So your? is all aluminum? I think this one is all stainless.
check out the website, they are machined alum. but yeah mine is alum, got it from mason
if you want more backing they have the president line now, didnt when i got mine
Thats where im getting mine from .The cheap reel I purchased for a standby wont fit my new 9 wt…go figure
its a solid reel, i have no complaints
JRA,
A lot of the real sharpies up here in the NE use TFO rods and Tioga reels from shore in everything from heavy surf to back bays. These are hard core fish all night guys (and gals) with bleary eyes and broken marriages who live to fish. Their main target is large striped bass with an October flurry of Albacore thrown in. The TFO/Tioga is a great combo and a great value for the money.
Tibors are great, best reels out there IMHO, smooth as silk, quality service, and they stand behind their product 200%… and Ted the owner/designer is an inspiration in terms of his personal story and an incredible guy.
The only caution (not really a warning exactly), is that Tibors are machined to very close tolerances, which is actually one of their features. So if you plan on doing a lot of wading, sand can be a problem from sand suspended in the water, not just from laying a reel on the beach which is a cardinal sin for ANY reel.
If you plan on doing a lot of wading I’d go with a Tioga. I have several Tibors, but I rarely use them in the surf because of this…plus it’s not really necessary for bass and blues and most other inshore fish in terms of the drag. Instead I use some olther reels including old Valentines and even an ancient Pfleuger 1498, which are nowhere as well made as the Tiogas. (I will admit I use Tibors or some old Pates when there’s a hope of Albacore though, even in the surf, and I have never had a problem tho I’m definitely more conscious and paranoid of dunking them.)
If I knew I was going to do most of my fishing from boats I’d be more tempted to spring for a Tibor, especially if I was going to do some offshorey stuff like cobia, mahi, large sharks and tunoids, or tarpon/bones/permit down south too.
Personally though, if I was looking for my first decent saltwater reel I’d go with a Tioga now. And if I decided to upgrade to a Tibor at some point, I’d keep the Tioga as a backup reel with a different line density…preferably rigged up on another rod.
good luck!
peregrines
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So your? is all aluminum? I think this one is all stainless.[/quote]
Weigh your reel. If it weighs between 2 and 3 pounds, it might be all stainless. Seriously, think about stainless for a minute and then tell me anyone would buy a reel made completely from it. Regardless of what you might read on eBay or the like, to my knowledge there has never been a reel made completely from stainless anywhere on the planet, and that inclues the various Ari’t Hart reels often listed as being all stainless. So trust us when we say it is made of aluminum. :lol:
So your? is all aluminum? I think this one is all stainless.[/quote]
Weigh your reel. If it weighs between 2 and 3 pounds, it might be all stainless. Seriously, think about stainless for a minute and then tell me anyone would buy a reel made completely from it. Regardless of what you might read on eBay or the like, to my knowledge there has never been a reel made completely from stainless anywhere on the planet, and that inclues the various Ari’t Hart reels often listed as being all stainless. So trust us when we say it is made of aluminum. :lol:[/quote]
I went back the other day and asked the fly shop guy what he meant …he was refering to the bearings not the actual reel.