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Frabill straight line reel. IceShanty.com's Ice Fishing Community » Maine » Ice Fishing Maine (Moderator: LINGUINI) » Frabill straight line reel. The reel is not bad, but you get what you pay for.
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It is a real cheap way to get into inline reels and see if they are for you. Yes, the drag stinks, but you can just palm the open side like a fly reel. My bait clicker broke but I never really used it anyway. I would suggest taking the reel apart and de-greasing, then lubing it up with better stuff.
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I have one and pulled up about a 3.5lb LMB ... Schooley Reel Handle/Knob I'm starting to see a lot of guys with bigger handles/knobs on their schooley reels that look like they are made of EVA foam. Any idea where a guy can pick some up? Love my schooley reels for shallow water panfish and would love to have something more to grab when I decide to reel a fish in! Thanks!
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That's if you're familiar with working your inline reel to gradually increase line. It's actually a unique advantage to like fly reels, schooley type of spools. Yes you can do it with a spinning reel too, but you have to be familiar with the adjusting of your reel and do it efficiently. Homemade "Rattle Reel" My buddy showed me his new "rattle reel". He took an old fishing line plastic dispenser put nuts in the open end. Then put a piece of cardboard on the open end so the nuts can't fall out.
He then mounted it in his shack above his jig hole. It rattles when the line starts reeling. What company makes this reel, I sell fishing equipment and never heard of it! Tica I own 7 or 8 of their reels and they are some of the best on the market right up there with Shimano.