Is saying "Kastking" blasphemy here?

[foakes]

Is saying "Kastking" blasphemy here?

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Absolutely not.  Kastking, and many other reels have a place in the angling world.

As we either become more educated in repairing reels or just fish, toss away broken reels and buy another —- the possibly more important question might be...will this reel do a good and capable job for my expectations?

Everyone is different in their viewpoints.

Personally, I am a simple guy that appreciates a basically tough lifetime reel that parts are available for —- and will handle the occasional large surprise fish.

Others are very happy fishing and replacing their reels or adding a new one every few trips —- other folks like to tinker with their reels and upgrade them if possible.

Either choice is fine.

A caution, for many of us is to not become snobbish or elitist.

Everyone advances at their own pace, and there is room for all of us.

I just received a box of about 40 reels from the wife of a friend who passed on a few months ago.  Over his lifetime he bought Penns, Shimano's, Daiwa's, and others.  Every time he would go on a fishing trip, he would buy another reel.  A few years ago, I gave him a new Cardinal 6 and a DAM Quick 3001.  He never needed to buy another reel since.  He fished for large Lake Trout up in Canada.  All his old reels just need a service and maybe a bail spring or a new dog.

I know that only a few of us will admit to using a Zebco push-button spincaster in our early days —- but Zebco has sold more of those reels, and introduced more kids & folks to fishing than the next 10 brands combined.

Glad this subject was brought up!

Best, Fred

[jgp12000]

QT,I been using slip bobbers for live bait fer years I prefer the rubber football shape over the string/bead type & not the 3 hole plastic version either

[jgp12000]

Fred,
Just the 1st box to the left has a Cardinal & 2 Penn Z models those alone are gold!

[Gfish]

Not only will I admit to using spincasters, but I have a tiny collection of my favorites, including 3 Zebco 33's. Daiwa still makes a good one and there were some old-school tanks from the 50's and 60's.

[oc1]

I looked for a while for a red and black spincast like my first brand new reel. There is a similar one marked J.C. Higgins and we had a Western Auto store in town but the drag knob is different. Funny I can remember exactly what the drag knob looked like after sixty-something years but can't remember what we had for dinner last night.