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I am just starting to get into swimbaits and wondered why many of the reels used are the "round" reels. I have almost all low profile reels (Pflueger Presidents and Daiwa Fuego) and wondered if they will work? I also have a couple of older Abu Garcia 4600 reels (round). What do you guys suggest for a reel for a guy just getting started here in the Midwest on a limited budget?

the low profile reals are perfect, i use chronarch's and revos for my swimbaits.

i have a diawa luna 253 i use for huds and bigger baits.

I think the reason many guys use the round reels are for the line capacity and in some cases, stronger drag.

It really just depends on what type of swimbaits your going to be throwing. If your going to start off with paddle tails and swimbaits like the mission fish a low pro reel will work just fine. When you begin throwing large swimbaits like Huds, BBZs, baitsmiths, etc.. You will want to use a round reel. A round reel will give you much needed line capacity that you will appreciate when using a SB thats weighs 4 ounces or more. I believe most of the low pro reels have adequate drag systems, however, when using 20 # test you will find that a long cast with a HUD will result in your low pro reel being nearly "spooled"

+ On what he said, I might add, if your a braid user you have to carefully where throwing the heavier rubbers, like the hudds, cause when it backlashes and it will, theres usually a parting of the leader and the braid and the hudds don't float, this I know , the hard way, so i stick to mono...

dgoldston7 wrote:It really just depends on what type of swimbaits your going to be throwing. If your going to start off with paddle tails and swimbaits like the mission fish a low pro reel will work just fine. When you begin throwing large swimbaits like Huds, BBZs, baitsmiths, etc.. You will want to use a round reel. A round reel will give you much needed line capacity that you will appreciate when using a SB thats weighs 4 ounces or more. I believe most of the low pro reels have adequate drag systems, however, when using 20 # test you will find that a long cast with a HUD will result in your low pro reel being nearly "spooled"