![]() ![]() Spinning tackle lets you concentrate on fishing and not worry about casting. These reels are in a different league and the price tag reflects that.There's no arguing both Abu baitcasters and their Cardinal spinning reels were great designs and made to last.Īnyone arguing they're the best has a great argument.įor most beginning fishermen, spinning reels are easier to get the knack than baitcasters. These reels are made for finesses fishing. My prized reels for my Japanese Daiwa reels. At the end of the day they work and I got mine in primo shape. These reels were made in the 1980's and I still see them around and I have red one, silver one, black one in primo shape. If you clean them up, put new spool brakes on them, and ceramic bearings they can throw some extremely light lures even better than the new Lews Chinese or Korean reels. They made these to compete with the real Lews reels originally made by shimano, then ryobi, browning, and finally quantum/zebco. ![]() Abu Garcia 1000 series is one of the original free spools. These reels can blow the doors off anything that is out there under the $259 price point if done right for less than $100. My total investment is around $60 with parts (cog wheel, ceramic bearings, new drags, misc damaged parts, new composite pawl, etc. Sometimes I buy used 4500C reels that are trashed for $15 and rebuild them for fun and resell them. Man you can throw some small stuff with a lot of control for $20 investment. Ps: want to get real crazy and throw light stuff mike's reel parts sells a machined cog wheel. I have a few that still cast like a dream from the 1980's. If you get a divet in your spool tension shim just turn it over. Now if you want to have fun put in ceramic bearings and it is a casting machine. You can also use different weight brakes which came with the reels back in the day. If you change the bearings to ceramic bearings you will have to adjust your spool tension. Clean out the bearings in lighter fluid, let the bearings dry, and put back in. 4500C you can take the spool bearings out. ![]() I got a few of the old Abu Garcia 1000 from the 80's that I can put the new plastic cheaply made Korean and Chinese made reels including Lews under the bus. Mostly the younger generation that really doesnt know what a real reel can do. It is people don't know how to use the old Abu Garcia 4500 reels. ![]()
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