Bass Pro to carry LEWS reels and drop Daiwa????

[Bill Babler]

Well that clarifies things

[fishinwrench]

No Diawa ?

[gitnby]

In related news, here's the weather report from hell:

DAYCONDTEMPDESCRIPTIONPRECIPWIND

TODAY

34^°

Cloudy

20%

E 8 mph

TONIGHT

30^°

Snow Late

60%~1 in

ENE 9 mph

THU

32^°

Snow

80%1-3 in

ENE 8 mph

[dtrs5kprs]

 

Got nothing else...

[gitnby]

I guess BPS can get to anybody?

On page 134 of their new catalog is a new instructional DVD from Champ188:

"How to properly fillet a largemouth bass"

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Champ188 said:

I'm sure you've done this, but have you checked the centrifugal brakes under the palm plate? I wasn't aware my Lew's reels had them when I first bought them because they also had magnetic brakes. Once I popped the palm plate off and saw the all four centrifugal brakes were in the "out" position and disengaged two of them, my reels picked up significant casting distance.

I could use a lesson on how to set those centrifugal brakes & how they work. I can only use my Lews for pitching jigs & spoons because I'm not very smart.

[abkeenan]

Denjac,

Thanks for posting the smoking gun catalog thus substantiating my loose lipped hearsay coming from two fisherman. This forum might explode now since BPS owns Ranger and is now carrying LEW's products. Looks like the Mayan's hit the snooze button for a extra 3 years. I guess I need a bug out bunker for Christmas now.

[abkeenan]

4 hours ago, cheesemaster said:

I will probably get slapped around for this but - I have 3 of the higher end Lews reels and have had 2 of them sent back to Lews for rework twice each and they are no better now than when I took them in. They replaced bearings, spools, lubed and oiled them with the same results. They were still less than 1 year old and I only fish weekends. The one reel is great!!! The other 2 reels are far from it. My 3 BP Pro Qualifier reels are 2 years older and out perform the 2 "bad" Lews hands down.

No matter what anyone says about Bass Pro the PQ is a darn fine reel. It's a nice reel at $100, its a great reel at $75 when on sale and is a awesome reel when you do the reel trade in sale to knock it down to $65. Has both centrifugal and magnetic braking and is a no frills workhorse. I have Shimano and Lew's and I am not ashamed to say that I have a couple of the PQ's slapped on my rods and get regular use.

[Alex Heitman]

Speaking of pro qualifier I bought a pro qualifier rod several years ago before they stopped making them and it is my favorite rod. I use it for jerkbaits and 10 ft diving cranks. The black carbonlite rods were great too. I have several of them. I have no idea why they changed the composition of them and made them white. The new ones suck. 

[denjac]

2 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

Well that clarifies things