I stumble across the Strike Tech reel website earlier today and discovered a new reel technology I had never heard of before, Live Action Spool. At first glance these reels look like any other spinning reel but there is one huge difference, you don’t have to move the rod to change the action of your lure, the reel does it for you. Think of it as the ultimate lazy mans fishing reel. With a quick adjustment of the spool your lure action changes greatly.
“The Live Action Spool system sends five action pulses to your lure with every rotation of the handle. The secret is in the two piece spool, you pre-set the spool by turning it to the degree of action that you want! It now works like a cam altering the speed of retrieve every time the bail passes round the spool.”
I’m not convinced this would replace my normal spinning reels, but I’d love to give one a try!
Read more about the Strike Tech reel at striketech.net
They look cheap and nasty and probably just another crap gimmick that wont work as well as they claim.
The reels go from the 50 dollar range to the 150 dollar range, I wouldn’t expect them to be decked out in titanium or anything. Honestly I don’t think they look cheaper than other consumer reels of the same price range.
Personally the idea sounds interesting, even if it may seem like a gimmick. I’d like to give one of these a shot before I make my decision, or better yet review one!
Hi Jonathon,
Email me and I will get a test reel to you to give a thorough workout.
Cutting edge equipment not for the faint-hearted.
Try this with a walk the dog lure, man we welcome the opportunity to expand anybody’s fishing experience.
Tight lines and regards,
Andrew
Strike Technology
Reviews the way to go deffo before you part with any dosh!, I’m only not bothered because i’ve bought one of the new Quantum PT Tour Edition Spinning Reels with the Titanium Skeletal Handle, they’re awsome. (I had to buy it because Clive didn’t want to part with his old one!)
If you should have any other questions or concerns visit http://www.striketech.us and take a look there as well.
We fully expect you to be a little or (A LOT ) skeptical. But head over to the site and take a look for yourself.
Feel free to get in contact with any of us – we are used to people drilling us on the quality and innovation.
Andrew/Derrick – Thanks for contacting us about this!
It looks like we’ll have a review for these soon! I can’t wait!
If you should have any questions after you receive the reel please feel free to contact us. Just about any lure of choice will have an increased range of motion. It’s really that easy, We can’t make the fish appear but we can help you to catch them.
Thanks again for taking the time to review.
Derrick Reece
Strike Tech USA
SPOT ON STRIKE TECH!…This Site needs more big Guns like you showing an interest, at least here you’ll get an honest unbiased review, LEGENDS!
Hi Woody,
Appreciated, we are not big guns, we are at the pistol stage at the minute. Our passion for fishing led to developing the reel.
Ultimately it was claims from lure manufacturers about lure action and in the case of soft baits the lack of action that pumped the development.
For schooling species initiating the attack response is the key moment, creating the frenzy is the buzz. I love the hollow gutted feeling I get when the strike happens.
Please have a look at “fishing reel action” on youtube. Pardon the video quality but my co-inventor Jeff and good buddy Mike are catching up-river from other guys. We are using our reels but the same lures and as you can see both hooking up and leaving the other guys with jack ….
Cheers, Andrew
Here,s the link it may be easier;
http://www.youtube.com/user/fishstrike1
Regards, Andrew
Myself and two of my ProStaff have been reviewing the Midlevel reels for a couple weeks. I was a skeptic as well and held out on adding them to our line up. But we’re going forward and adding them to our website this week.
Not only is the Live Action Spool really cool and effective at creating a unique action to your baits, but the reels are top notch. The operation of these reels is smooth and solid and surpasses that of any other reel that I’ve used in their price range. I don’t think the green color enhances the reel’s cosmetic appeal, but in clear water, it won’t spook fish either.
I like to think I’m a tough customer and I’m sold based on the rugged construction alone.
Tight Lines,
John Bacarella
President/CEO
Sportsmen’s Direct Inc.
John, thanks for letting us know about your experiences with this reel, I’m still looking to find a retailer or distributor in Canada so I can test it out.
Seems to good to be true I would love to test one to see if it holds up and can perform before I could buy it
I’m having trouble finding any place that this reel can be purchased. Please email me your response. Thank you.
Looks like they might have gone out of business.
In my 62 years of fishing (I’m 68), I’ve never tried to use a spinning reel as hateful and impossible as a ST40AA. The worst attribute about the reel–obtained through Strike Tech NA Pres. Derrick Reece–is that I could not divine a way to fish with the monstrosity without getting rats’ nests. The worst rats’ nests were those with the line tangling in the middle of the tension knob, under the knob, and on the spool. This happened with both monofilament and braided fishing line. So far as the highly touted Live Action Spool feature goes, I never found any substantial difference with any of the lures I tried. And the ST40AA weighs a relative ton. The smaller Strike Tech reel was just as hideous. Mr. Reece dilly-winkled around in e-mail communications with me. He was going to give me a refund. Because I had a couple of fishing trips with no problems, Mr. Reece reneged on giving me a refund. I wouldn’t pay 15 cents for a ST40AA–much less whatever the going gouge is.