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General Angling Topics => Shore Angling => THE GRINDER REVOLUTION => Topic started by: Macca on October 16, 2013, 10:02:33 AM

Title: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: Macca on October 16, 2013, 10:02:33 AM: Hi Guys,
I spend a ton of time fishing from a paddle ski, hunting pelagics. One of my favourite activities is throwing lures at boiling tuna/couta/snoek etc with a light flick-stick and spinning reel.
To date, I've not found a decent reel without a "reverse-wind" lever on it, an this drives me nuts! I have never found any value in this system, and over the past years have had nothing but trouble from these things - either knocking it over by mistake while playing a fish, or casting, or whilst stowing my rods in the hold. Often the bloody mechanism breaks, and then I find that the reel is useless to me.
1. Could someone tell me what the purpose of the reverse-gear option is?
2. Is there a way of permanently disengaging it?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: Half-Pint on October 16, 2013, 11:15:38 AM: Those strange Yanks use it instead of using the drag duh kind of like a really pricey scarbourgh. If memory serves tge saragosa reels dont have this feature
Title: Re: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: Marthin on October 16, 2013, 11:39:28 AM: http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=14587.msg234629#msg234629 (http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=14587.msg234629#msg234629)

Unless ive missed it on mine, the penn battle and conflict reels have no reverse handle thing. No accident waiting to happen or bruized knuckles espeicially on the stuff you are targetting....
Title: Re: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: Royboy on October 16, 2013, 11:47:04 AM: Yup - its my only gripe about my lovely little Stradic 6000. Why oh why do they have it??? :dunno: :dunno:
Title: Re: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: Macca on October 16, 2013, 12:18:58 PM: Is there a way of disengaging it perhaps?
Title: Re: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: Royboy on October 16, 2013, 12:31:01 PM: A drop of Superglue can work wonders - LOL!

Cheers, RB
Title: Re: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: REEFMAN on October 16, 2013, 12:46:53 PM: They are there to click the reel into "freespool" without disengaging the Bail arm.

Can be reasonably easily disabled by removing the Anti-reverse Cam Spring. Just make sure after removing the spring that the reel performs the way you want it to, because some reels default into the Freespool mode without the spring.

(http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/articles/sustain/sustain%2025I.jpg)
Title: Re: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: Macca on October 21, 2013, 02:39:51 PM: Thanks Reefman...
Title: Re: Reverse-wind gear on spinning reels - what's the point?
Post by: WalkersKiller on October 21, 2013, 02:53:16 PM: Also a lot of freshwater anglers use the function and backwind when the fish is taking line...