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Help Me-Pflueger Reels

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I was at Scheels last night talking with one of the salesman about a new muskie set up. He suggested I try a Pflueger Trion baitcaster. I have never used any of Pfluger products....all my muskie reels are Abu. Has anyone used the Trion reel for muskies? Any information would be helpful. Thanks.

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I've been thinking about trying out the Tica Caimen series. 12 Ballbearings, this thing has got to me smooth, they run about $135 in the stores, but i found a place online that selld them for $99.99. I have heard good things about them...

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I have not had any problems with my Abu reels but I have been using the 6500 series.......from what I have read on this message board in the past it sounded like pretty much all the muskie guys used Abu stuff....

The Trion looked nice...but would like to hear from someone that has used it....

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Cliffy

Not sure how much the Pflueger reel runs but another excellent reel to look at is the Abu Garcia Morrum 5600 and 6600. I bought a 5600 last year and was really pleased with it, it's a work horse with a smooth feel and drag. I picked mine up brand new on hsolist pretty reasonable.

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The Trion goes for around 90.00 bucks...right in my ball park. I have looked at the Morrum and it also looks nice but spendy. I am trying to keep it under 100.00 bucks.......I will have to keep my eye open for one on HSOList....

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cliff. my son bought a trion last year for muskies. so far i am impressed with it. he only got to fish with it for two days ( throwing cranks,jerks and top waters). very smooth. i clean and grease all of my own reels and was very interested about the insides of this one. brass gears; the only thing i saw that was different was the spacing brackets ( they keep the gears spaced right) are a plastic. BUT they do look heavier than the thin metal one i see on most other reels.( including my 5600 black max)but,it did look very solid ! i do plan on buying one this year. del

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Thanks for the info Delmuts....

The Trion looks like a nice reel and the salesperson at scheels had very good things to say...But I just wanted some feed back from people who have used one....or had info.

I guess I am a die hard Abu fan and have a hard time buying anything else...but if its a good reel, I am will go by outside of the Abu line up......

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Hiya,
From what I've heard the Trions are ok. Don't know how well they hold up long term though. I'm a diehard Abu guy, but there are some reels in the abu line that just aren't meant to take the abuse of muskie fishing, especially with superlines. Big Game series 6500s (if you can find them - they discontinued them, and I'm still pretty bitter about that mad.gif ) and 7000s are pretty bullet proof. I have heard from a number of people that the Morrum's don't hold up well to muskie fishing, but haven't tried them myself.

Another good one is the Pete Maina series reel from Bass Pro. They may even be made by pflueger - they look pretty similar. I can't stand thumbars so I don't use them myself, but I know a lot of guys that do (Pete included) that like them a lot.

Cheers,
RK

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