Cranking Reels

[goldrod]

depends on what I type of cover and crank I'm using.


You really can beat a B38 with bearing upgrades if you fishing deep. What I have found is you have to have the right rod. I use that reel for any crank 15 plus feet. I've went to a longer rod, and I still use pline floro clear line.
I have the d series curado and citica (on crucial c/b rods med and med/hvy respectively)
and the b series chronarch on a reaction cumara. All in 5.1 gear ratios.
My all around set up would be the reaction set up as I can switch from traps to billed cranks that are from shallow to 100 series sk square bill to dt10's at the top of that spectrum.

[e_bassfisher]

for all lipped cranking applications.....i only use the crankin'steez

[Gone Phishin]

Conquest 100, or Calcutta/Conquest 100DC...the doctors will need to surgically remove your smile.

[Pmedicbm]

I too had been searching for the untimate cranking reel. (For years actually). Until I found the Calcutta 100DC with a 200DC handle.. That sucker is a cranking machine!! It's the only Shimano I own as every other reel I own is a Daiwa.. Try one out and I really think you'll feel much the same way that I do. You will not find a reel better than it for Cranks....

[steve1206]

I too had been searching for the untimate cranking reel. (For years actually). Until I found the Calcutta 100DC with a 200DC handle.. That sucker is a cranking machine!! It's the only Shimano I own as every other reel I own is a Daiwa.. Try one out and I really think you'll feel much the same way that I do. You will not find a reel better than it for Cranks....

Thats how I felt after using the 100DC for about 5 minutes...and am getting ready to order the 200 or 250 handle

[oldgeezer]

I am not a cranking aficionado by any stretch of the imagination(not my favorite method of fishing and surely not a "strength" of mine), but am wondering what makes the Shimano Calcutta 100DC so different than other reels that have been mentioned? Clearly, there must be some significant difference? Interested for future reference. Thanks for all replies.

[rbredefe]

The Calcutta/ Conquest DC is preferred my many(including myself) as a deep cranking reel as the spool tension can be loosened up for extremely long casts and the reel's computer will automatically control the revolution of the spool to prevent backlashing. On a windy day it will perform quite well, especially when placed on an eight foot rod.

[joeim8]

Are the Calcutta/ Conquest the same real just the US/Japan versions?
Or are they really close?

[Gone Phishin]

Are the Calcutta/ Conquest the same real just the US/Japan versions?
Or are they really close?

The Conquest DC has a lefty in the 100 series, where the domestic Calcutta DC does not have a 101. There is also a big weight difference when comparing the Calcutta TE 100/01, and the Conquest 100/1...IIRC it's somewhere around 1.5 ounces.

[mmasturgeon]

Daiwa Crazy Cranker is the way to go if you like to fish cranks slow for they are only a 4.9:1 gear ratio. I have 2 and would give them up unless they came out with one that weighed about 2oz less with the same gear ratio. But, you can get Winches at Cabela's for about $170. Either way you can't go wrong.

x2 Crazy Cranker Hands down.

x3 on the CC. Tank of a reel.

x4 on Daiwa Crazy Cranker

[Pen3]

CC with 100mm i'ze handle