Egg Beater Advice

[Ibtsoom]

My wife needs a new spinning reel for her Stix she won in one of the raffles. I'm not spending $150 for an egg beater -- something around 50 or 60 would be more like it. Any suggestions?

[coachlaw]

Shimano Sahara, Sienna, etc. They're as good as the old Penns they don't make anymore.

[Gilbert]

sell the rod and teach her how to use a real reel.

[reeltime]

Sedona.

[Shortystillsurfs]

Wife has a Sahara. Its pretty good. I think the sedonna from a few years back is better than the Sahara from this year.

[FISHINFREAK]

Wife has a Sahara. Its pretty good. I think the sedonna from a few years back is better than the Sahara from this year.

Agree

[nightfisher]

That's good advice. I bought my 11 year old daughter the 200e7 and she doesn't have any trouble with it. I had her practice with mine @ the house until she got the hang of it. For beginners I would use braided line its easier to get out back lashes

[Ibtsoom]

sell the rod and teach her how to use a real reel.

I'm not picking out anyone's backlashes but my own. Been down that road -- aint going back.

[reeltime]

Get the sonara for the Boss!hehe

[Lori77563]

I use 50# PowerPro, the heavier braid results in fewer rod raps with a spinning reel and no back lash issues. Mono is nothing but a headache on spinning reals in my experience (line memory is the problem).

[Mini-x Fan]

I have a sahara that I like a lot.

[Curmudgeon]

I've got an old Fin-Nor that I like, but I've been thinking of adding a Sahara. You can get them for under $75 on Amazon.

[Swells]

Personally I like my Shimano Spheros but that's heh, getting over a hundred bucks these days. I haven't fished these but Shimano makes a low-end product called the Salt Striker for about half the price! $49-$59. You get what you pay for but the reviews sounded pretty good on Cabela's.

As to you weenies with conventional baitcaster reels and poles, ever tried landing a 45 pound amberjack on one of your cracker jack crappie poles? I didn't think so. You'd have to get a Torium on a broomstick, right?

[JFD94]

I agree. The Sahara is pretty good for the price.

[Robalo]

Sahara, sienna, sonora-all work pretty darn well.


SWELLS:

Ha ha. true, but I've used 17# on an 80#+ sail and on cheap version of a Penn spinner that had a graphite spool-the spool cracked while fighting the fish-did manage to call it a catch-touched the leader-but she popped the line on the second run when the reel no longer reeled cause the line was torqued on the cracked spool-I only use steel/aluminum spools now (except on an old shimano spinner I still have).