On Jul 31, 9:20 am, Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:21:11 -0000,
wrote:



On another note, I took back the Abu Garcia bait caster to the store,
it sucked. It wanted 8-17 pound test line, but would not even adjust
enough drag for 4 pound. Tried two of them, finally gave up. I will
keep looking but I did get an old one I had rebuilt. It works ok, but
I still prefer my little spinning rods.

I've got a 6000-C which is easily adjusted for 4lb drag, though I
never go that light with it. It replaced my old 5000 which my son now
has. The 6000-C is about 15 years old, and frankly I haven't taken
good care of it. Only rinsed it with fresh water and oiled it a
couple times.

--Vic

I should note that my problem with the reel was no high tension drag.
If you tighten it up even to it's max, you could still strip 6-8 pound
without breaking it. No pressure on the drag, even though they
reccomended up to 17 pound test line.