
Hence it should lessen the chance of the spool rotating faster than the line pulling off of it, but also at the middle of the cast the lure should be pulling less on the spool because it should be rotating under it's own mass. 10# braid is the size of 4# but as far as weight what's the difference?) Because if the braid is heavier the increased rotational mass would mean the spool would take more energy to speed up the spool, but once it was rotating it would rotate longer. Braid is lighter than it's comparable weight line, but is it lighter than it's comparable size line? (i.e.

I'm not sure I'm explaining this well, but here's my theory. Post early 90s 4000/5000/6000 size Ambassadeurs are very modular, parts from one model will work in another. If not for the 'ABU' engraving on the left plate, this reel could be considered a Record Ambassadeur 6000. Other than those small differences, everything between them will completely swap over. Transitional reels of notoriety are the non-ABU 5000 with neither ABU or Record engraved on the left side plate, the 4-screw version of 5000C De Luxe and the ABU engraved 6000 below. The one with the most weight would probably help reduce backlash, and may cast further, as long as the line was light. The newer red 5000 is nearly the same as a 5500 C3, except it uses spool bushings, a bushing level wind, and a Teflon graphite drag. I don't know if anyone has done this yet or not, but when you spool your reel with mono, mono/braid, or just braid what is the weight difference? Because I'm wondering about the rotational mass of the spool at that point. My primary target is Gar, so I need to be able to cast a bit, yet hold up to the fight of a big fish. My draw to braid is the high tensile strength to line size ratio. I would like this reel to be as usable as possible in a multitasking type of way though I appreciate it has it's ideal use simply due to the nature of it's design, I can accept that I just don't know what that ideal is.Ĭlick to expand.1. I think that I am explaining myself but I will be happy to answer questions if I am leaving out some detail that is critical. I am not asking so much about brands (though I am very open to opinions on that as well) but more so just the general type of line that will give me the best performance out of this type of a reel. I would really appreciate some input on what kind of line will work well on this reel.ġ.Does it perform better with mono versus braid versus ?Ģ.Is it better to use a heavier line and if so how heavy as a baseline? So I have totally stripped all of the line off of the reel and am going to completely re-spool it.

The line buried in on itself, didn't feel like it flowed off the reel, and really just wasn't enjoyable to use.

I did this on my other reel as well which is a Diawa Exceler and it was golden however the Abu was just frustrating. This past weekend I went down to fish on the Altamaha and on a friends advice I stripped it down about halfway and then topped off the spool with braid specifically 30lb Suffix brand. I have had like 15lb mono on it for quite awhile but felt like the line was 'lumpy' on the spool. Backstory: I have a slightly older (I think it's like a 1970's model) reel that I like a lot but I have a question about spooling it up.
