![]() Reels with the same gear ratio but different size spools will not bring in line at the same rate. The other consideration the angler must take into consideration is spool diameter. I was taught early on that gear ratio is only part of the puzzle. A reel isn’t considered fast until you get over the 7:1 hump and there are even faster reels up to and over 9:1.īut let’s talk about actual speed for a minute. Today you’re hard pressed to find a reel as slow as 5:1 as most “slow” reels are 6:1. To bring all this talk of speed into perspective, we used to consider a 5:1 ratio a high-speed reel back then and even through the mid-80s. You can see the actual specifications and the writeups for each model in the reel spread from the 1972 Garcia Fishing Annual below. The C-series reels also differed in that they were the first bearing reels offered in this size. The 5001C was the first left-hand reel on the market. The other reels in the series were the 5000C and 5001C, the later was debuted in 1972.
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