New reel

[beachbuddy]

6::::1. Retrieve on
N the boat. First up after the drift my TLD lasted 20 yrs. got the Torium off ebay £180 new in the box

Davey I think you need some backing on there youngin the retrieve will be pants.

[bri1960]

Boat reels

Just got a penn trq25 narrow from states was gonna use it for rock fishing but would be more suited for the boat ideal for braid with the narrower spool. It is a quality reel and they reckon they are bomb proof.I paid £260 for it they about £380 over here if anybody is interested send me a pm.Its brand new in box never had line on.Bri.

[canman]

Some interesting insites to all the different reels and their pros and cons, but can't understand why everyone wants to "winch" fish up as fast as they can, just to get back down again to do exactly the same thing again lift the fish with the rod, save the strain on your gears. Lifting the fish with the rod and then reel, allows the fish to fight back and give a good account of itself, after all, we're all out there to enjoy catching

[hulme6612]

For me the fast retrieve is more for getting the pirk/shad etc back up quick from the wreck, so i can have another drop on it before we pass it etc.

Or back up, baited again, ready to drop once the skipper has went back around to set the drift again. While others with a slow retrieve are still baiting/ changing lures and missing the wreck.

Not for when a fish is attached, that's when i take my time and would prefer a 2 speed.

[canman]

That's fair enough, but why pull a pirk up without a fish on just to drop it back down, unless its streaming away from the boat, by which time in all probabillity you'll be past the wreck anyway. Back to my point though, there are quite a few times i've seen anglers with their rods resting on the gunwhales winching good fish up and can see the fish going round and round, long giving up any fight it may of had in it when it was first hooked.