Eagle Claw Magnum Inline

[Tom Sawyer]

Looking for reviews...........

[derbier122x]

It looks pretty.

[hoppe56307]

I do not have the magnum version but I love my standard version, after a tweek to the drag washers.

[rundrave]

Just used one of these for the last week for the first time.

To preface my review I am not a "try the new fad guy" and I am probably the cheapest most frugal fisherman there is. I still fish with a vx-1 dont own any other fancy reels for open or hard water. Typically just stick with the cheap rod and reel combos etc etc

I had a gift card didnt really need anything to add to the tackle box so I decided to give one of these a try. It took some tweeking but I absolutely love the thing. It free spools cleanly almost too good. I had to adjust the tension some but once I got it dialed in I immediately fell in love. Its just so smooth.

been fishing anywhere from 15' to 22' chasing gills and perch. Haven't really got to test the drag yet but 9" gills and 13" perch and bass it worked great.

I will say that I am a run and gunner especially for perch. I can say with out a doubt I put more fish on the ice with this reel strictly for the free lining on top of a moving school of perch. As some of you know when you get into a nice school of jumbo perch getting that line back down as fast as possible is key. This reel paired with a tungsten jig or something like a macho minnow I can get it right back down the hole in front of fish with a simple touch of a button. No more hand pulling out line or rushing it and getting tangles etc.

I will probably buy a couple more now and put them on my 5yr old kids rods to hopefully eliminate tangles etc we get with spinning reels.

[hydro]

I have the red/black version of that and the drag was a real POS out of the box. I had to do some extensive modification for it to move without sticking. Works good now, but the fix is not for the non-mechanically inclined.

[Tom Sawyer]

Thanks for the feedback.........

[rundrave]

I finally got to test this reel out on some bigger fish this last weekend and it worked great.

I have to chime in again about the free spool feature. I had some finicky perch and eyes that would cruise through and I could see them on the camera and they were pretty tight lipped. But if I would reel up and hit the free spool button and the jig would drop in one fast steady smooth motion straight to the bottom. I had a rattle jig on and it would really call in the fish. Often times I wouldnt be marking anything or see anything on the camera. reel up and drop it down and the walleye and perch would come in and inhale the jig before it even hit the bottom.

tried to replicate the same thing with a spinning reel by hand lining and pulling out line to get jig to the bottom and it wouldnt work.

After a few trips now it has put more fish on the ice for me, scheels just had them on sale I should have bought a couple more.