Abu Garcia 801 and 802

what does everyone think about these reels. I picked up the 802 and thinking of picking up the 801 for a jig rod.

I have not tried the 800 series, but I have used the 700, 600 and 500 all in the 02 size and I liked these reels, the 500 series is a heck of reel for the money, the 800 series is really nice.

i would go with 02 size personally

I use the 801 on my jigging and rigging rods and love them. They see a ton of use guiding and I have not had any issues.

Mike, I assume the “01” size has enough line capacity, I have the “02”size

Plenty, and the small size is nice for rigging and vertical jigging. If I am pitching or casting jigs I go with the 802 as the bigger spool casts a little better.

The Pure Fishing outlet has them for $68 right now and that is where I picked up the 802. I am picking up an 801 this weekend

I have used these reels for some time in salt water, I am very pleased with there profromance. I also like the Pflueger Supream reel. It is a lot lighter than the Garcia. I use the Supream when I am needing to do a lot of power casting for many hours. The supream has been upgraded recently to meet the demands of salt water. the 802 cardinal has also been upgraded to the SORON This is a work horse of a reel with changes I realy like. I use fireline on my reels and this reel has added “O” rings to the spool so I no longer have to add tape or mono backing. I put them on the new COBALT FIRE rod by Berkley. This combo is realy fun to catch fish on and to cast Berkley Gulp, my go to bait of choice. Good Fishing Earle Waters, captain