What's with all the available gear ratios? Is it really necessary to have more than one speed? What is the purpose of each one?
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What's with all the available gear ratios? Is it really necessary to have more than one speed? What is the purpose of each one?
Gear ratios are very important when spending multiple hours on the water. Your high speed ratios make it much easier to throw a a buzzbait or rattletrap all day than a lower ratio. I only use the lower ratios on regular crankbaits and slow rolling spinnerbaits. I also like the higher ratio on my flipping gear since you need to power those fish out of cover quickly. I would rather turn the crank 3 or 4 times on a high speed versus 7 or 8 on a low speed. Easiest way to compare is throw a buzzbait on a 5 to1 then put it on a 7 to 1 and you will notice how much easier it is to fish on the 7 to 1
it matters if you can have more than 5 rods. if not i believe that a 6.1 or 6.4 is the best all around. you can always speed it up or slow it down.
Big difference using 7:1 for buzzbait rather than 5:1 - and if you are throwing the buzzbait all day the faster reel makes a huge difference. I'll use the slower reels to help me slow down my presentation for a jig - plastics - slow roll a spinnerbait - or a deep diving crankbait JMO . . . I tend to fish too fast - especially after catching "biggun"!