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Tackle Talk - Bass Fishing Podcast

Ep. 337 - The MOST UNDERRATED Spinning Reel, Takahiro Omori's Big WIN, Learning Fish Behavior From Live Sonar, And More!

Tackle Talk - Bass Fishing Podcast

Andrew Hayes

Sports, Wilderness

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today we have a 'reel' great episode for you… because we're talking fishing reels. Specifically, I'm going to give you my pick for THE MOST UNDERRATED spinning reel on the market. Then, in the Fishing Poll, you tell us who your favorite spinning reel manufacturer is.. but there's a catch. And in the Mailbag we answer questions about learning lessons from live sonar even if you don't use it personally, Abu Garcia, changing your old fishing line and more!

 

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, everybody, today we have a real great episode for you today because we're talking fishing

0:05.9

reels. Specifically, I'm going to give you my pick for the most underrated spinning reel on the

0:10.8

market. And then in the fishing poll today, you guys get to tell us who your favorite reel

0:15.1

manufacturer is, but there's a catch. You can't say Shimano or Diwa. So very interesting results there.

0:22.0

And in the mailbag, we get to answer your questions about learning from live sonar,

0:26.3

even if you don't use it personally, Abu Garcia, changing your old fishing line,

0:31.4

and more on today's episode of Tackle Talk.

0:34.4

Hello, everybody.

0:35.4

I'm Bill Dance, and you're listening to Tackle Talk. This is the Tackle Talk. Hello everybody. I'm Bill Dance, and you're listening to Tackle Talk.

0:39.5

This is the Tackle Talk podcast. Brought to you by The Rod Locker, Premium Gear and Expert

0:48.1

Advice from a staff you can trust. Now, here's your host, Andrew Hayes.

0:57.0

Hey, everybody.

0:57.9

Welcome back to another episode of the Tackle Talk podcast.

1:00.7

As always, we are brought to you by the great folks over at the Rod Locker.

1:04.7

The Rod Locker, based out of Evansville, Indiana, is our favorite place to shop for our brand

1:09.5

new or used fishing gear.

1:11.4

They have an incredible selection of rods, reels, baits, line, everything that you could need,

1:17.3

the essentials, they carry awesome brands.

1:19.6

We're talking G. Loomis, Shimano, Dioa, St. Croix, Dabins, Megabas, Berkeley, Rappala,

1:27.0

you name it.

1:27.7

They have so many brands over there that we talk about on the daily here on Tackle Talk

1:31.7

that you can get from great folks at great prices.

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