Reel and Rest
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: currently Fort Drum, NY
Posts: 3,677
Reel and Rest
I'm thinkin about gettin a new reel and i do need a new rest. im jus wonderin what you all use? i have the ams standard retriever reel but i was wondering if like the muzzy spincast reel is any good, or do u guys think i should jus stick with my ams reel? for the rest i jus have the wheel thingy(dont know the name) i was thinkin about gettinthe fish hook one. wut do you guys use/like? thanks
#2
RE: Reel and Rest
Wow. This should open up another debate.
I can't help you with the rest. I shoot off the shelf on my recurve. I've heard good things about the dream rest from F&D, the wave rest from AMS and the whisker biscut.
As far as reels, I have heard no feedback on the re-designed muzzy reel so far. If you're happy with the AMS, I'd stick with it.
Many folks use a Shakespeare Synergy or Zebco 808 (they make an 808 bowfisher). I have also used the Zebco red rhino and really like how smooth it feeds line.
One thing I've noticed is that most people tend to like whatever they got used to/ started with. I went from a drum reel to a spincast. And though I've tried the AMS, I keep going back to a spincast.
Good luck with whateveryou choose.
I can't help you with the rest. I shoot off the shelf on my recurve. I've heard good things about the dream rest from F&D, the wave rest from AMS and the whisker biscut.
As far as reels, I have heard no feedback on the re-designed muzzy reel so far. If you're happy with the AMS, I'd stick with it.
Many folks use a Shakespeare Synergy or Zebco 808 (they make an 808 bowfisher). I have also used the Zebco red rhino and really like how smooth it feeds line.
One thing I've noticed is that most people tend to like whatever they got used to/ started with. I went from a drum reel to a spincast. And though I've tried the AMS, I keep going back to a spincast.
Good luck with whateveryou choose.
#3
RE: Reel and Rest
I've got a Fishook on one of my compounds and I like it alot. I had a Roller Rest (wheel-thingy) on before that. I like the Fishook better. It's inexpensive and tough. I've heard of a few folks having problems getting it to stay put on their riser, but I've never had a problem with movement on mine. I used a couple washers when I put mine on. But honestly, if it's at all possible, shoot off the shelf. I filled my riserin on my recurve so I could. The Dreamrest Carpsniper mentioned is a nice one.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h188/bowman55/Filled-inriseronrecurve.jpg?t=1170240190
As far as reels go, I have a spincast on my recurve and I have 2 Retrievers on my compounds. There's good and bad about both I suppose, but to be 100% honest, I like the Retriever better. I forget to hit the release button on my spincast, or I bump the handle and engage the pick-up pins without knowing it, and then shoot. I've lost a few arrows like that. And it messes up the reels alot quicker if you do that. The retrieval speed of the spincast is great, and I do like that I can use smaller diameter line in the spincasts,but I've gone through three in the last year. I still have the first Retriever I ever bought. It's about 9 years old now and still works great. BTW, if you do get a Retriever, replace the line with something a little smaller in diameter. I heard they're using bigger stuff in the new ones and people complain that it's too big. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but that's what I've read.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h188/bowman55/Filled-inriseronrecurve.jpg?t=1170240190
As far as reels go, I have a spincast on my recurve and I have 2 Retrievers on my compounds. There's good and bad about both I suppose, but to be 100% honest, I like the Retriever better. I forget to hit the release button on my spincast, or I bump the handle and engage the pick-up pins without knowing it, and then shoot. I've lost a few arrows like that. And it messes up the reels alot quicker if you do that. The retrieval speed of the spincast is great, and I do like that I can use smaller diameter line in the spincasts,but I've gone through three in the last year. I still have the first Retriever I ever bought. It's about 9 years old now and still works great. BTW, if you do get a Retriever, replace the line with something a little smaller in diameter. I heard they're using bigger stuff in the new ones and people complain that it's too big. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but that's what I've read.
#5
RE: Reel and Rest
Another quick cheap rest that a few of us use is a home made deal. Robo 7 put me on to it. Take a standard I bolt. Use a washer and stick it through the hole in you riser handle and put a washer and nut on the back side. They are the wrong size to thread into the hole, so you just stick it through. It is also help ful to glue the slot shut where the I bolt bends around and touches the side. That little slot can catch the line i'm told. I have used the same one now for years. The beauty is the arrow is inside the I bolt and will not fall off, keeps the arrow right in place no matter how much you jerk around.
#10
Join Date: May 2005
Location: StL, MO
Posts: 745
RE: Reel and Rest
ORIGINAL: Shootstuff4570
not everyone[&:].....
ORIGINAL: fishstix
Of course am sure everyone knows about the epoxy rest.
Of course am sure everyone knows about the epoxy rest.