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Frabill Straight Line

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Brad B Veteran

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Its a cabelas prestige plus 3/4. Its slightly bigger than my 2/3 okuma slv, but barely noticeable. Would like to here how the Frabill reel works on the ice.

yea I can't wait to try it out. now we just need ice that is safe to walk on. the plus side of the frabill is it comes with the sub zero lube in it. a summer time fly reel would need to be cleaned of the summer time grease and then a winter time grease put in it.

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I just went today an bought a 24" and 32". Besides an auger this year that's the only equipment I need to buy so the price isn't a hassle this year. Thinkin plastics are going to just explode off of these, ugh I can't wait to put it to the test.

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To eliminate spin im going to try this: Spool my spinning reel with 15lb black nylon tip-up line, tie on a high quality barrell swivel, and then two or three feet of 4lb ice line. Getting to the lake and having to hand stretch 15 to 25 feet of line is a real pain. and time consuming. I think this way I would only have to stretch/change the last few feet. Do you guys think this will work?? I might add a split shot above the swivel as well.

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I never swap out the grease and have never had any problems. Till I have a problem, it just sounds like away to sell product.

just going by what I have heard. some people claim certain greases will gum up in the cold. like you say if it is working why change it.

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I bought a frabill fly reel at Thorne Bros last week....they come filled with p-line in 3&4 lb.test. The reel can be changed to crank from either side. Not sure how tpo do it but they asked me if I wanted a lefty or righty!!! I do remember him saying that the reel must not have any line on it to switch though.

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I think I'd rather run a bait-caster style reel than the fly-reel style.

On a side note: I was at FF (BP) last night and the one on the shelf had the reel setup for right-hand reel, so the line would reel in close to the rod.

I'd still be worried about drag on these, is the only way to get drag on those is your hand holding the reel from spinning?

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I think I'd rather run a bait-caster style reel than the fly-reel style.

I was thinkin' the same thing,,, specially with a Noodle type rod where

you'd be tip watching. BPS has a couple small "crappie Reel" bait cast

reels I think would work well and have a 3.5 or 4.7 retrieve.

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I played with these a bit this weekend, they are nice but I would have liked to see a bit better of a drag on them...

The past three seasons I have used fly reels quite a bit and tried a bunch of diff brands. I really like the Okuma SLV's(and no, i dont have any affiliation with them)

I like the 2/3 on short 20 inch type rods but prefer the 4/5 on anything longer. The 4/5 picks up line at a noticably better rate...

I settled on them for a few reasons - for the price, they have a great drag and are quite light. Another plus is they are easy to silence.

The Okumas run around 50-60$ but they serve nicely for double duty - open water and ice. Fill em full of flyline backing then ad 50-75 ft of mono. When spring comes, take about half the backing off(wrap it on a 2 liter soda bottle), then add some fly line. Use it all spring and summer then take the fly line off and add the backing...

I see folks complaining all over the internet on the cost of things but I bet 99% of them have something "wastefull" in thier life.

Like the guy who cant pay his cellphone bill cuz cig prices went up. Or the guy who cant afford work boots but, "sure i'll go to the casino later"... grin

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I'd still be worried about drag on these, is the only way to get drag on those is your hand holding the reel from spinning?

Unless it is a "bottom of the barrel" flyreel, they have awesome drags! Just have to keep your reeling hand away from the reel when drab is being taken out or you'll get nuckle-busted by the handle...

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The problem I see with a baitcaster is that all of the rods with panfish action (ultralight) are spinning rods. You may be able to find some light casting rods but your options are going to be limited.

may be a custom rod builder could come up with a ultra light bait caster. but how pricey would it be?

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