View Full Version : Best baitcaster with a flippin switch
Dutchman
03-20-2002, 04:53 AM
I'm looking for a couple of new 3-way/bottombouncing reels. I ordered a couple of Abu Garcia TP 3000 C's but they said they didn't have them in stock. Another choice would be the Quantum Accurist reels. They also have Dawia's with a flippin selector(What does that mean?)
Does Shimano make a reel with a flippin switch? I would appreciate comments on what you folks have used and how they have held up. Thanks....
" Fishing is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope "
SUPERTROLLER
03-20-2002, 05:57 AM
I use the Diawa reels and think they are great. Use them for bouncing and jigging heavy spoons. Model is Procaster X 153 iV. Three ballbearings but still smooth as silk. The Team Diawa's have more bb.'s and are a little nicer. Paid about 75.00 for mine. There is a Tri-force model by Diawa but I'm not sure if it has flipping switch. (yes, switch or selector,,,, it means the same thing) Anyway, if you can find the Procaster X with a flipping switch, I wouldn't be afraid of them. There were many different levels of Procasters made so check for number of bb.'s and see if it meets your specifications and pocketbook.
iamwalleye1
03-20-2002, 06:15 AM
I purchased the matrix from pinnacle last year and have had real good luck with them. I had talked to ted t. and he really spoke highly of them, They were a little pricey but I sure like the flipping switch. The drag is great no troubles!
Dutchman,
Shimano does make a baitcaster with a flippin' switch. Its called the Castaic and is around $120. I've used one for the last three years and its a really smooth reel, fairly light in weight and has a good braking system for casting if needed.
Muleskinner
03-20-2002, 07:39 AM
The quantum accurist is a smooth reel for the money. It is equipped with a flipping switch. The flipping switch is a good feature for bottom bouncing as you don't need two hands to rengage the spool when you adjust you depth. When the flipping feature is on you need only push the button and when released it is rengaged.
Cangl
03-20-2002, 07:47 AM
Dutch man those Abu are hard to comeby I have yet to see one but they pretty much originated the concept and if they have the push/slide forward and back like the old XL's that would be my choice. I also use Tri Force Z (40$) they work well but have a glaring problem that when vertical jigging and releasing line with thumbbar if you set the hook and release the thumbar at the same time you float the bearings. Which required loosening up the body and spinning spool back and forth until they reset. Though I am not fishing competively currently that "cost" me a monster on the Trenton last year on a steak. The teetertotter type switchs up on top of the body are a nightmare avoid those, hard to find and screw up often also. Thanks for the info guy's.
Dutchman
03-20-2002, 09:56 AM
Thanks to all....
" Fishing is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope "
You may want to try Pflueger's new Trion, low-profile reels. They are un-belevibly smooooooooooth! (And solid) i just picked up two, and am very impresssed. I haven't had the chance to use them yet... but am looking so forward to doing just so. They are around $100.00, and have a "flipping switch". (And little did those bass guys know just how practilce their "switch" would be for the walleye angler!)
For what its worth, I purchased 2 of BPS Walleye Signature Series baitcast reels last year for bouncing and they were great. Nice features plus flippin switch and good solid anti-reverse. They don't offer these any more but the "Extreme" baitcaster looked and still looks exactly like them. When I bought mine they had the "Walleye" series on closeout for about $40 or $50 so I chose it. Anyhow, the main difference I could see at the time was that the "Extreme" had a little less line capacity and a bit different retrieve rate if I remember than they built into the "Walleye" series. Other than that I think they were pretty much identical, at least the frame and features appear this way. I wouldn't be afraid to take a look, might even catch them on sale as they are a BPS stamped product!! I have enjoyed using them and would buy them again. I don't know who makes them but they looked suspiciously like the Pinnacle frames. Maybe not? They're on the web site for $70 right now. I will have to check the spring catalogs, it wouldn't suprise me to see them on sale in one of them. Good luck, lots of choices.....RJ in Montana
Go to Cabela's and get a 3600 Emenence reel made by ABU Garcia for Cabela's only. This reel sells for $99. It is the same as the TP3600 except it has 1 less ball bearing.
One thing that you need to be aware of - in a bait casting reel and a flipping switch - is which hand you fish with - and which thumb do you thumb the flipping switch with.
The reason that I say this - is that I am left handed - I always hold my rod in my left hand, and reel with my right hand --- both bait casters and spinning reels alike.
No problem if the reels are set up correctly.
I picked up a great reel last year. Low profile, flipping switch, and super smooth action and ball bearings.
I filled the spool and went fishing with it for one day -- rats --
The problem is that although this is a reel - with the handle on the right side - so that you reel with the right hand -- the flipping switch is really set up to flip the swith with your right hand. i.e. the switch was hinged from the right side of the reel - and had an internal swing down arrangement - that worked very smoothly and wonderfully well - if you were holding the rod in your right hand, and using your right thumb to flip the switch.
However, if you cast with your left hand, and thumbed the switch with your left hand - the switch tended to jam, because it was hinged only on the right side of the reel.
I considered modifiying the reel etc. but ended up getting a different reel.
All of the bait casters that I currently have now - all have a perfectly flat flipping switch - that is hinged on both sides of the reel, and can be thumbed equally well from either hand.
However, if you go into stores and look at a lot of the low profile "bass style" reels - you will find the overwelming majority of them are set up with the flipping switch hinged only on the right side - have the switch contoured to nicely nest the right thumb and - in general work very well for a right handed person.
The option - one might say is to use a left handed reel. This really fixes nothing, because a left handed reel - set up with the reel on the left side of the rod - would mean that I would hold my rod in my left hand - to cast - which would be fine for casting and thumbing - but for all of the reeling - it would put my rod in my right hand - which I don't want to do.
So - my only reason for the post - be sure as to how you are going to hold your rod, which hand you are going to reel with, which thumb that you are going to activate the flipping switch - and make sure that your reel - will work perfectly in the way that you want to fish.
Believe me -- the reels aren't all made the same - and if you fish in any way different than the way that the reel - was designed for - you will find that the reel will be unsatisfactory.
Take care
REW
youngeye
03-20-2002, 04:49 PM
Shimano Castaic
SLIPKNOT
03-20-2002, 04:59 PM
Yup, here is another vote for the castaic. Shimano reels are great and the castaic is no exception, silky smooth and I really like the thumb-bar design on them. Good luck!
Chevy4sur
03-20-2002, 05:27 PM
Quantum AC 400 (rhanded) AC 401 (lhanded)5.2:1 ratio, wonderfully light, smooth and effective when paired with the GLoomis 6'9" walleye series bottombouncing rod (I got several at Gander Mountain on sale for $59 each...great reel for the price.)
SUPERTROLLER
03-20-2002, 08:43 PM
I'm a little confused as to your response. Are you talking about the thumbar release thar disengages the spool? (OR) Are you talking about the switch which selects whether the reel re-engages the spool as soon as you release the thumbar or allows it to free-spool? I feel the best reels for bouncing should have a thumbar release along the back of the spool area and not the side button releases on one side. Possibly we are saying the same thing. I just got confused reading your answer.