reduce line twist.

    Folke2000

    oldrat
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 1531
    February 18, 2015 at 10:17 pm #1513296

    yep.. that’s it.. how do you use it? how do you control it.. you can’t thumb it, can you? I completely never saw anything like it.. I am truly listening..

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6019
    February 19, 2015 at 7:55 am #1513377

    Never seen anything like it. Can’t imagine how it would work.

    -J.

    Gregg Pfeifer
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 889
    February 19, 2015 at 8:11 am #1513389

    We probably haven’t seen them used because at $90 a pop that’s one heck of a pricy panfish reel. I’d like to be one of the first to try it… when prices drop to less than half that.

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6019
    February 19, 2015 at 10:27 am #1513480

    Ok, that makes sense.

    -J.

    oldrat
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 1531
    February 22, 2015 at 7:23 pm #1515047

    yes but can some one explain to all of us.. HOW DO THESE WORK? they are as confusing as anything I have seen since 1972 and my first fishing job..

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2973
    February 23, 2015 at 4:59 am #1515119

    It “works” just like an inline ice reel,like a fly reel,it has a multiplier gear box and the longer stem…otherwise it’s just a fancy fly reel…

    Hot Runr Guy
    West Chicago, IL
    Posts: 1933
    February 23, 2015 at 7:20 am #1515132

    Does this help?

    HRG

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