Abu Garcia Abumatic Reel - 706 Closed Face

[wefish]

ANY ELSE HAD THIS

I PURCHASED A 706 REEL FROM GO-OUTDOORS

THE FIRST TIME I USE IT , I COULD`NT RELEASE THE LINE THE BUTTON JUST DID`NT WORK

I RETURNED IT TO GO-OUTDOORS WHERE THE ORDERED ME A NEW ONE

ONE WEEK LATER, I RECIEVED THE NEW REEL AND FIRST TIME I USED THAT ONE IT JAMMED UP

I TOOK THAT BACK ALSO

THE THING IS THESE REELS COST £62 QUID

AND IT SAYS ON THE BOX AND ADVERTS A REEL FOR LIFE

[AddictedToScopex]

I had problems with an Abu 706 recently too from a seller on ebay. I just returned it and am waiting to find a decent priced 506 instead. The 706 kept trapping my line somehow and the bell housing didnt spin true. It was brand new too.

Edited September 11, 2012 by AddictedToScopex

[Phone]

All,

 

Wonder why Abu Garcia doesn't sell their "good" Abumatic reels in the UK? For $65 (full retail) you can buy the 1276SLI. I've found it to be quite the equal to my Zebco Omega reels. I guess it is because they are "setup" for a bait casting rod?

 

I too have heard "trash talk" about the quality of Abu closed face UK reels and I am WAY across the pond.

 

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[Steve Walker]

I guess it is because they are "setup" for a bait casting rod?

 

Yep. And also, I think that style of reel (with the line feed through a small hole in the front) probably has too much friction when casting for the sort of very light float fishing that the Brits use closed face reels for.

 

 

[Sportsman]

I had a 706 and didn't like it

I have an Abu 501 and a couple of Dam CTEs

The Dams beat the ABU in every respect.

Much better made and they have a drag that works.

[Phone]

Steve,

 

Yes, you're probably right.

 

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[chesters1]

my head bailiff broke 2 a few years ago ,terrible reel

[Tigger]

I had a 706 and didn't like it

I have an Abu 501 and a couple of Dam CTEs

The Dams beat the ABU in every respect.

Much better made and they have a drag that works.

 

 

You must have a dodgy 501.....they beat the dam coffee grinders hands down

Edited September 11, 2012 by Tigger

[Sportsman]

You must have a dodgy 501.....they beat the dam coffee grinders hands down

 

No chance

[Phone]

All,

 

Surely the "merits" of closed face reels cannot be argued. They are tools of convience - not angling.

 

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