Ultralight reel recommend ??

[ODB]

Tell me what 1000 (2,4,6 lb) reels you like. This is going on a Lews 6’6” rod. All budgets considered.

I might try braid on this, so also let me know what you’d suggest in place of the 4lb XL I have used for 35 years.

 

[Crowmangler]

Shimano Stradic all day long

 

[GSPHUNTER]

Mitchel 310 ultra lite.

 

[4Truck]

I’ll second a vote for the Stradic. Have several in various sizes, and you won’t be disappointed. Right around $200

 

[Lawnboi]

Stradic is a great reel, I have a couple of the ci4 models that were discontinued, very light. I believe they were replaced by the vanford.

I don’t know what your fishing but I put fireline on my everything spinning reels and use flouro leaders if necessary.

 

[schmalzy]

Been real happy with my Shimano Nasci 1000.

I have braid on it, power pro slick 10 pound. Normally then use a mono/fluro leader.


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[Dukhtr3]

Piscifun carbon x.

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[willtim]

Stradic and anything Power Pro.

 

[nomadicbohunk]

I used to do some biology side work for a former CEO of a corporation you would know the name of. He's a super nice guy and grew up barefoot poor.

He kept a Shimano Stella 1k on an ultralight sitting outside next to his little pond for dinking around with.

I could tell no discernible difference between that and the 2-300 ones I use. It's smoother. That's it. In the bigger reels I absolutely can. But I can't tell a functional difference between an 800 trout reel and a 200 one. So yeah, get a stradic.

For line I like suffix 832. Power pro is stiffer and I went from it to 832 about 8 years ago.

 

[ODB]

Awesome info fellas. Appreciate it.

 

[Ferrulewax]

Stradic ci4, diawa tatula, diawa fuego lt.

 

[JBradley500]

I have a bunch of the ci4 1000s and love them.

 

[ODB]

Picked up a Stradic. Supah nice. Can’t wait to give it a whirl. Thanks

 

[nomadicbohunk]

I let this marinate a day and wanted to add: I switched over to braid on everything a while ago. We travel a lot (I always fish) and I live nearish the ocean now, so I do a lot of surf fishing. I probably fish more in a month than most guys do in a couple years. We almost bought a lake house on lake Champlain fish a lot, and we're not living here for too long. 25k property taxes were too much. Doing saltwater a lot more than anything has changed how I fish and rig for everything. For trout, I use braid and do a uni to uni know with flouro tippet. I run flouro tippets for about everything now. The only things I run a full mono line in for now in freshwater are big sturgeon, walleye, and some types of catfishing. That's it. I even got my dad (mid 60's) to switch over to braid for most everything. With trout, I do run a ball bearing swivel as the connection between main line and leader if I'm fishing with a spoon or a swivel. The braid will last a very long time if you have the leader you run be lighter. Basically if you have to snap off, you don't get micro cracks or whatever you want to call them in your main line. I have reels with 10 year old braid on them that's white with use. It lasts a long time if you run a lighter leader. I think power pro is more durable than 832, but I like 832 more. I actually wore a decent $200ish reel out with power pro on it before the power pro was shot using it this way. I find that 2-300 reels are kind of the sweet spot and I have some high dollar stuff. Oh yeah. For flouro leaders, I just use seagar most of the time. It's stiffer, but I find it doesn't degrade as fast as some of the other kinds/fly fishing specific ones. There's nothing like throwing out a whole bag of tippet because the knots all snap at a pound when you tie something on. If the trout are spooky or it's a special trip, I do usually have a couple spools of something fly fishing related and high dollar around like rio. Now that I'm thinking about it, I think the rio tippet seems to last the longest, but it could just be the batch I bought a bunch of.

I hope that helps!

 

[ODB]

I let this marinate a day and wanted to add: I switched over to braid on everything a while ago. We travel a lot (I always fish) and I live nearish the ocean now, so I do a lot of surf fishing. I probably fish more in a month than most guys do in a couple years. We almost bought a lake house on lake Champlain fish a lot, and we're not living here for too long. 25k property taxes were too much. Doing saltwater a lot more than anything has changed how I fish and rig for everything. For trout, I use braid and do a uni to uni know with flouro tippet. I run flouro tippets for about everything now. The only things I run a full mono line in for now in freshwater are big sturgeon, walleye, and some types of catfishing. That's it. I even got my dad (mid 60's) to switch over to braid for most everything. With trout, I do run a ball bearing swivel as the connection between main line and leader if I'm fishing with a spoon or a swivel. The braid will last a very long time if you have the leader you run be lighter. Basically if you have to snap off, you don't get micro cracks or whatever you want to call them in your main line. I have reels with 10 year old braid on them that's white with use. It lasts a long time if you run a lighter leader. I think power pro is more durable than 832, but I like 832 more. I actually wore a decent $200ish reel out with power pro on it before the power pro was shot using it this way. I find that 2-300 reels are kind of the sweet spot and I have some high dollar stuff. Oh yeah. For flouro leaders, I just use seagar most of the time. It's stiffer, but I find it doesn't degrade as fast as some of the other kinds/fly fishing specific ones. There's nothing like throwing out a whole bag of tippet because the knots all snap at a pound when you tie something on. If the trout are spooky or it's a special trip, I do usually have a couple spools of something fly fishing related and high dollar around like rio. Now that I'm thinking about it, I think the rio tippet seems to last the longest, but it could just be the batch I bought a bunch of.

I hope that helps!

Awesome info - appreciate it!!

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Any of the nicer shimano reels are great.

 

[Rich M]

I boughtba tiny reel for $20-ish $ at Walmart. Works great for pond fishing. Think it was a Lews. Loaded w 4# mono. Great lil reel.

I use braid for saltwater.

 

[sneaky]

Daiwa Tatula

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[diamond10x]

You can get all into the weeds with this if you want but as a general rule, for ultralight reels & rods, you will truly get what you pay for. The biggest thing you want to look at on 500-1500 size reels is the drag, as that’s where you will be able to tell the difference in quality and a good smooth drag will allow you to land bigger fish.

I’m not a fan of just using braid for everything but it has its applications. If slinging spinners, crankbaits, jerkbaits, swim baits, etc 4lb mono is the way to go. If you’re drifting beads or bobber dogging, a braid main line works best. When fish are being spooky I’ll use a flouro leader of 2-4lb even on the end of mono.

 

[ODB]

You can get all into the weeds with this if you want but as a general rule, for ultralight reels & rods, you will truly get what you pay for. The biggest thing you want to look at on 500-1500 size reels is the drag, as that’s where you will be able to tell the difference in quality and a good smooth drag will allow you to land bigger fish.

I’m not a fan of just using braid for everything but it has its applications. If slinging spinners, crankbaits, jerkbaits, swim baits, etc 4lb mono is the way to go. If you’re drifting beads or bobber dogging, a braid main line works best. When fish are being spooky I’ll use a flouro leader of 2-4lb even on the end of mono.

The Stradic I got is damn nice. It’s loaded up with mono at the moment because I have a ton of it and it’s so smooth it’s ridiculous. Drag is very precise.