New Reel

[spencer ballard]

I need a new reel for my 5 weight Scott G.

[none]

I think a (used) Ross Gunnison G1 would look great on your rod.

Jay

[spencer ballard]

G-2 was my thought, does the G-1 hold a 5 weight line and backing?

[none]

If I remember correctly the G1 was a 4-5 reel while the G2 was a 5-6 reel.

You could also look for a classic reel. I often use a Hardy Perfect on my Scott G2 905.
You could look for a Pfleugler 1492 or a Young Pridex.

Jay

[Mike Cline]

My vote goes toward the Orvis Battenkill Mid-Arbors.

[Abe Mathews]

I like my English Battenkill Bar Stocks well enough, but I also like the new Teton Tioga I recently picked up.

[Mark Landerman]

I would go with the Battenkill LA-I have a mid—it is nice, but I also a LA–you can get it for $105 right now.

[grant schofield]

Just to offer an alternative to the Orvis and Ross reels, if you want to spend a tad more ($130) you could get a Lamson Konic. Also you could look at an older model Lamson Radius that can be gotten for around a hundred bucks if you tackle Google with good search terms.

[Steve K.]

Spencer….here’s some G2s for $130.

http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63541&referrerid=7160

[none]

Spencer….here’s some G2s for $130.

http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63541&referrerid=7160

Link not working?

[spencer ballard]

Done deal, I snagged one of those G2’s excellent deal!

Thanks for link.

[yuhina]

If I remember correctly the G1 was a 4-5 reel while the G2 was a 5-6 reel.

You could also look for a classic reel. I often use a Hardy Perfect on my Scott G2 905.
You could look for a Pfleugler 1492 or a Young Pridex.

Jay

Very nice reel, right on Jay!
Nice photo too! Love it!

[none]

Thank you Yuhina!

Jay

[spencer ballard]

Alrighty, I bought the other Gunnison G2 that was listed… I couldn’t resist for $130

The first one arrived and it appears to be completely unused and new.

[spencer ballard]

I took the new Gunnison and Rio Gold line in to a local shop to have backing put on and the fly line,  the employee was blown away.  First thought was, how did you get a new unused Gunnison.  Secondly, we don’t even have the Rio Gold in stock yet, how did you get it?  Both purchased online for a total of $170, the employee was not the owner, I am sure the owner would not exactly be impressed with that story.  The employee simply stated, I am very jealous and couldn’t believe the deals I got.

[none]

Great!

Hope you have lots of fun with the Gunnison reel!

Jay

[Zach Matthews]

Jay –

That is a sweet setup, and you got a hell of a reelseat on that G2.

[none]

Thanks Zach.

The Hardy Perfect is the workhorse of the classic Hardys I think. Too bad the LHW versions of the Perfect are much rarer that the common RHW. The LHW versions tend to be quite expensive.
If you don’t mind winding the ‘wrong way’ you can save quite some bucks.

Jay

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