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Penn Battle II is a great choice for both fresh water and surf fishing

Originally Posted by Batchief909
You're going to like that Pflueger President....I own 4 of them. Good reels for the $$


I also agree with Batchief909, the president is great too

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Looking at a new Pflueger Arbor strictly for casting distance for use below one of our power generation dams.

Will be putting it on a 9 or 10" Southern Crappie Rod.

Pretty much a Pflueger fan myself. Have others but prefer my Pfluegers.


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Pflueger supreme for spinning. You can get good deals on ebay. I have never paid retail.

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Originally Posted by JimFromTN
Pflueger supreme for spinning. You can get good deals on ebay. I have never paid retail.


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Originally Posted by Blacktail53
I’m running two Shimano Stratic CI4’s on steelhead float rigs.
Super lite weight, smooth and fast retrieve at 6.0:1....35” per handle revolution.

While twitching jigs for coho the other day, I found the retrieval rate of the Okuma reel I was using to be too slow.
Too much effort (compared to the Stratic) trying to keep the slack in control and not nearly as smooth.

So, I found myself looking for a deal on another Stratic....
A local dealer is closing out the Stratic FK 2500 series for a good price - enough that I’ve decided to snag two of them!

The FK is the aluminum body version of the CI4 and just a bit heavier - all else is the same.
Neither Stratic is inexpensive, but they are top picks for any serious angler.

You’ll have to spend a lot more $$ to get a better product.



I’ve been using Stradics as well. Coho on a spinning rod in the open ocean is a blast.

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Originally Posted by Gooch_McGrundle
Originally Posted by Blacktail53
I’m running two Shimano Stratic CI4’s on steelhead float rigs.
Super lite weight, smooth and fast retrieve at 6.0:1....35” per handle revolution.

While twitching jigs for coho the other day, I found the retrieval rate of the Okuma reel I was using to be too slow.
Too much effort (compared to the Stratic) trying to keep the slack in control and not nearly as smooth.

So, I found myself looking for a deal on another Stratic....
A local dealer is closing out the Stratic FK 2500 series for a good price - enough that I’ve decided to snag two of them!

The FK is the aluminum body version of the CI4 and just a bit heavier - all else is the same.
Neither Stratic is inexpensive, but they are top picks for any serious angler.

You’ll have to spend a lot more $$ to get a better product.



I’ve been using Stradics as well. Coho on a spinning rod in the open ocean is a blast.


I'll bet!
Two days after buying the two FK's I put one to work on the Rogue.
I caught 3 Coho that day while twitching jigs - all of them natives and had to be released.
The reel worked flawlessly.


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Originally Posted by Blacktail53
Originally Posted by Gooch_McGrundle
Originally Posted by Blacktail53
I’m running two Shimano Stratic CI4’s on steelhead float rigs.
Super lite weight, smooth and fast retrieve at 6.0:1....35” per handle revolution.

While twitching jigs for coho the other day, I found the retrieval rate of the Okuma reel I was using to be too slow.
Too much effort (compared to the Stratic) trying to keep the slack in control and not nearly as smooth.

So, I found myself looking for a deal on another Stratic....
A local dealer is closing out the Stratic FK 2500 series for a good price - enough that I’ve decided to snag two of them!

The FK is the aluminum body version of the CI4 and just a bit heavier - all else is the same.
Neither Stratic is inexpensive, but they are top picks for any serious angler.

You’ll have to spend a lot more $$ to get a better product.



I’ve been using Stradics as well. Coho on a spinning rod in the open ocean is a blast.


I'll bet!
Two days after buying the two FK's I put one to work on the Rogue.
I caught 3 Coho that day while twitching jigs - all of them natives and had to be released.
The reel worked flawlessly.


We were outside the GH buoy outside Westport and a guy hooked a coho while trying to clip his line to the downrigger. A few minutes later, we noticed fish taking a swipe at the chartreuse downrigger clip. I whipped out my spinning rod I keep onboard for rockfish and tied on a 1/2 oz chartreuse and blue jig. Found a bait ball and tossed out the jig. Wham! Its amazing what kind of shoulders they got in 100 feet of water!

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Daiwa all day long. Was a Shimano guy,,,, "was"...


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You young whipper-snappers! The majority of my fishing revolves around ultra-light fishing with the Grandkids in the local creeks, ponds, & parks.

My old reels will date me for sure:

Penn 716

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Penn 714

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Both reels products of the 60's. I guess they're antiques..., like me.


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Originally Posted by seal_billy
Daiwa all day long. Was a Shimano guy,,,, "was"...


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I have FJ Stradics. They have worked well for me for years. Fresh and salt usage and tough as nails. Little heavier than most but extremely strong and machine work on gears is incredible. I clean them throughly and use Boca bearings and oil wo fail. They’re brutes. I try to buy every good used one I can find.


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