What reel for my first LSCR?

[West6550]

Handle came in.

[rockchalk06]

Handle came in.

Rays studio handle?

[zippyduck]

Nice looking handle.

[West6550]

Rays studio handle?

Yep

[rockchalk06]

Yep

For the money, they are pretty decent handles. The wait sucks though.

[cortman]

For the money, they are pretty decent handles. The wait sucks though.

Agreed. Fantastic handles for the money; if it weren't for the wait (1.5 months in my case) I'd buy handles from nowhere else.

[rockchalk06]

Agreed. Fantastic handles for the money; if it weren't for the wait (1.5 months in my case) I'd buy handles from nowhere else.

I bought the Daiwa Axel Pins to use Daiwa knobs on Shimano reels too. I am going to order a few more soon.

[West6550]

I bought the Daiwa Axel Pins to use Daiwa knobs on Shimano reels too. I am going to order a few more soon.

I will probably order a few at once later on.

[Lipripper]

I will probably order a few at once later on.

You won't need all that fancy stuff when your on the road you will just need a cane pole and bobber.

[Down4ttown]

I bought the Daiwa Axel Pins to use Daiwa knobs on Shimano reels too. I am going to order a few more soon.

What makes them better then hawgtech?


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[rockchalk06]

What makes them better then hawgtech?


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Price and the fact that you can use Daiwa Knobs. I think they are the same size, maybe a bit thinner on the Ray's. I wouldn't call them "better", but you have more options with the Ray's and 28 bucks is a killer price.

[cortman]

Hawgtech handles are just huge. Really beefy. I think they'd be great on a deep cranking setup or an A-rig or frog setup, but they are pretty overwhelming on a small/normal sized reel.
The cork knobs are very large as well but really comfortable I must say.

[LgMouthGambler]

Hawgtech handles are just huge. Really beefy. I think they'd be great on a deep cranking setup or an A-rig or frog setup, but they are pretty overwhelming on a small/normal sized reel.
The cork knobs are very large as well but really comfortable I must say.

Their finesse handle, which is a 90mm, is a smaller profile. Great with the smaller Shimano knobs. But yes, the regular ones are quite bulky, and you can't use Daiwa knobs.

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[West6550]

Not sure about better as I have not used Hawg Tech. But they are waaaayyyy cheaper. Which is why I got one.