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Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Other Reel Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: ChileRelleno on July 12, 2014, 03:26:46 PM

Title: Straightcast Reel, Debuting at ICAST
Post by: ChileRelleno on July 12, 2014, 03:26:46 PM
Very interesting idea.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjMAcz2C4DQ
Title: Re: Straightcast Reel, Debuting at ICAST
Post by: alantani on July 12, 2014, 04:46:32 PM
seems tedious, but i guess you would get used to it after a while.   :-\
Title: Re: Straightcast Reel, Debuting at ICAST
Post by: Black Pearl on July 12, 2014, 04:52:37 PM
Since I will be at ICAST next week, I am going to check it out.
Title: Re: Straightcast Reel, Debuting at ICAST
Post by: Alto Mare on July 12, 2014, 04:56:50 PM
Fishing is getting too complicated :-\.
Title: Re: Straightcast Reel, Debuting at ICAST
Post by: Alto Mare on July 12, 2014, 05:13:25 PM
Quote from: Black Pearl on July 12, 2014, 04:52:37 PM
Since I will be at ICAST next week, I am going to check it out.
Yeah, do that. He might have it just for show, but if that reel doesn't come with a cover plate, make sure you keep your fingers away from the gears while turning the handle. :-\
Title: Re: Straightcast Reel, Debuting at ICAST
Post by: nelz on July 12, 2014, 06:04:48 PM
Interesting, but I wonder how the side casting will do without the benefit of a level winding mechanism?
Title: Re: Straightcast Reel, Debuting at ICAST
Post by: MFB on July 12, 2014, 08:40:50 PM
A clever bit of engineering, but swivels work well too. Had a friend out fishing with me and he had borrowed his dad's reel that had been in the shed for 20 years with the original line. Trolled it out behind the boat and it got rid of the worst of the twist.

Rgds

Mark
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