Crankin' reels

[1FASTLASER]

Well I see that I have been missing some interesting conversations. So here I go with my .02 on the ratio of reels etc etc... Being that I am a journeyman millwright and it is my job to know things like being able to change the final drive ratio of any piece of equipment I walk up on I have to say that Cranebird is in fact correct when he posted his post about all the things necessary to determine line recovery rate and or speed. The spool height,width,line diameter and gearing all comes into play when determing final drive erate. For exampl say I am using a 10inch v belt pulley on the drive end and a 18inch v belt pully on the driven end to change up the final drive I dont have to change out the gearing in the motor if I want to slow it down or speed it up. In fact If I wanna slow it down a couple of rpms I go to a thinner v belt and if I wanna speed it up go thicker.

[dodgeguy]

the whole key to cranking with a high speed reel is to use the rod to move the bait and take in the line slack with the reel like worm fishing.this way you can fish it fast or slow without getting tired and your reel is fast enough to keep up with a charging fish.

[Cranebird]

Laser, It is difficult to determine anything from my posts since I went way overboard on this thread. I am one week away from being able to go back to work.I never thought I would say it but I really miss being able to work. C-Bird Tethered.

[BigBassin144]

C-Bird, where did you get the pi system things you used to find the gear ratio? and 1-1/8" is 1.125, so your answer for that would be 3.5325.

Anyways, my advice would be go with a 5.2:1 (or close for deeper cranks so you don't wear yourself out, and 6.3:1 for smaller cranks cause it is easier to crank slower with a fast reel than crank fast with a slow reel.

BB

[Bob Smith]

Frankly speaking, this topic has been pounded to death! lol
I guess if everyone turned the handle on exactly the same reel, from exactly the same distanced cast, with the exact same line (diameter and brand/batch), with the exact same bait, then it might mean something. There are more reels, rods, lines (and nobody spools the same amount of line on a reel). The bottom line is to use whatever rod/reel/line that fits your retrieve style when using a particular bait type the best. If it catches fish keep doing it , if it don't then change!

[zooker]

yep ivan is right 1 7/16 of an inch.. but ivan check the spool size on a tall heeled abu c-4 4600

i just love kickin the crap out of dis dead hoss...



zooker

[Cranebird]

Originally Posted by zooker

yep ivan is right 1 7/16 of an inch.. but ivan check the spool size on a tall heeled abu c-4 4600

i just love kickin the crap out of dis dead hoss...



zooker

There you go .Tell me how that 4600 C4 winch works with a tall spool size ? The only one more disapointing was the 5600 antibacklash reel I bought.That flapper thingy eliminated any long casting distances and I couldn't get the hang of pitchin short distances with it either...........