casting conventional

[wheresmy50]

Originally Posted by Mr. Krinkle

I know a lot of people use conventional when casting plugs. I only use them when chunking from the beach. I'm curious to know what reels you guys can recommend for casting plugs (3 oz. plus). Oh yeah, I would like to use braid on the reel.

Does anybody have any experiance with the pre-magged Avet? I have an Avet that I use on the boat, but was looking at the magged one. Thanks in advance.

I use Abut 7000s for conventional casting.

I tried an Avet once, and so it sits barely used in a box in my fishing room. If you want to see for yourself how far an f-bomb carries on a lonly beach at night, you can have it for short money. I freely admit that in the right hands it's probably a very good reel.

[numbskull]

One trick to casting reels with minimal casting controls is finding the right oil viscosity. It requires some work (you need to clean and dry your bearings each time you change oils), as well as trial and error, but the right viscosity oil in the bearings can tame almost anything. For plugging with Newells I've had very good luck using Rocket Fuel XS formulation ( I used to get it from Hatteras Outfitters.... but hear they aren't very dependable anymore), which is thicker than their Red Formula. Stays in the bearings very well (longer than automotive oils). I'll bet it would work great in a Avet as well. Hell, I even tried STP at one point.

Steve, I haven't used the green Fireline, but didn't like the crystal Fireline formulation (which I found very slippery for conventional casting with big plugs). The latter might be fine with spinning tackle, however.

A nice thing about Newells for heavy loads can be seen in BB's picture. The spool flange lets you thumb that instead of the line (note the shiny right flange). The flange creates less friction so there is no grabbing/jerking which is a death knell for conventional casting. I don't know if Avets have that.

[steve]

Thanks , George.