Reel question for you all...

[A9]

My next spinning reels are looking to be Shimano's and Pluegers....same with my next levelwinds or baitcasters= Shimano and maybe Pluegers...

Abu Garcia's aren't making very nice spinning reels anymore, Daiwa's aren't bad, but Okumas are bad...

Can't go wrong with Penn's either..

[zen leecher aka Bill W]

My next one will be an InCyte as I want to see if it's as good as it looks.

[Toni]

My next one will be an InCyte as I want to see if it's as good as it looks.

That was another reel I was looking into before I bought the President. I had heard good things about both and they were same price. Joe's didn't have it so I got the Pflueger.
I went to the fishing shops on line and compared the reviews.

[dilbert]

You folks have been great to me in everything that I have needed help on. The situation is now out of my hands as my wife has purchased the gifts already.

I know what you're getting

[zen leecher aka Bill W]

You folks have been great to me in everything that I have needed help on. The situation is now out of my hands as my wife has purchased the gifts already.

I know what you're getting

I know also as dilbert squealed... but since I have...what's that thing that makes you forget.... well I can't remember.

[Hexnut]

I bought a Quantum energy Ci spinning reel last spring and its unreal. Titanium bail wire and magnetic bail are sweet and super smooth. About 90.00 so a little pricey. Bought and returned a Pflueger President because after a week the bearings started to feel "crunchy" on retrieves. Also, on hook sets, the bail would pop open and I kept losing fish...

As far as Shimano, they are all good reels. I have a Sahara 2500 that has never failed in salt and fresh H20..

Hexnut

[EastsideRedneck]

I bought a President earlier this year and absolutely love it. From May 'til late July I fished with it nearly every day w/ only a single complaint- The bail will close every now and again prior to actually casting. I think it is more of a personal issue of just not ensuring I heard the audible "click." For the money it is very smooth and reliable. I am buying two more setups (an ultralight and heavy-duty) here in the next week or so and I am definitely considering another President.

Hex- Where'd you find the Quantum Energy for $90? I keep eyeballing that one...

[A9]

Those Pluegers are nice but the drags are iffy on them...

I tend to use reels hard (Don't clean or lube em really, except for a shot of WD 40 here and there) for 2 or 3 maybe 4 years (if they last) and then I dump em, and repurchase new ones...I'm just not sure the Pluegers will hold up for me. I'll have to buy one though for personal experience....

[zen leecher aka Bill W]

Hey 2Ksubaru...what did Santa bring you??