I fished one of my Shimano Soare XR 500spg reels today . Loaded with Varivas braid , which is some pretty thin braided line .
I put a float on and made a long cast . As I flipped the bail , I noticed I could see spool .
I had almost spooled myself casting .
And it really didn’t go that far .
I put my float between boards of a picnic table to hold one end and unspooled the line , then walked off the distance . Thirty five stretched out steps . At most 100-110 feet . For me that’s just not enough . Maybe for a small stream .
My Soare BB 500 have the same spool capacity.
And I haven’t been happy with my 500 size Sahara and Nasci reels with them binding with use . I think their issue is gear ratio 5.6/1 just too fast for a small reel .
It’s a know fact lower ratio reels are low inertia reels .
So I took spool and handle off a Nasci 500 , and put it on a Soare 500 BB reel . Made a smooth winding, higher line capacity reel .
I put together a reel Shimano offer .
If I get to try it out tomorrow morning I’ll post a picture.