[THS Tim]

If you were buying new spinner reels today what would you buy? And if you have the time to say why all the better.

 

[mudfish]

Muzzy, it built better.
The drag and amount of line.

 

[chance]

I shoot ti20s if they break I can fix the with parts from broken reels I traded for

 

[seabolt37]

Archenemy. if it breaks take it back to pass pro, they will give you a new one. Plus it comes spooled.

 

[THS Tim]

Archenemy. if it breaks take it back to pass pro, they will give you a new one. Plus it comes spooled.

Who build that reel?

 

[water snake 2]

sounds like they break often!!

 

[CarpCowboy]

My vote is for Muzzy!

 

[crfishhunter]

Muzzy bad to the bone. Simply put they work....

 

[mudfish]

And I used many types:

 

[glassbow201]

If my bows were stolen tomorrow, I'd buy either 888 pro staff or 808 bowfishers again. I have no complaints with them, I know them well, and have a backup reel, a bunch of new spinnerheads, and a couple spools if I ever need them. I'm sure the others work but I don't know them and contrary to popular saying, change is bad, particularly unnecessary change.

Furthermore, I would buy new ones - there is no way to know how beat up a used spinner is. Face it, if it worked well, it would not be for sale. So maybe estate sale used is okay to buy.

That said, people new to spinners should probably get muzzy since that is what most people around here use and some of them can give decent troubleshooting advice and sympathies if/when they break.

 

[water snake 2]

wow mud you got one of every type,you paint those arrows red have painted some of my stainless ones red when they get banged up look like bloody.

 

[THS Tim]

And I used many types:

Okay if you MUST only keep 2 models which 2 would you keep?

 

[glassbow201]

sounds like they break often!!

It is a reel, not a brick, not a club, not a winch to pull arrows buried in stumps with the gears. A reel's job is to hold line, the rod's job is to fight the fish. A spinner can last pretty long if you respect that. My 808 is from '09, my 888 from 2012. My dad's has only been used maybe 10 trips and basically new from a couple years ago.

EDIT:
btw mudfish said muzzy in second post of the thread.

 

[mudfish]

Okay if you MUST only keep 2 models which 2 would you keep?

Muzzy and muzzy!
Do not make brute anymore

 

[mudfish]

wow mud you got one of every type,you paint those arrows red have painted some of my stainless ones red when they get banged up look like bloody.

Carbon arrows

 

[WBG444]

They are all about the same if you ask me.

 

[SKEETER]

They will all work fine if you READ THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL and use the drag like it is supposed to.

 

[water snake 2]

It is a reel, not a brick, not a club, not a winch to pull arrows buried in stumps with the gears. A reel's job is to hold line, the rod's job is to fight the fish. A spinner can last pretty long if you respect that. My 808 is from '09, my 888 from 2012. My dad's has only been used maybe 10 trips and basically new from a couple years ago.

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EDIT:
btw mudfish said muzzy in second post of the thread.

lol!! yes have to agree think a number of us have trouble realizing that.

 

[GarGuy]

Switched from bottle to muzzy this past spring. Never been happier

 

[Deep south]

I have a muzzy, an 808, and just put an archenemy on my tidal wave, love the archenemy, but the 808 is smooth and hasn't let me down for two years now. The muzzy is tough and handles a lot of rough treatment. Put a shoot through on whatever you go with. It will extend your reel life by a lot. Btw, like the single handle on the archenemy over the double handle on the others.