I fish a 9' 3 weight about 75% of the time with a Orvis Rocky Mnt II reel, with several spools. I really like the reel as they are fairly cheap and the extra spools where around $12.00.
The reel is about 12 years old now, and I can be a little hard on my equipment during my last outing the drag was working right. Since I already have 3 extra spools I was looking to buy just a new Rocky Mnt II. To my suprise they no longer make the same reel, and everything says "large arbor" or "mid arbor" so I have to invest in a new reel and spools.
Long story short, what is the atvantage to a large arbor? I'm a little lost. Thanks in advance!
Large Arbor reels?
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Rooscooter
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RE:Large Arbor reels?
Jmay: I have a couple of "large arbor reels" that I have bought in the last couple of years to replace old Orvis equipment as well. The basic reasoning behind the large arbor is line retrieval speed. A second "advantage" is less line coil due to the larger diameter reel spools. The faster line retrieval is an advantage that is noticeable, however I don't see less coil in my line.
I found the real difference is the cost of the reel. After some research I went with a Vosseler DC2LA with an extra spool. This set me back about $250 or so for both. Just after buying the reel I found a "closeout" deal at a local shop on Lamson Lightspeed large arbor reels and bought one of those as well. I have seen some large arbor reels cost upwards of $500 or more.
They took some getting used to as they are larger diameter than the click and pawl reels they replaced. Both reels have somewhat sophisticated drag systems (at least by my standards as a "palmer" most of the time) and are machined out of solid aluminum. I got twenty years out of the Orvis reels and I should get at least that from these.
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I found the real difference is the cost of the reel. After some research I went with a Vosseler DC2LA with an extra spool. This set me back about $250 or so for both. Just after buying the reel I found a "closeout" deal at a local shop on Lamson Lightspeed large arbor reels and bought one of those as well. I have seen some large arbor reels cost upwards of $500 or more.
They took some getting used to as they are larger diameter than the click and pawl reels they replaced. Both reels have somewhat sophisticated drag systems (at least by my standards as a "palmer" most of the time) and are machined out of solid aluminum. I got twenty years out of the Orvis reels and I should get at least that from these.
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fish4brains
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RE:Large Arbor reels?
Rooscooter killed it. Jmay, I run LA's on all my stuff, I like line retrieval and less coil. With that being said a mid or small arbor will work just fine. If you are fishing for bigger fish with such a light set up I would deffinatley go with a LA and a good drag set up.
RE:Large Arbor reels?
Thanks guys! I guess its time for me to update my gear into the 21st Centruy#-o