I finally decided to make my first trip to Bass Pro Shop in Sevierville Saturday and am proud to say I escaped with only $115 bill. I was wanting to look at the new reel design before I got one. I purchased the Extreme model for $49 instead of going for the Pro Qualifier for $100...just to see if it there was any advantage to it.
As far as the function of it, it seems fine,smooth, and the theory of bigger spool will reduce line twist is probably true. It comes with an extra spool and I put Suffix Elite 12# on one and the Fireline Crystal 20# on the other. For some reason ,no matter which way you turned the Suffix spool it twisted terribly, and the Crystal was fine ..I spooled a bunch of backing off another reel and had no twisting problem with it.
I went to Douglas Sunday morning and the first thing I did was unspool the Suffix and let it lay on top of the ice and water for a while and then reeled it up and a crankbait on and used it for an hour or so . The reel seemed work fine and really couldn`t detect any real line twist at all and it seems to cast good although I didn`t have it on a good rod for slinging cranks.
I switched to the spool of Crystal and put a jig on and as usual love the feel and had no problems with twist or memory even in the icy water... I would guess that in anything but clear water the line would be fine for most techniques. I believe Fireline and and even the flourocarbons almost need to be broken in with use. Especially the braid type superlines seem to work better after they been run over the eyes for a while....makes them more flexible....
I would like to be able tell you the reel and line handled whoppers with ease but since we didn`t get a bite I won`t lie.....We had a better chance of catching a Penguin than a fish on Sunday.....will update as I get to use them more but I think the reel will be better for reducing line twist at least.
As far as the function of it, it seems fine,smooth, and the theory of bigger spool will reduce line twist is probably true. It comes with an extra spool and I put Suffix Elite 12# on one and the Fireline Crystal 20# on the other. For some reason ,no matter which way you turned the Suffix spool it twisted terribly, and the Crystal was fine ..I spooled a bunch of backing off another reel and had no twisting problem with it.
I went to Douglas Sunday morning and the first thing I did was unspool the Suffix and let it lay on top of the ice and water for a while and then reeled it up and a crankbait on and used it for an hour or so . The reel seemed work fine and really couldn`t detect any real line twist at all and it seems to cast good although I didn`t have it on a good rod for slinging cranks.
I switched to the spool of Crystal and put a jig on and as usual love the feel and had no problems with twist or memory even in the icy water... I would guess that in anything but clear water the line would be fine for most techniques. I believe Fireline and and even the flourocarbons almost need to be broken in with use. Especially the braid type superlines seem to work better after they been run over the eyes for a while....makes them more flexible....
I would like to be able tell you the reel and line handled whoppers with ease but since we didn`t get a bite I won`t lie.....We had a better chance of catching a Penguin than a fish on Sunday.....will update as I get to use them more but I think the reel will be better for reducing line twist at least.
