i love to fish ultralight and need to find a good, reliable setup. i have 2 diawa's that are ok and one mitchell that absolutely stinks...every other cast is a big birds nest for no apparent reason?? what's the best ultralight reel out there? spincast or spinning...it makes no difference as long as it can withstand a lot of use! thanks!!!
BPS Microlite Combo runs around $49.99, I own two of these combos. Broke on rod on accident while fishing in a jonboat stepped back and cracked it in two. Now I have the reel on an Uglystik UL. As for the reels I love em. I haven't had any problems at all. If you keep birds nesting try switching line first before going and getting a new setup. I use 6lb Trilene XL and I have not had a birds nest yet with the line. Hope this helps. Jake
I have an Abu Cardinal 101 on a berkley cherrywood UL and absolutely love it. I've only had it for a year or so but it has been great and operates just as good as it did right out of the box. Also very inexpensive setup under 50$. Use it for creek smallies, crappie and the occasional farm pond.
thanks jake. i had 4 lb line on it and had it respooled with new 4 lb just to see. the thing is, i bought my employee a mitchell just like it and he can't use it either...birds nest after birds nest. it would be funny to watch, just not when it's you using it, LoL.
had a blast up in wv with this combo the last 4 days and i would recommend them to anybody...very smooth, nice action and zero fouled line these rods/reels were money well spent.
I bought a Pflueger UL combo from Dick's and I love it. I have had no problems with it. BTW doesn't bird's nesting with spinning reels usually come from loading too much line on them?
My UL set-ups are Ugly Stiks 5ft or 4' 6" I can't remember. The reels are Shimano Sedonas/Saharas spooled with P-Line fluorocarbon in 6lb. I love these set-ups and have been using then for 3 years. My sister caught a 33" 8lb pike on one, that was a blast. They're great for crappie and even jigging for walleye. Brian
For me, it also seems to happen when the line gets stretched out. OR when I buy the line at Wal-mart. I have not bought a good spool of anything from there this whole year. My lite set up is a Quantum XT00 Xtralite reel on a 6' Ultra Lite Shakespeare Micro Graphite rod. I have it spooled with 6lb Trilene XL Smooth Casting and have been absolutely thrilled with this line. Landed a 10lb catfish on this set up the other night.... very fun.
