big phil 123
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Anyone used the new black ones what there like compared to a penn mag?looking gor new gear for winter and as am saving a fortune being laid up its my excuse to buy lol
new saltist 20
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cookie1992
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i havent used the black one but got the silver one best bet is to get it magged been told the craap when normall soposed to over run all the time top reels tho
big phil 123
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Any reel without mags are crap in my view to much messing about to get them to run right
cookie1992
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yep if u want to try before you buy give me a shout ill pop down with mine and you can have a few casts
g-force
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Absolute nonsense, they run absolutely fine as they are. I know a lot of people who've bought magged ones second hand, found the mags horrible and had to pay a fortune to get them put back to original condition. No reason whatsoever to ruin these reels by fitting mags, I wouldn't touch a magged one, but use pretty much nothing but regular 20's & 30's for most of my fishing (only use smaller reels for up to 15lb stuff).
Gary
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big phil 123
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I have tried the silver ones mate its the black ones apart from them looking better wanted to know if they are better apart from the paint not falling off in a strong wind lol
big phil 123
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I have had this convo loads of times i have had break blocks and magged reels i like my reels to run slow in general but to get a reel running mint with mags is a doddle now break blocks if one is to fast 2 is to slow you have to mess about with oil thickness a magged reel lets you have more controll fact and also more distance fact so were is the ruined reel?
cod magnet
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get a fathom 15 get it magged up job done
cookie1992
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some people dont half bite i say magged reels are easyer to control every one has there own choice
i say magged reels are easyer to control every one has there own choicebig phil 123
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I dont like them mate had them before run to noisy and slow
I wouldnt say the reel is ruined by magging, but imo they are better left as they are, its easy enough to control the reel by thumbing it when needed if theres a side/head wind.
Everyone has there preferances...
Anyway, im pretty sure theres little/no difference between the old silver saltists and the new black ones (accept they stay shiny for longer)
big phil 123
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But why thumb it when youcan set it up safely magged lol i cant see why and how break blocks are better in any way
g-force
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All I'm really against are those cheap & nasty kits that are everywhere - big sticky-out knobs that get in the way, and get bent with the slightest tumble rendering them useless. I saw a lovely job by, I think, Wozza at Keens tackle on a couple of reels - lovely small, neat knob that only stuck out about 5 or 6mm & looked really neat. Some reels, like the new Penn Torques which have no brakes whatsoever really do need magging up to make them useable from the shore - and if I was spending in the order of £400 plus on a new reel then I'd be willing to pay top dollar for a really good mag-job.
Gary
Gary
big phil 123
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All I'm really against are those cheap & nasty kits that are everywhere - big sticky-out knobs that get in the way, and get bent with the slightest tumble rendering them useless. I saw a lovely job by, I think, Wozza at Keens tackle on a couple of reels - lovely small, neat knob that only stuck out about 5 or 6mm & looked really neat. Some reels, like the new Penn Torques which have no brakes whatsoever really do need magging up to make them useable from the shore - and if I was spending in the order of £400 plus on a new reel then I'd be willing to pay top dollar for a really good mag-job.
Gary
I only get thhe small ones from rutherford does a mint job some say if mags were needed they would come as standard good point except the reels that dont come magged are really ment for boats lol the black penn torques are mint reels like but pointless to me as they dont hold enough heavy line dont think there . Is much between a trq and a fathom except 250 quid lol
lambengland
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I manage fine without mags on my saltist.. However my casting benefits from casting with mags for the simple reason that you can adjust it mid-flight
totally agree
