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Originally Posted by Bterrill
My advice is to go on inches of line retrieved per crank of the handle rather than gear ratio.
For example, spinning reel 5:2:1 is usually much faster than a baitcaster 5:2:1.
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I hear you; I think for the purposes of this conversation, we're talking 25 or 26 inchs per crank.
6ft;
I'm the first to say, "To each, his own". As far as "What the Pro's do", or say, or advise, or promote, it is their job to sell product for a manufacturer, and you only have to look at the current rod market to see that the manufacturers would like to sell you an outfit for each technique; heaven forbid that you tie a shakey head on a dropshot rod, or that you cut off a jig and tie on a maximum depth crankbait! I'm fortunate to have had more time on the water than the majority of anglers on the Elite tour, and to have been involved with some aspect of the fishing business since I was a pre-teen, so while I always keep an open mind and an ear to the ground, I'm simply relaying my own experience when it comes to reel choice.
However, I will note that BASS Angler of the Century, Rick Clunn, uses half a dozen identical rods an reels for all of his power fishing, because he considers it inefficient to be constantly changing and going through an adjustment period of perhaps 20 or 30 minutes for each one, so "right tool for the job" is relative. Not only that, but using Clunn's power fishing set-up, where the angler does all the retrieve speed changing, will keep you more in tune with what your lure is doing at all times, because you've changed a variable to a constant in your primary link to every bait you fish. The first step in fishing like a pro, is to concentrate like one, and the more variables you can eliminate, the easier concentrating on what your lure is doing at any and every moment becomes.
Dean
