Bait caster success

[Thefisherman83]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Challenge accepted!! I wouldn't call the Curado a great caster, at least for light weight distance, but my Calais will beat up on almost anything out there.   

[wildmanoutdoors]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Challenge accepted!! I wouldn't call the Curado a great caster, at least for light weight distance, but my Calais will beat up on almost anything out there.

For that kind of money it better.

My My newer Curado on my 1143 GL3 is a smooth setup and casts light weight very well. Its the perfect Steelhead setup IMO.

Granted, my Calcutta 250's are also awesome casters. I can fling a number 4 spinner farther than my buddies with there spinning reels.

[wildmanoutdoors]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Holy smokes. I looked on Ebay and these models start at 350! 

[Thefisherman83]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Challenge accepted!! I wouldn't call the Curado a great caster, at least for light weight distance, but my Calais will beat up on almost anything out there.

For that kind of money it better.

My My newer Curado on my 1143 GL3 is a smooth setup and casts light weight very well. Its the perfect Steelhead setup IMO.

Granted, my Calcutta 250's are also awesome casters. I can fling a number 4 spinner farther than my buddies with there spinning reels.

I know a guy so I got it at cost, it was actually cheaper than my Curado lol. 

[addicted2hunting]

Can't think of a time where I had to cast as far as possible to hook fish. 90% of the time its close in. For all you guys who gave up on baitcasters, your really missing out.

you would be surprised the amount of fish are within the first 10 feet of water. like nubs said i too have caught most my fish in close.

[MtnMuley]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Challenge accepted!! I wouldn't call the Curado a great caster, at least for light weight distance, but my Calais will beat up on almost anything out there.

Calais, lol.  I'll throw Curado SF's, Chronarch's, and Scorpions further all day.  I'll never buy another Calais........however, it is a very smooth trolling/bottom bouncing walleye reel

[Fishaholic]

So when should I put on braided instead of mono? I can cast without rat nests  and I rarely get one. Does the braid come off the reel easyer?

[h20hunter]

yes and no.....however.....you get a nasty birdnest and apply to much pressure that braid will just "bury" itself on the spool. Get a box of tissues handy because if you get it to bad you are cutting that stuff off. For the newbie...I'd stick to mono.

[Button Nubbs]

However if you spool on braid tight it won't dig in as bad, and if you can het the backlash undone braid will be fine still where mono you will likley need to respool.

[Kowsrule30]

I think I owned stock in Trilene till I gave up and sold that stupid reel!!      I'm usually the only guy on the Skok with a spinning reel in that hole...      

[Thefisherman83]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Challenge accepted!! I wouldn't call the Curado a great caster, at least for light weight distance, but my Calais will beat up on almost anything out there.

Calais, lol.  I'll throw Curado SF's, Chronarch's, and Scorpions further all day.  I'll never buy another Calais........however, it is a very smooth trolling/bottom bouncing walleye reel

  Them's fightin words, looks like were going to have to arrange a cast off, to prove our manhood.   

[MtnMuley]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Challenge accepted!! I wouldn't call the Curado a great caster, at least for light weight distance, but my Calais will beat up on almost anything out there.

Calais, lol.  I'll throw Curado SF's, Chronarch's, and Scorpions further all day.  I'll never buy another Calais........however, it is a very smooth trolling/bottom bouncing walleye reel

  Them's fightin words, looks like were going to have to arrange a cast off, to prove our manhood.   

  ................................If that's the case, I'm breaking out one of the Calcutta's on a 9'6" Loomis Mag power extra fast tip loaded with 20# Superslick 8 with a 2-3 oz teardrop sinker.........We had better start on the goal line and try for field goals!

[JackOfAllTrades]

I still use a Mitchel 300.  Can't stand those bait casters!   
 
-Steve

[Thefisherman83]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Challenge accepted!! I wouldn't call the Curado a great caster, at least for light weight distance, but my Calais will beat up on almost anything out there.

Calais, lol.  I'll throw Curado SF's, Chronarch's, and Scorpions further all day.  I'll never buy another Calais........however, it is a very smooth trolling/bottom bouncing walleye reel

  Them's fightin words, looks like were going to have to arrange a cast off, to prove our manhood.   

  ................................If that's the case, I'm breaking out one of the Calcutta's on a 9'6" Loomis Mag power extra fast tip loaded with 20# Superslick 8 with a 2-3 oz teardrop sinker.........We had better start on the goal line and try for field goals!

Whoa there buddy, the rules clearly state this was a light lead competition.  If were breaking out the big guns, I would have to agree fully with that set up.  The Calcutta is hard to beat in the round reel category. 

[MtnMuley]

anyone who doubts the casting capability of the 1500 and 2500C abus has never seen one in action. i'll put mine against any curado or other overpriced shimano(and i own those, too).

sure the bigger ones are a little lackluster out of the box, but a little tuning goes a long way.

Challenge accepted!! I wouldn't call the Curado a great caster, at least for light weight distance, but my Calais will beat up on almost anything out there.

Calais, lol.  I'll throw Curado SF's, Chronarch's, and Scorpions further all day.  I'll never buy another Calais........however, it is a very smooth trolling/bottom bouncing walleye reel

  Them's fightin words, looks like were going to have to arrange a cast off, to prove our manhood.   

  ................................If that's the case, I'm breaking out one of the Calcutta's on a 9'6" Loomis Mag power extra fast tip loaded with 20# Superslick 8 with a 2-3 oz teardrop sinker.........We had better start on the goal line and try for field goals!

Whoa there buddy, the rules clearly state this was a light lead competition.  If were breaking out the big guns, I would have to agree fully with that set up.  The Calcutta is hard to beat in the round reel category.

........fine, the Scorpion is it!