Due to having recently lost a rod and reel out the bed of my truck, I'll be buying a new reel. I already got the rod but now it's time for a reel to go on it. I've narrowed it down to an okuma Citrix. There's a 273v model and a 254v model. Only about $10 difference in price. The 273 has 7.3:1 gears and the 254v has 5.4:1 gears. My question- what's the difference?

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Posted by Big_country346

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 4/6/14 at 11:15 pm to A_bear

It has to do with the spool size and bearing size. I don't fully understand myself but I know the 7.3:1 gets about 30 inches per revolution of the handle and the 5.4:1 is less per rev.

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Posted by ZacAttack

The Land Mass

Member since Oct 2012

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Posted on 4/6/14 at 11:27 pm to A_bear

Higher the gear ratio the faster the line retrieve, but you lose some pulling power.

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Posted by Boats n Hose

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Posted on 4/6/14 at 11:36 pm to A_bear

unless you're strictly fishing cranks or slowrolling spinnerbaits with it, get the 7.3

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Posted by Junky

Louisiana

Member since Oct 2005

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 5:46 am to A_bear

I hear Zebco came out with a new reel this year!

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Posted by BIG Texan

Texas

Member since Jun 2012

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 9:15 am to A_bear

The 5.4 is slow retrieve with power , these are good for throwing big deep crank baits and that is about all. 7.3 is super fast good for Plastics and jigs. All around would be 6.3.
Why the Okuma? Just curious.

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