Shimano baitcaster handles

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Shimano baitcaster handles

Post by mark poulson » Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:53 am

Do the newer Shimano baitcaster handles fit the older Shimano reels, like my Bantam 100?
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Post by SLM » Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:16 am

Be a purist and keep the rosewood--that's one of the Bantam 100's distinctions!
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Post by mark poulson » Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:34 am

SLM wrote:Be a purist and keep the rosewood--that's one of the Bantam 100's distinctions!
Hahaha. I am a fisherman, and I want to use it, not worship it!
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Re: Shimano baitcaster handles

Post by zodiak311 » Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:33 am

SLM wrote:Be a purist and keep the rosewood--that's one of the Bantam 100's distinctions!
Agreed, I fish mine stock minus the carbontex drag. Planning to have a rod built for it as well. :big grin:
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Re: Shimano baitcaster handles

Post by slipperybob » Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:51 am

I wished they would just design all of them for double bearings. Then I could swap any of them around...pending same knob shaft and all.

Well darnn handles, just try...it may work.
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Post by mark poulson » Thu Mar 03, 2016 6:46 am

slipperybob wrote:I wished they would just design all of them for double bearings. Then I could swap any of them around...pending same knob shaft and all.

Well darnn handles, just try...it may work.
I don't have any of the newer Shimano reels to try the handles, or I would. My newest is the Chronarch MG50.
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Post by DavidSA » Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:41 am

Mark- here is my take. Only someone who has taken handle x and put it on reel y should comment. Recently I was about to buy a Met xg handle for my Curado 100D. I assumed it would fit because the handle fits great on the chronarch MG50. Just before I hit order I decided to test it. It did not work. The dragstar on the 100D is different then the MG50. Lesson learned the cheap way. Testing is the only way to know.
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Post by mark poulson » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:31 am

DavidSA wrote:Mark- here is my take. Only someone who has taken handle x and put it on reel y should comment. Recently I was about to buy a Met xg handle for my Curado 100D. I assumed it would fit because the handle fits great on the chronarch MG50. Just before I hit order I decided to test it. It did not work. The dragstar on the 100D is different then the MG50. Lesson learned the cheap way. Testing is the only way to know.
I agree David. The reel I want to upgrade has a metal drag star, so I can bend the tabs to fit an offset handle. I've done it before with other reels, but none of my Shimanos.
I can't do that with the MG50 reels, because the drag stars are plastic.
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Re: Shimano baitcaster handles

Post by SLM » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:58 am

zodiak311 wrote:
SLM wrote:Be a purist and keep the rosewood--that's one of the Bantam 100's distinctions!
Agreed, I fish mine stock minus the carbontex drag. Planning to have a rod built for it as well. :big grin:
Excellent! Please post a pic after it's built. I've been wanting to do the same--I'd love to have a retro looking rod built for one of my Bantam 100s but nothing too 80s 5'6" pistol grippish looking.
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Re: Shimano baitcaster handles

Post by zodiak311 » Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:07 am

SLM wrote:
zodiak311 wrote:
SLM wrote:Be a purist and keep the rosewood--that's one of the Bantam 100's distinctions!
Agreed, I fish mine stock minus the carbontex drag. Planning to have a rod built for it as well. :big grin:
Excellent! Please post a pic after it's built. I've been wanting to do the same--I'd love to have a retro looking rod built for one of my Bantam 100s but nothing too 80s 5'6" pistol grippish looking.
Will do, been brainstorming for years...
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