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Uncle Russ · 04-23-2008, 08:36 PM

All good info, MrBill, and thanks very much.

Gunsmoke: that is good to hear from someone who has used them in actual combat a lot more than I have. In 1959, I bought my first deer rifle at TLS on San Pedro and Hildebrand. Pre-64 (well, duh) and cost me $49.95. Then I had them mount a Weaver K-4 on a side mount--only thing I ever killed with it was a squirrel that pissed me off over corn I had tossed out by hand--not many feeders in those days, and I damned sure didn't have one.

Tonight, I did a little more testing, this time of all three Twin Spins, with the following results. All rods were held at a 45 degree angle and all loops were 7-turn surgeon's loops:

1. Twinspin SR12 mounted on the OTI 7 foot popping rod, rated for 20 pounds max drag. Line was 65 pound JB solid. Drag locked down at 25 pounds give or take 2 pounds.

1. Twinspin SR12 mounted on the OTI 7 foot popping rod, rated for 20 pounds max drag. Line was 65 pound JB solid. Drag locked down at 25 pounds give or take 2 pounds.

1. Twinspin SR12 mounted on the OTI 7 foot popping rod, rated for 20 pounds max drag. Line was 65 pound JB solid. Drag locked down at 25 pounds give or take 2 pounds.

2. Twinspin SR20 mounted on a Smith Nirai jigging rod, rated for 29 pounds max drag. Line was 80 pound JB solid. Drag locked down at 30 pounds give or take 2 pounds.

3. Twinspin SR30 mounted on a 7 foot Accurate Calstar with no specific max drag and a reputation of being able to give a real man a hernia before breaking. Line was 130 pound JB hollow. Drag locked down at 45 pounds, almost on the money. I damned near died, pulling on it.

So the 12 and the 20 are reasonably close in drag capability with the 30 way out in front, beating the 20 by 50 percent. All of the reels gave line out very smoothly at locked down drag--although I did not really try to warm the drag up prior to the tests as you are supposed to do.

I would fish these rigs, respectively, at 20, 25, and 30 pounds max drag, and, subject to what others may say, I think it would be fun to fish the entire 76 hour trip with only spinners. I feel that the SR30 could be used to pull big AJ s out from a rig--but I'm just not the man to do it any more. If I got one on, with 45 pounds of drag, my fighting strategy would be to hand the rod to either Gunsmoke, MrBill, or gimmedeal and say--"Dude, you ain't shit if you can't land this fish." Then I would have my own tag ready.

Russ

04-23-2008, 08:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
Uncle Russ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,114	All good info, MrBill, and thanks very much. Gunsmoke: that is good to hear from someone who has used them in actual combat a lot more than I have. In 1959, I bought my first deer rifle at TLS on San Pedro and Hildebrand. Pre-64 (well, duh) and cost me $49.95. Then I had them mount a Weaver K-4 on a side mount--only thing I ever killed with it was a squirrel that pissed me off over corn I had tossed out by hand--not many feeders in those days, and I damned sure didn't have one. Tonight, I did a little more testing, this time of all three Twin Spins, with the following results. All rods were held at a 45 degree angle and all loops were 7-turn surgeon's loops: 1. Twinspin SR12 mounted on the OTI 7 foot popping rod, rated for 20 pounds max drag. Line was 65 pound JB solid. Drag locked down at 25 pounds give or take 2 pounds. 1. Twinspin SR12 mounted on the OTI 7 foot popping rod, rated for 20 pounds max drag. Line was 65 pound JB solid. Drag locked down at 25 pounds give or take 2 pounds. 1. Twinspin SR12 mounted on the OTI 7 foot popping rod, rated for 20 pounds max drag. Line was 65 pound JB solid. Drag locked down at 25 pounds give or take 2 pounds. 2. Twinspin SR20 mounted on a Smith Nirai jigging rod, rated for 29 pounds max drag. Line was 80 pound JB solid. Drag locked down at 30 pounds give or take 2 pounds. 3. Twinspin SR30 mounted on a 7 foot Accurate Calstar with no specific max drag and a reputation of being able to give a real man a hernia before breaking. Line was 130 pound JB hollow. Drag locked down at 45 pounds, almost on the money. I damned near died, pulling on it. So the 12 and the 20 are reasonably close in drag capability with the 30 way out in front, beating the 20 by 50 percent. All of the reels gave line out very smoothly at locked down drag--although I did not really try to warm the drag up prior to the tests as you are supposed to do. I would fish these rigs, respectively, at 20, 25, and 30 pounds max drag, and, subject to what others may say, I think it would be fun to fish the entire 76 hour trip with only spinners. I feel that the SR30 could be used to pull big AJ s out from a rig--but I'm just not the man to do it any more. If I got one on, with 45 pounds of drag, my fighting strategy would be to hand the rod to either Gunsmoke, MrBill, or gimmedeal and say--"Dude, you ain't shit if you can't land this fish." Then I would have my own tag ready. Russ __________________ "Tschirhart: Helluva deal. You bait the hooks--I catch the fish!--Grimm." Last edited by Uncle Russ : 04-23-2008 at 08:44 PM.