Wish I could help. Have one of these and will warn you. If you call Pflueger for parts, you will discover that this reel does not exist. The person I talked to could not locate any information on them. I have to point them to their own website to convince them I was talking about one of their reels...

Jean, it appears that you have a "reverse taper" of the line lay on that SS700 spool, like one sees on later Daiwa ABS spools. Did the reel lay it down that way, or did you manually skew the line stacking as you were putting line on the reel? It is post like this that makes me really enjoy TackleTo...

Braid on all my reels its just less hassle no spray no coiling no line twisting no stretch, just fish.

Check the Pflueger Supremes Gander has $20 rebate as well for aroung $80 after rebate w/free shipping

Bass Pro Shops Micro Lite Elite Spinning Reels 05size are 5oz I bought one but they sent me a used one so returned it.

I use 8 & 10# braid works very well. If all you use is 6-8# anyways no reason to go higher with braid.

i've got 2 of the 7:1 & 1 of the 5:1. the 5:1 is no problem at all, but one of the 7:1 has a grind every rotation. i've got to send it back and get a replacement. i really like the reels, but i wish they weren't as noisy. they can also be a bit finicky to set up . they remind me a lot of the steez ...

I still use the first spoot of PowerPro I got in 03 its on an UL for panfish. The occasional bass doesnt seem to be any issues. I have other PP thats 4-5y/o still strong.

You should be fine with 30#PP
I started my 10y/o son on bc with 10# pp just set-up the reel correctly with extra spool tension and a few brakes applied however you particular reel works. You dont need to have 150' cast right off shoot for 50-60' or so, but like start with 1/2oz weights.

St Croix Avid $154 or Legend Tournament Bass $161 @ St Croix site.

On your list the Crucial +for the over the counter warranty dont know what the others have.

Well got my gear set-up with S8S. Stradic & Supreme XT with 10# Aqua, 50E & JM Carbonlite with 15# Timber. I think that Timber might be difficult to sight/line fish with if need be with sunglasses on.

Teal101 wrote:It's amazing how many people comment on the screw, yet how many have ever used an Abu reel. Theres obviously a few in here who have no idea how this screw functions. Loctite? Are you nuts?

Why would you call Cal nuts hes just giving an honest review of a product.

How would the ML pair up with a stradic fj1000? I have a 8' ML-Mod Avid with Stradic FI 1000 worked great together til the stradic started to have issues it works fine just a bit loud/noisy. So if you get a good stradic you'll be set. The rod thought is superb the mod action I really enjoy. Good ti...

Flying Fish wrote: don't use loctite on the screw thread.

Why not??

I went to a local dicks store here and looked at em,I thought they looked cool too...until I saw em in person.Yikes!Looks like children assembled these rods.The ones I saw at least,and I looked thru probably 15 of them,were really a mess.sloppy,cracked flexcoat around the eyelets,eyelets all kinds ...