My dream UL fishing reels

[Robert82]

Hi this is my dreeam UL fishing reels

[Gfish]

Nice, simple and sturdy.

[foakes]

Excellent reels, Robert —-

And in brand new condition with boxes!

The difference between a DQ 1001 and a 1000 is purely cosmetic.

The 1001 has the black-ops treatment, the 1000 is black & silver, with red knobs.

110 is a lifetime ultralight spinner also —- and maybe more.
(My younger brother Bob, bought a 110 back in '73, along with a Wright-McGill Eagle Claw 6 piece pack rod.  After fishing it for a lifetime —- they are now buried with him when he passed on around 8 years ago.  They traveled the world with him as he worked for various tech companies in his career.  And lots of back-packing).

Best, Fred

[festus]

I own a couple of 110 but I"ve never seen a DAM Quick 1001. So it was $49.99 brand new? A new reel of that mechanical quality would probably cost at least $250 nowadays.

[JasonGotaProblem]

My DQ 1000 is pretty great. I like fishing with it and if I needed to drive some nails I bet it could.

But if you want my daiwa SS700 you'd better bring some well armed friends. Fred and I will have to agree to disagree on that one.

[foakes]

There are (5) DQ Ultralight reels that I consider to be the best.

265 Microlite, 110 Microlite, 110N, 1000, 1001.

The 265 is an outstanding reel —- way ahead in quality and features of its introduction date around 1960.  Metal spool & engineering nearly identical to the DQ 270 Super, one of the strongest spinning reels ever produced. Worm-drive.  8 oz.

The 110 is a little larger, but tough as nails.  It is the tiniest in the Finessa Series of 7 DQ reels.  Worm drive,
8.6 oz.

The 110N is a smooth running reel and the smallest of the "N" line of 7 reels.  All metal worm drives, 8.8 oz.

The 1000 & 1001 are small, tough, aluminum skirted spool, all metal worm drives, internal bail trips, metal bodies, 7.9 oz.

Any of these reels will fish way above their intended target ranges.

I will be offering up many of these in the near future, since I have large bins of each of these models.  And plenty of parts to build new ones.

Best, Fred

[foakes]

My DQ 1000 is pretty great. I like fishing with it and if I needed to drive some nails I bet it could.

But if you want my daiwa SS700 you'd better bring some well armed friends. Fred and I will have to agree to disagree on that one.

No disagreement, Jason!

I have many tiny Daiwa reels in the silver and gold varieties. 

500, 700, 1000, mini-mites, and others. They are some of my favorites.

Caught a lot of trout in the 2-5 lb. range with these excellent little Daiwas.

But from an engineering and materials standpoint —- the DQ's are not as pretty —- but will outlast and perform very capably.

We also shouldn't forget about the Shimano Spirex 500 & 1000.

Best, Fred

[Robert82]

Thank you Fred indeed very nice reels for mi is more important the mechanical part

[Midway Tommy]

I've always thought of all those external bail trip Daiwa spinning reels as pretty hokie. I don't understand why they cut the corners on using an internal trip? 🙄 Never had the urge to buy one and probably never will since there are so many other high quality ULs out there to choose from.

[steelfish]

Hi this is my dreeam UL fishing reels

congrats for getting and own your dream UL fishing reels, I know the feeling.
what fishing rod you have for those reels?



in my case my Dream UL reel (and I already have it) is the Abu Cardinal 4

https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,37771.0.html

[jgp12000]

Robert those are nice reels you got there,I have 2-265s & a 110N.Little tanks,I have only had one drag knob give way on a 220, maybe it got cranked down too much in the past. One thing I would be careful about try to get some backups,the rest of the reel should last forever.

[JasonGotaProblem]

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But from an engineering and materials standpoint —- the DQ's are not as pretty —- but will outlast and perform very capably.

I guess we don't disagree as much as I thought.

When I had to evacuate, I grabbed both.

And Tommy, step one was remove it. I don't like an auto bail trip in general.

[CincyDavid]

On the subject of evacuating, I split my time between homes in SW FL and SW OH and have started buying two of each reel I like...one for each house so I don't have to worry so much about it. The only ones I don't duplicate are big saltwater reels...not much use for a DAM 550 in North Bend OH.

[Midway Tommy]

And Tommy, step one was remove it. I don't like an auto bail trip in general.

I don't mind the auto bail trip function, as a matter of fact I even use it when I have the option to manually flip the bail over. Just habit I guess. I've used them for so long I don't even notice it. It's just part of the function and operation. It's the external trip I detest.

[Gfish]

I like the option on the Daiwa's. But yeah, I always forget to use manual bail trip. External Auto-trip has a kinda violent clash. Wonder about the effect on the bail parts and maybe even the whole drive train. Extra wear?