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Proper Sliming of the Soare XR
I met up with my fishing buddy back at lake West Point at one of out favorite boat ramps .
By the time he had arrived I’d caught two fish on the new combo , the 5’6” Daiwa Trout X XUL with my new Shimano Soare XR c2000sspg .
My first fish was a nice shellcracker hybrid that gave me a nice battle on the XUL and gave me a good drag test . The drag has carbon washers instead of felt . I like the sound and the way it performs.
I’m liking this reel with its short handle . It fits the way I retrieve a light lure . Rather than use the handle knob I use the tip of my finger against the handle , at the knob to rotate the handle . I don’t know why , but I’ve always done it this way unless I’m cranking a lure .
Which means I need a low inertia reel and this one with its 4.6/1 gear ratio is great .
The shallow 2000 size spool on the compact body is a great size and spooled with Daiwa x8 J braid Grand , this combo casts a micro spinner as far as my 5’6” St Croix Avid , which has the little brother Soare XR500sspg on it .
I ended up catching 36 fish total , most were small gills , longears , and a few small bass , but I did manage a few decent gills and a strange looking bass .
My buddy caught 20 gills and green sunfish on his 5’9” 2wt flyrod with several of his bluegills being a nice size .
All in all , a fun day even with the heat .
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Nice variety for testing drag
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Nice catch. I’ve got a couple of reels with short handles. I like em. In Japan they sell a lot of 35mm handles for the guys fishing area trout lakes. Watched a lot of videos of them fishing…reeling same as you said. I reel like that when I’m wanting to go real slow. Sounds like you’re liking the reel.
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Some beauties caught and proper sliming indeed!
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Those are some good looking fish but I’m really stuck on the rod and reel. Just looks super to me. Glad y’all had fun and got a few to show for it.
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I took my 4’6” Daiwa Trout X XUL paired with a Daiwa Fuego LT 1000d and Grand J braid . Just to compare with the 5’6” .
For those not familiar with Daiwa’s Trout X , the 4”6” and 5’ models are red and black with silver rings on the reel seat .
The longer models have a split grip in black and gold .
I had tough time getting use to casting the 4’6” rod . I got decent distance out of it , but had to be careful not to try and over power the cast .
Felt great when I hooked up though . A fun small fish rod .
I only fished it about thirty minutes, I had to get back to the Soare XR.
Another thing , I always felt the Fuego was one of my smoothest , easiest to wind reel I own , but I could tell a slight resistance in it today compared to the Soare XR . Could be a couple of drops of Lucas reel oil would have remedied the issue .
