Ming-Yang Reels

[Rip-Plugger]

anyone here fish Ming-Yang winches?
I own 6 of them and they are a great value for cheap cost.
strong drag,great looks and simple design.
ya can't go wrong with them.



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[Monty]

R-P,
I'm strictly a spin fisherman (tried conventional a little awile back).
How do the conventional reels hold up to the salt and sand? Tougher to maintain? I know when I am in the rough water with a lot of sand in it I get some sand in my reel, I dunk it, turn the handle and I am good to go. How do the reels you use stand up in the sand and salt?
Reels like the Ming Yang?

[gjb1969]

i had a ming yang cl 70 it did a job on big blues for half the summer it had no problems but i am a spinning guy so i sold the reel the guy who got the reel got a good deel

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i had a ming yang cl 70 it did a job on big blues for half the summer it had no problems but i am a spinning guy so i sold the reel the guy who got the reel got a good deel

GJB,

I know they can do it,I have 2 CL-70's[1,red,1,blue]they hold a ton of line and I have hit 30 pound fish 250 yrds out and layed into them with mine.dragged them in easily.great winch for that knda of money.

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[gjb1969]

thats why i wanted to try them for that money if i like them i will get another if not just sell it they are worth more money the birds nest just got to me i will stay with spinning

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thats why i wanted to try them for that money if i like them i will get another if not just sell it they are worth more money the birds nest just got to me i will stay with spinning

well,you do know it's a learning curve with slinging winches,the cl-70 is a beast to swing but it come to ya after a short while.


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[Rip-Plugger]

[QUOTE=Monty;10119]R-P,
I'm strictly a spin fisherman (tried conventional a little awile back).
How do the conventional reels hold up to the salt and sand?

[they do just fine,maybe better than spinning if ya keep sand outside the gears.
some are so precision with close tolerances of spool/frame that even a single grain of sand will have the reel making strange sounds.]


Tougher to maintain? I know when I am in the rough water with a lot of sand in it I get some sand in my reel, I dunk it, turn the handle and I am good to go. How do the reels you use stand up in the sand and salt?
Reels like the Ming Yang?

[my ming-yangs all have 2 seasons on them and I have no problems at all yet.
I sling big wood out in the rips and drift them waaay out then hold them there til they drift out then I bring the wood back slow.caught many a fattie with them and they work perfectly.
my high end gear does the very same thing just totally smoother and easier with all the bearings all over the place.I love winch reels,I picked 1 up 11 years ago and the sold off all my spinnng rigs except5 and 1 of them is an antique.]


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