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Is 75 feet a good distancing for an 1/8 ounce Rattle Trap Tiny Trap? Ok. good, bad?

Reel: Haibo Smart 50

Settings: low spool tension so there is some side to side play, one centrifugal brake on and max on the mag dial

Spool: the extra shallow Smart spool (roughly 10 grams without spool bearing) DIY micro spool bearings

Rod: Kuying Teton 662L 2-10 grams trout rod

Line: #10 green Nanofil


I'm trying to figure out the Haibo Smart. I bought it early in the season to play with and do a bit a tuning because it was cheap as hell and looked like fun (dual brake BFS). I had some problems with line manageability in the past but I believe those problems were self induced by overfilling the spool. I use the combo for 1/8 ounce hardbaits and believe I have it dialed in now but the best it can do it 75 feet on the nose and I was expecting more. I might be able to reach 80 feet if can oil the centrifugal brake race because the reel making noise consistent with a dry/dirty race but I may have to turn on more brakes so maybe it'll be a wash. The max mag setting really helps with control by slowing the spool after the centrifugal brakes cut out right about when the hardbait begins to decelerate sharply but I was hoping for 100 feet thumb free 1/8 ounce hardbait with good aero properties. Maybe I'm being unrealistic.

This is it for the reel. If it can't keep up with the Teton then it's getting shelved.

The combo in question:




The dual breaking guts:

I haven't used the Haibo but that seems like a decent distance. I get around 70-75ft with 1/8oz crankbaits. I am using a Phenix Mirage UL blank made into a BFS rod with a 16 Aldebaran.

I feel with a slightly more powerful rod, I could cast further. Overall, I feel you have a really good bang for your buck combo. With BFS, the small performance gains come at great costs.

What line are you using?

I would say good distance.

With a 1/8 oz lure I may get 55-75 feet depending on aerodynamics etc - I have not used the Tiny Trap. I use various setups...

LowRange wrote:What line are you using?

8lb Gliss

1/8 oz. Rattletrap, 10# Excalibur, PXL Type R, 6'9" L Falcon Expert. Paced off 32 steps. Use to be fairly accurate pacing off, so a minimum of 90 feet. One cast only for the measurement. I was trying 2 rods and 2 reels that day with the 1/8 oz. Rattletrap and a 1/8 oz. Roostertail. Roostertail was tied on a 7' ML Crankin' Stick, 6# mono, older gold colored Carbonlite. Three paces less.

The Rattle Trap should cast really well. Like I said before, For the money, the Haibo seems like a good reel. As long as you are comfortable casting with it and it works for what you intend it to, why change it.

I think I can squeeze some more distance out of the reel by cleaning and oiling the centrifugal brake race. it is making some noise and even with the spool tension backed off it won't fuzz up on me mid cast so it seems like the RPM is being choked off a bit.

Would a Scorpion 1000XT with finesse spool cast any farther?

ccass wrote:The Rattle Trap should cast really well. Like I said before, For the money, the Haibo seems like a good reel. As long as you are comfortable casting with it and it works for what you intend it to, why change it.

I'm trying to dial it in and get the most out of it so I can keep it in use. It's only a $100 reel so if I shelve it or sell it off for like 60 bucks it's not a big deal.

I think that's pretty good. I don't think I'd ever require more.

I know of an 8'6 bfs casting rod lol

haha I have a 7'6'' one on order although it's getting paired to a Pixy. Not quite 8' BFS but close.

Bootytrain wrote:I know of an 8'6 bfs casting rod lol

Link, please :-)

I have this 9'6" rod, which could be called BFS:
http://burfish.com/catalog/tfg-stc-962-2.html
- soft action, nice for spinners and minnows etc. Being so soft, it does not get me a lot of extra distance (vs a shorter rod).

Dalleinf wrote:

Bootytrain wrote:I know of an 8'6 bfs casting rod lol

Link, please :-)

I have this 9'6" rod, which could be called BFS:
http://burfish.com/catalog/tfg-stc-962-2.html
- soft action, nice for spinners and minnows etc. Being so soft, it does not get me a lot of extra distance (vs a shorter rod).

https://www.amazon.co.jp/Abu-Garcia-%E3 ... B00FLGSDWA

Very nice...and tempting...also the 7'8"
Thx

I cleaned and oiled the centrifugal race after observing that it was very dirty. I noticed an improvement in the RPM of the spool. Unfortunately, like a dummy,I blew up the spool and all of it's line right out of the gate. I firmly believe that 1/8 (3.5 gram) hardbait casting distance is nothing to this reel and rod once dialed in. On the rod department there is a 7'6'' Kuying rod for those interested:

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/produc ... 34290.html