Canyon Reels

thunnus69 · February 17, 2013, 05:20:00 PM

Anyone have any experience with these reels? Their based here on the east coast and boast 78 lbs of drags without loss of freespool in one of their smaller jigging reels. There's a lot of impressive features in their reels such as SS internals, double anodized externals, some have double dogs, high speed gears, moderately priced. Can't understand why these guys haven't taken off or why I don't own one of these reels yet.
Thoughts???

Marlinmate · February 17, 2013, 05:38:02 PM

Read this

http://www.thehulltruth.com/dockside-chat/482954-canyon-reels-busted.html

Irish Jigger · February 17, 2013, 06:14:14 PM

...and this.

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=1536.0

Reelz · February 19, 2013, 01:05:46 AM

And this http://www.360tuna.com/forum/f60/alan-hawks-canyon-spinner-review-imo-interesting-eye-opening-33138/

thunnus69 · February 20, 2013, 03:49:33 AM

Thanks for the replies. Very informative. Hard to deny the side by side photos and weight comparisons.

Reelz · February 23, 2013, 01:01:54 AM

I guess its not bad if you pay $80 for one. But I would never pay $300 for one after seeing the comparison.

thunnus69 · February 23, 2013, 01:15:34 AM

I wonder about their conventional reels. I'm convinced and will stay away from their spinning reels. Their conventional reels boast some decent specs. and features. I am heading to the Saltwater Fishing Show in a couple of weeks in Rhode Island. I know they'll have a booth there.

johndtuttle · February 23, 2013, 06:32:49 AM

Quote from: thunnus69 on February 23, 2013, 01:15:34 AM
I wonder about their conventional reels. I'm convinced and will stay away from their spinning reels. Their conventional reels boast some decent specs. and features. I am heading to the Saltwater Fishing Show in a couple of weeks in Rhode Island. I know they'll have a booth there.

Just buy the Avet originals instead. Made in USA by a company that will still be around next year.