07-30-2012, 06:27 AM
Thanks for the suggestion! I actually stopped by BPS today and returned the Shimano Spirex for an Abu Garcia Orra S 40.
Hopefully I will get a chance to try it out this week sometime (a whole week home and no travel, I should be able to sneak out some afternoon).
Really cranked on it hard at BPS and no play at from the rod on the down shaft so hopefully it will work great.
I really liked the Shimano Spirex, but when I tried a 4000 (I had a 2500) it had a ton of flex in it as well. I am sure for small or large mouth bass it would have been fine. Even for Walleye (we fish those up in Minnesota where I spend most of my time for work) that do not really fight too hard. But for dragging a fighting striper up from 50+ feet it just didn't do it for me.
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Hopefully I will get a chance to try it out this week sometime (a whole week home and no travel, I should be able to sneak out some afternoon).
Really cranked on it hard at BPS and no play at from the rod on the down shaft so hopefully it will work great.
I really liked the Shimano Spirex, but when I tried a 4000 (I had a 2500) it had a ton of flex in it as well. I am sure for small or large mouth bass it would have been fine. Even for Walleye (we fish those up in Minnesota where I spend most of my time for work) that do not really fight too hard. But for dragging a fighting striper up from 50+ feet it just didn't do it for me.
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