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12-29-2006, 04:32 AM
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Frank Capone
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Hamden, Connecticut
Posts: 2,229
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2007 Fin-nors ?
Anyone have the opportunity to pick up or use one of these yet as I'll be looking for a new toy this season ?
I hear the Ahab 12 is very nice.
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12-29-2006, 08:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,316
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They feel like the old ones. Heavy but solid. Same smooth drag.
I don't know anyone who has fished a new one for a long time though, but I bet they'll be tough and popular like the old ones.
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12-29-2006, 08:51 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Will be purchasing an 8 in the springtime. The ones I've checked out are like Pete said, just like the old, only new.
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12-29-2006, 09:18 AM
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Wipe My Bottom
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,911
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the one difference i noted in the newer ones was the body of the reel ... i think it's made of some hard plastic as opposed to the ceramic composite type (?) it was before. I think.
they do feel very good.
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12-29-2006, 09:39 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 429
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The old reels were nice but did NOT hold up at all to getting wet in saltwater. Mine and my buddy's would seize up within a few months each season. Not the best reels to use in the surf in my opinion.
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12-29-2006, 01:51 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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My wife got me a 16 for Christmas. The body feels like metal, not plastic. They have a Saltiga type handle knob and a bigger, bearing equipped line roller for braid.
I'm going to see how it holds up to the Canal.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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12-29-2006, 02:39 PM
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Wipe My Bottom
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,911
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeP
The old reels were nice but did NOT hold up at all to getting wet in saltwater. Mine and my buddy's would seize up within a few months each season. Not the best reels to use in the surf in my opinion.
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they work fantastically well ... IF you pack the housing with lithium grease.
My Ahab 16 (packed) is a good backup for my VS 250. |
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12-29-2006, 01:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,692
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i like the drag on these- for those who havent inspected them, there is a large cork washer under the spool that is just laying there - also, from what i could tell, you can remove the spool without changing your trag tension
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