#ABU GARCIA AMBASSADEUR 5000 REVERSE HOW TO#
#ABU GARCIA AMBASSADEUR 5000 REVERSE PRO#

I've reconditioned some Ambassadeur Pro Max 16 reels from the late 60's and early 70's and love using them. Me, I'd only use one for trolling There are much better reels around nowadays if you're casting for bass. They do best with heavy line and heavy lures. The 5000/5500's aren't noted for great cast controls, nor for long casts - but there are a zillion of them around and they still have fans. But reel that you can't trust not to backlash isn't much fun to fish with. The Ambassadeurs are solid reels IF they fit your style of fishing and you are comfortable using them. You'll get mostly personal opinions on this, and here's mine: Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge. PS.I understand there are some upgradable features on one or both of these reels.would adding the upgrades be worth my time or money, or should I use save that money for a newer reel? The rods seem nice enough to keep them no matter what reels I end up using.in fact if any of you can give me more info the rods also i'd really appreciate it.

but not near as bad, and I blame much of that on my needing practice as I do on the older style of spool control system.and my not being used to it.the Shimano I learned with had a magnetic spool control.Īnyway, i'd love to hear what other bass fisherman think about using these.Are they worth using, or should I bring them out for catfish night? The 5500 did alot better and I was able to make some fairly long sidearm casts without much effort.the reel felt solid and smooth for the most part, although the round body felt fairly large, and for some reason, I kept wrapping a finger around the front and getting it pinched by the line guide as I held the reel with my left guess time will break that habit.I did have my share of backlashing with this reel also. The 5000 gave me the most trouble with backlashing and tryin to adjust that.I just couldn't seem to find a happy medium that worked for me.I could make some short flippin style casts but any long cast resulted in a backlash.I was tryin spinnerbaits. First off I wasn't crazy about the 'Solar' BigGame looked like a big honkin ski rope coming thru the i'll might use something different if I keep on using these.In fact, Should I be using a braided line on these reels? I gave both reels a try at a nearby lake last weekend. They both cleaned up pretty nice and i relubed them, before stringin them up with some 15lb Berkly BigGame line.

#ABU GARCIA AMBASSADEUR 5000 REVERSE HOW TO#

I learned how to use a baitcast reel in the early 80's and spent many years using a low profile Shimano reel.but I know nothing about these round types of baitcasters, and I was hoping someone could give me some more info on them.specificly, are they worth my time to use them fishing for bass? The ser# looks to be(89-0 89-90)on the 5000, and(990503)on the 5500-C3.

After many years away from fishing I have started again.I purchased a BPS spinning combo rig and a few lures to me going started, but a friend recently gave me a couple of old Abu's on rods that he never used.an ambassadeur 5000 on a 7ft Berkley lightning rod IM6 series, and a 5500-C3 mounted on a 6.5ft All Star rod.WR1 model i'm assuming?

Abu garcia ambassadeur 5000 reverse