reel recomendations

[TSPS]

My 2 cents ,
I have a 6500 Sweedish and 7000c3 Taiwan , I love both , in fact I'm looking buy another 7000c3 this spring .

[JoeyM]

ditto the calcutta 400...it's worth it.

i have quite a few reels in that size class including avet sx's, progear 500's, and accurate 270's. our calcutta 400 are our favorites for casting out of all of those.

oh, and my sx's and the progear are magged for casting. the accurate is strictly a bottom fishing trolling reel.

the only downside to the calcutta...it doesnt like sand. we surf fish from ri to nc and are often on the beach. the sx's and the progear don't mind sand so much. the calcutta is more finicky with the sand. good thing about the calcutta though is quick take down with just a coin.

also, cant stand the tiny handle, we change them out to the larger live bait handle, which looks like the calcutta 700 handle.

the calcutta 400 is also almost impossible to blow up.

[JoeyM]

oh, i guess if you are looking at the abu 7000 or 6500, you should look at the calcutta 700 instead of the 400. either way, still worth the price.

yeah, and i dunno if you need 65 lb braid. our 400's are spooled with 50 lb powerpro. have taken sbft to about 20 lbs.

a calcutta 700 with 65 lb braid could land a big big fish.

[Pete_G]

Just filled a Calcutta 400:

With 15 yards of 20# mono for a base, I was able to put 160 yards of 50# Power Pro on the reel filled nearly to the top. I'd guess 125 yards tops if you went to 65# on a 400, probably less.

The thing with sBFT is they don't typically run into the rocks OR run in fast current.

[JoeyM]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Just filled a Calcutta 400:
The thing with sBFT is they don't typically run into the rocks OR run in fast current.

that's true, rocks lose a lot of fish....but then again, i've never seen a 20 lb. bass smoke 200 yards of line in a few seconds. tuna need no current to put the hurt on you.



yeah, if i was fishing alot of rocks in ri, i would go calcutta 700 and big braid or big mono. although i dont think you gain much comparing 50 # braid to 65 # braid. if it ends up in the rocks, the 65 will get cut pretty much as fast as the 50. a tough 20 # mono is prolly more abrasion resistant than even heavy braid.

[eelman]

Calcutta 400, I have caught literely thousands of bass on that reel up to 50lbs with 20lb mono, I never ran out of line, Block Island, all the breachways, and everywhere in between..The Calcutta is the van stall of convench...Get one! The best there is and it is perfect for the fishing you descibe......

[rhodyflyguy]

to be different, penn 525 mag. like it. a lot.