Bang 4 da Buck

[1Yogi]

I own a late 70's Diawa Millionaire.I inherited it from my Dad. Is this a good Muskie reel to start out? If so what kind of rod should I get for it? If not is there a combination of rod and reel that won't dip into my kids college money?

[Guest]

1Yogi, take a look at the Muskie/Pike rods I have on my site. You can't possibly go wrong getting one of these rods for the warranty and customer service you will get.

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Jim Reed
www.countrykatfishing.com

[David Swenson]

1Yogi,

I owned a 70's Diawa Millionaire in the 70's and it lasted about 2 weekends of muskie fishing.

Your best bet for starting out is to buy a ABU Garcia 6500 C3 and a moderately priced rod (Fenwick HMXod, Berkley Lighting Rod, or a Cabela's Fish Eagle II muskie rod). The reel runs about $70.00 and the rods cost about $60.00 to $100.00 depending on which one you get.

David Swenson
http://muskieguide.homestead.com/

[This message has been edited by David Swenson (edited 03-18-2003).]

[RuKiddingMe]

Galyan's has a deal going on right now where if you buy an Abu Garcia 6500 C3 you get a free rod with it, not sure of the rod quality but it is an IM7 rod, like a 50 dollar value, and it's only 59.99 for the reel, not a bad deal if you are just starting out.

Good Luck

Matt

[guideman]

I have to agree with Dave on this one, use the Diawa for pike or bass fishing.
The Abu 6500c3 is a durable well built
reel, I have been using them for years.

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Terry "Ace" Sjoberg
Ace guide service.
aceguideservice.com
218-753-2612
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