Been wanting a dedicated big trout setup for a while so I finally pulled the trigger with the megabass great hunting black pool 77-2mls paired with an ultegra (courtesy of digitaka). Rod felt amazing, reel finally arrived, and I could finally put it all together …and the reel was a terrible fit for the reel seat. There was barely enough clearance to even clamp the reel down, and even with it fully locked down, it was still wiggling around a ton. The reel just wasn’t a good fit for the megabass’s reel seat.
It was always gonna be riskier buying a rod I had very limited information on (literally all I had to go off of were a couple badly translated Japanese websites) but honestly still fairly upset. Definitely my most expensive fishing related fuckup yet and a good lesson that individually good products don’t necessarily pair well together. I’ll probably have to either get them each another rod and reel or just sell them, but definitely a huge letdown.
Posted by Bruuuhhhhhhb
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Sucks too since they look great together
You could put a thin layer of self adhering grip tape on the foot of the reel to take up space. There is some that they make for 3 prong spears that I use to create extra grip on my rods that would work perfectly.
Im sure there is others out there. Won’t damage the reel or the rod and is easily removed.
Could you stick a toothpick in there? Id try that…