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Am I the only one with one these odd animals? I got it brand new to try from Bobber some time ago and was so unsure about it, took me over 4 years to try it!



I love it.

I am sorry it took me so long to look at it. This thing is a flipping machine. I have no idea how accepted by the industry it was, or what the reviews about it are, but I love it.

It took some getting used to and had to almost force myself to use it, but I am so glad I did. I am looking forward to using it again this year!


http://www.tackletour.com/reviewicast09reelsardent.html

Thought about one of these when they first came out. Decided against it because the only positive you ever heard was they were made in America. No one ever had much else to say about them.

The concept made sense too for those specific uses but unfortunately like every reel made for a specific use, they seemed to fall by the wayside.

Never tried one

It's not going to win any beauty contests and it took me the longest time to actually try and use it. But once I did, and stopped laughing at it, I learned to love it!

It's heavy. That much is certain. I think it's made out of recycled A10 Warthogs or something, but damn it if I don't love it!

Flip and pitch machine!!

Craig

Front line guide appears fixed position...
Does it have a traverse for level wind?

Out4trout wrote:Front line guide appears fixed position...
Does it have a traverse for level wind?

LOL... no. It reminds me of a yoyo. The line piles up tall on a deep trench-like spool!

No joke. Like I said, when I looked at the thing I thought there was no way I was ever going to use it. It looks so unconventional. A bit of a monstrosity to be honest.

But it works so well for flipping.

Craig

Out4trout wrote:Front line guide appears fixed position...
Does it have a traverse for level wind?

O4T,

Click on the tackletour link that Craig provided in the original post. You will see that the actual width of the spool where the line goes is no wider than the line guide. As such, there is no need for a levelwind or a moving line guide.

Thanks, I see it now... sure is a bizarre looking reel.

I tend to have an affinity for odd tools. One of my favorite lures is the discontinued Hybrid Terminator


I play guitars upside down (The guitar is upside down, not me) I had and Eska outboard and now my favorite flipping reel is that odd duck of an Ardent.

I suppose it's just a product of being an English left handed Quebecer.

In the next couple days, Ardent is releasing a new flipping reel if you liked that one.



Here is a video with Denny Brauer showing the reel.

COOL!

Thanks for the info!!

Craig