abu 7000c, how many still use one or a varient for rough ground ?

[onefortheroad]

I use a shop condition 7000c syncro , only when its freezing cold and at night.

[Dilbertd]

I use a 1976 red 7000 with the levelwind removed and the bushes swapped for hybrid ceramic bearings from Charlie at Reelbearings. It is bullet proof and casts well, just have to keep it clean so that the corrosion does not get at the alloy side plates. The 7000C is even better as it has brass side plates .

[john/r]

i have the old red abu 9000 just filled it up wth braid and its going to get used again,every now and again i fish with it ,done wreck fishing /uptiding/rock end wrk /cliff top/pier wrk and clean beach it does everything and niether with its slower retrieve pull the teeth out of a fishes mouth.
with these modern fast hyper speed retrieve reels i reckon there will be a lot of fish wanting dentures now.

[InCodweTrust]

I use a 1976 red 7000 with the levelwind removed and the bushes swapped for hybrid ceramic bearings from Charlie at Reelbearings. It is bullet proof and casts well, just have to keep it clean so that the corrosion does not get at the alloy side plates. The 7000C is even better as it has brass side plates .

I have a 7000c tweaked, and on rocket fuel, which will give my 525mags a run for their money on anything over 20lb line.
I have a, tweaked, 1950s, Pfluger sea king 2, which Abu pinched most of their 7000 ideas from, (And IMHO is better made than a 7000c ...Wait for it ?), which will outcast the 7000c on anything under 20lb, and would live with the 525s.

Only problem is 3 1/13:1 retreive.....
Beautiful reels... but when you really launch them to the horizon....you go 'B*ll*cks....I'm going to have to wind that in ?
The only reel where you can get really, really, bored winding in !
Boy do they go though!

mel......

[TerryC]

I have a couple, got a narrow spooled lever drag version, which has a 6.3:1 retrieve (was used a lot for Pollack fishing when I lived in Devon) and that was excellent when fishing rock marks in the Channel Islands, but my favourite is a 7500C3 High Speed made for the Japanese market which has the standard line capacity of a 7000, but with a very high retrieve.
I think (don't hold me to this) that if you swap the main drive gear and pinion you could improve the ratio of a standard 7000, parts shouldn't be too hard to find or expensive.

I wished it was so simple but unfortunately not. The spindle on the 7500 and the other high speed variants is only 3mm so your existing spool will not fit. I did this conversion and got all my spool spindles turned down. The "new" spools still fit the 7000 and I found a big increase in casting distance due to reduced drag between the spindle and the pinion gear.

If I could only have one reel for all types of fishing I would pick the 7500 C.

[dabcatcher]

I still use my chrome 7500c3 for the really rough stuff.

Chromed brass side plates and converted to ct with bearings. it casts as far as most large reels with 30lb straight through. With the higher retrieve.

ive loaded it with 70lb braid to try this winter.