Thread: Micro baitcaster with thumb bar and "flipping switch" ...

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

I dont Rickie, nor have I been able to find a link. Call Lance, they called it a "Lefty Special", had cases of them.

Does this "Lefty Special" have the flipping switch ...??

Rickie

Originally Posted by Red190

Hey rickie, those newer silver max reels are funny to me though, they don't have the traditional on off switch. When the thumb bar is pressed the "flipping switch" pops up so then you have to press it back down top stop the spool. My old one has regular switch I like it a lot better.
What is the cheapest reel with a flipping switch if anyone knows

This video shows what you are talking about ...



I don't like this action of the flipping switch because one has to take the thumb off the spool (or use the other hand) to push the flipping switch back down to re-engage the reel ...

I'm interesting in the old style flipping switch where simply releasing the thumb bar re-engages the reel ... (which seems to be in previous Silver Max models before this Generation 3 Silver Max) ...

Rickie

Originally Posted by rnvinc

Does this "Lefty Special" have the flipping switch ...??

Rickie

Yes, only reason I bought it, do not want a reel without one, specially with clients in the boat.

Sorry Rickie can't ever write down what I'm trying to say. The new one I looked at bps did not have a switch, in the same location as the switch on my old one is a recessed button that pops up when the thumb bar is pressed to let the line out. Then the thumb bar stays down even when u let go of it, to stop the spool from letting out line u have push the recessed button that popped up back down to stop it. It is one handed but not nearly as convenient as as the actual on/off switch that allows the thumb bar to automatically come back up when u release it.
Still a little confusing I'm sure but I really recommend checking one out before u order any.

Letting off the thumb bar has to lock the spool, otherwise in a crappie trolling situation its no better then a regular reel. I can let line out and reach for the net at the same time without having to do anything but raise my thumb from the bar to lock the spool.

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

Letting off the thumb bar has to lock the spool, otherwise in a crappie trolling situation its no better then a regular reel. I can let line out and reach for the net at the same time without having to do anything but raise my thumb from the bar to lock the spool.

The above is the flipping switch action I'm looking for ...
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That new style Generation 3 Silver Max is different ... I could see the spool backlashing as soon as I raise my thumb off the spool to depress that button on the side plate down ... and I want my other hand completely free and not have to use the free hand to depress that button ...

Now ... if I could find some close outs on previous Silver Max models ... Before Abu changed it to Gen3 ..

I'll be calling Lance soon it seems ...

Rickie

They are tuff, good drag too, set the hook on a 6 lb largemouth not long ago and it did the job with him too.

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

The left handed ones I got at Grizzly are the cheapest I found, ended up with a dozen of them.
Quantam LSR-101

I called Lance ... he's sold out of these ...

Still looking for other ideas of a baitcaster with a "flipping switch" ...

Rickie