GA1dad
Senior Member
I didn't want to hijack another thread, but I really enjoyed the following posts and thought I'd start a new thread.
As a teenager back in the mid eighties I lived and breathed fishing. The folks on the pages of Bassmaster Magazine were my hero's. I remember trying a baitcaster for the first time,,, a small framed Ryobi V-Mag. My neighbor entrusted it into my hands and I promptly made a nest of it. That same summer I tried a Diawa Magforce, with the same results. I went on to fish with strictly spinning reels after that,,, and did well. Later on in life I purchased another Ryobi V-Mag 3 (shown below) and committed myself to master it. I did,,,, and now I have at least 10 different baitcasters and these days I rarely use a spinning reel. Every now and then I will take the old Ryobi for a spin. Love it in creeks. I also have another vintage Diawa Magforce, but I don't like it as much as the Ryobi. I am keeping an eye out for an old Cardinal 3 spinning reel at a favorable price.
Anybody else got a memorable fishing setup they'd like to share?
Come to think of it, growing up, I used a medium action 5.5’ rod with a bantam mag(or something like that). It was My first baitcaster! I strung it with trilene xt or xl in about 14#. It was always with me and we jumped ponds all the time. If there was access we got in…..we’d fish til we got thrown out.
Anywho, I’d fish everything on that rod from a Texas rig, spinner, or buzz bait, down to a rapala. I don’t remember ever losing a fish after I set the hook. Used it in salt water too, but I’ve lost many fish wading in salt water.
No question about the effectiveness of technique specific rods n reels though…….as I grew older we put them in play and added a spinning rod.
I've still got the old Daiwa Magforce reel from my teenage do-it-all rig mounted on a 6' 6" medium cherrywood (the old cherrywood broke years ago at the reel seat). My original rig was a 6' pistol grip though.
As a teenager back in the mid eighties I lived and breathed fishing. The folks on the pages of Bassmaster Magazine were my hero's. I remember trying a baitcaster for the first time,,, a small framed Ryobi V-Mag. My neighbor entrusted it into my hands and I promptly made a nest of it. That same summer I tried a Diawa Magforce, with the same results. I went on to fish with strictly spinning reels after that,,, and did well. Later on in life I purchased another Ryobi V-Mag 3 (shown below) and committed myself to master it. I did,,,, and now I have at least 10 different baitcasters and these days I rarely use a spinning reel. Every now and then I will take the old Ryobi for a spin. Love it in creeks. I also have another vintage Diawa Magforce, but I don't like it as much as the Ryobi. I am keeping an eye out for an old Cardinal 3 spinning reel at a favorable price.
Anybody else got a memorable fishing setup they'd like to share?