Inline reel question?

  • DrakeRoth22
    NULL
    Posts: 88
    #1359839

    Do you have the line come out the bottom or top of the spool? Ive seen both so not sure if there’s a right way or not.

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    #1387087

    If I remember right I have seen them both ways, I did search and couldnt come up with the right pictures tho.

    After further research I found a pic of the Eagle Claw which is from the top.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    #1387094

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    Bryan Myers
    Moderator
    Posts: 586
    #1387106

    I spool mine so that it retrieves in the same direction that a spinning reel or casting reel retrieves. So for me it goes on the bottom on a non geared straight line reel. I think on the geared reels it pulls from the top.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25025
    #1387109

    I say bottom too. That’s on the Genz and if I did it the other way, I think I’d have a lot of issues.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25025
    #1387117

    So you guys reel backwards? Did that take some getting used to?

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    #1387118

    It feels kind of odd. I’m still getting use to how long it takes to reel in not having a ratio. Kinda like hand cranking broken landing gear, 358 cranks to move it a 1/4 inch!

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    #1387120

    Quote:


    So you guys reel backwards? Did that take some getting used to?


    No, don’t reel backwards.

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    #1387121

    Quote:


    Quote:


    So you guys reel backwards? Did that take some getting used to?


    No, don’t reel backwards.


    I reel the opposite direction of a spinning reel.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    #1387122

    I reel like a normal spinning reel, because I have an inline with a gear ratio and a real handle.

    DrakeRoth22
    NULL
    Posts: 88
    #1387125

    i suppose i could have been more specific. This is an eagle claw so it had ratio and free spool.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    #1387126

    Line comes off the top of my eagle claw. Hate the whole damn reel, but that’s for a new topic.

    bronzbak
    Long way from home
    Posts: 316
    #1387133

    Multiplier inline reels have the line feed from the top. You can’t feed from the bottom on them. A fly style reel with no free spool you can do either way.

    Ekez
    Posts: 80
    #1387142

    My black betty 6061 comes out the top. And my black betty straight reel (no gear reduction) comes out the bottom.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25025
    #1387157

    Quote:


    i suppose i could have been more specific. This is an eagle claw so it had ratio and free spool.



    Oh yeah, then its the top.

    frezerfisher
    Posts: 63
    #1387199

    I have both and like them both. I suppose that the ones that feed from the top are better but for me it really does not matter.

    Chuck Melcher
    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
    Posts: 1966
    #1387230

    I have an Eagle Claw (coupe weeks) and line comes off the top, left hand reel set up with the normal spinning reel turning direction.

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