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#519830 - 07/13/09 06:55 PM Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy?
Cowpie Eyed Egg Registered: 07/13/09 Posts: 5	A different twist to my down rigging question.... If money wasn't an issue and you owned a 2118 XL Columbia, what mooching combo would you own if you were fishing by yourself? Please consider I'm the only one in the boat. cowpie
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#519833 - 07/13/09 07:09 PM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: Cowpie]
humpyspecial Alevin Registered: 12/12/08 Posts: 18 Loc: seattle	10'6" xcf 4 lami with short handle and a mr2 or trophyQr
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#519836 - 07/13/09 07:34 PM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: humpyspecial]
Sky-Guy The Tide changed Registered: 08/31/00 Posts: 7083 Loc: Everett	Rainshadow 1264BP with Alps reel seat components matched with a Islander MR3 _________________________ You know something bad is going to happen when you hear..."Hey, hold my beer and watch this"
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#519844 - 07/13/09 08:04 PM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: Sky-Guy]
SKYSTEELHEAD Repeat Spawner Registered: 12/01/03 Posts: 1011 Loc: Lynnwood, WA	Originally Posted By: Sky-Guy Rainshadow 1264BP with Alps reel seat components matched with a Islander MR3 +1 What Sky-Guy said should be perfect. I love Chinook action on Islander MR3 reels!
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#519853 - 07/13/09 08:37 PM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: SKYSTEELHEAD]
WN1A Spawner Registered: 09/17/04 Posts: 592 Loc: Seattle	The rods are good but even if I had unlimited money I would go with a Shimano 2000GT mooching reel at 1/10 the price of the Islander MR3. The one important difference is that you can free spool the 2000GT. If you are bouncing bottom at 200 feet deep free spool gets down faster and lets you keep contact with the bottom. Drag is not so important because the advantage of both reels is that you use the side of your thumb and palm as the drag. The 2000GT is all graphite and requires almost no maintenance, we have used two of them for the past 15 years and they still work fine.
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#519858 - 07/13/09 09:11 PM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: WN1A]
eyeFISH Ornamental Rice Bowl Registered: 11/24/03 Posts: 12619	Originally Posted By: WN1A The rods are good but even if I had unlimited money I would go with a Shimano 2000GT mooching reel at 1/10 the price of the Islander MR3. The one important difference is that you can free spool the 2000GT. If you are bouncing bottom at 200 feet deep free spool gets down faster and lets you keep contact with the bottom. Drag is not so important because the advantage of both reels is that you use the side of your thumb and palm as the drag. The 2000GT is all graphite and requires almost no maintenance, we have used two of them for the past 15 years and they still work fine. Words of wisdom, there.... and living proof that sometimes LESS is best! _________________________ "Let every angler who loves to fish think what it would mean to him to find the fish were gone." (Zane Grey) "If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman) The Keen Eye MD Long Live the Kings!
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#519980 - 07/14/09 10:03 AM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: eyeFISH]
Cowpie Eyed Egg Registered: 07/13/09 Posts: 5	bump
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#520381 - 07/16/09 12:40 AM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: ]
Cowpie Eyed Egg Registered: 07/13/09 Posts: 5	Bump
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#520387 - 07/16/09 01:10 AM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: Cowpie]
floatinghat Returning Adult Registered: 06/11/07 Posts: 387 Loc: West of Seattle	I love my Islanders and Hardy Longstone, that said a Diawa or Shimano reel will be just fine for a loooong time.
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#520697 - 07/17/09 12:28 PM Re: Mooching Rod/Reel Combo - What to buy? [Re: floatinghat]
Big Stick "Sasquatch on Land" Registered: 06/18/09 Posts: 963 Loc: Paradise,AK.	Am loving the Tekota 300 LC's,though I'm going to stoke a few with 80lb PP to fend abrasion issues incurred by PO'd Halibut,as the 50 is wearing thin. Literally. On the lowly Berk' 9' 20-50# loaner rods for company,they balance very nicely and the weight is favorable for long days on the Salt. 65# is the answer,though my stash of same is currently dry,so up I go. _________________________ If it was easy...a Moderator could do it. (Please disregard my Post count,should you find it unsettling.)
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