Ice Fishing Reel

[obifishkenobi]

Thanks for the tip Obifishkenobi, My wife says, "since we have the money, lets spend it on a good one".  We will look into it.  Seems there are several manufacturers that build inline reels.  Any other recommendations?

My only experience  is with the Eagle Claw and 13 Fishing reels so I can’t say one way or the other about other brands. I have my free fall pared with 27” Abu Garcia Veritas medium light rod about $25 that has a very sensitive tip with a good back bone for setting hooks on larger fish, this is the setup I use most, at places like Henrys, porcupine and the berry where I catch some of my largest fish. My pan fish set up is a 13 fishing 24” lite Vital rod, it is less than $20 at sportsman, paired with a 13 Fishing Descent reel. My Eagle claw is also on a Veritas pole and is rigged with a dodger and squid for Kokanee, the only spinning set up I use regularly is in my jaw jacker where depth control and line coil are not really an issue.