@bbbackshot wrote:
Cheers iwans title, have you trie the Black Magic 650 reels? are they up to the Job?
Hi mate, got a pair of the BM FD 665’s in January. Had Daiwa TDA3500’s previously for 7 years or so. After using the reels for a couple of months I am very impressed with them, I paid £90 each which is a bargain IMO. Do they add distance to my casting? I think so, not as much as some people will have you think (its all technique IMO, not reel size), but they do seem to make it easier to hit 80+ yards. Will they last 7 years like the Daiwas? I have no idea, I don’t see why not as long as I get them serviced every year. They have bags of winding power and they actually balance against the rod very nicely. When you first see them they look far too big and heavy for a feeder rod, but they feel ‘right’ when using them. I have them on a King Feeder 15ft and a 13.5ft Tricast Triune (although I have a 14ft King Feeder now which will replace the triune) and they feel and work a treat. The only gripe I have is that the handle is slightly too heavy, when you leave the reel with the handle facing forward the weight of the handle causes it to rotate downwards, which obviously causes the tip to pull round nice and slowly. Hence why I’ve lifted into several phantom Bream bites whilst fishing matches and ultimately looked like a right tit. Despite this minor gripe I would recommend the reels to anyone who fishes long distance or who fishes with big feeders.
TF_rocketFeeder.
