Bass Pro Extreme combo

[Roy123]

I was looking at picking up another carbonlite combo 7' mh. I was online and saw the extreme combo. Does anyone have experience with this reel? I'm sure the rod would be fine. In the past I've had several bass pro reels and found that the pro qualifiers were at the cusp of quality that would hold up for a while and perform well. I have had their $80 and under reels and not been happy with them.

They do not sell just the extreme reel, only in a combo. I see the combo is about $70 less than the carbonlite combo.

[PatriotAW4]

I have one that I got years ago and it still works good. Not sure about the new ones, I know you can't just buy the extreme rod.

[Roy123]

I had heard that the old ones were good. Not sure if these are the same or not.

[berudd]

I had heard that the old ones were good. Not sure if these are the same or not.

I had Extreme reels and one rod about 12-15 years ago. They were pretty good and the rod was great for chatterbaits until I dropped a ping pong table on it. Then they changed the reels and I didn’t like it at all. I returned it and never looked at them again.

From what I have seen, Bass Pro branded reels seem to be a rebrand of some thing else. Pro Qualifiers seemed the same as Lew’s Speed Spools and the Johnny Morris Signatire series reels seem to be a Diawa Procyon. These examples are a few years old but I suspect something similar still applies. Just FYI.

[Roy123]

I had Extreme reels and one rod about 12-15 years ago. They were pretty good and the rod was great for chatterbaits until I dropped a ping pong table on it. Then they changed the reels and I didn’t like it at all. I returned it and never looked at them again.

From what I have seen, Bass Pro branded reels seem to be a rebrand of some thing else. Pro Qualifiers seemed the same as Lew’s Speed Spools and the Johnny Morris Signatire series reels seem to be a Diawa Procyon. These examples are a few years old but I suspect something similar still applies. Just FYI.

You’re absolutely correct on that. Bass pro doesn’t have a reel plant. I’ve had good luck there reels and have found them to be identical to some abu and lews reels in the past. Bought a platinum spinning reel a couple years back and it’s a Diawa no doubt.

the reality is a $100 reel will be compatible with one from any other brand I feel.

[ECobb91]

BPS baitcast reels are made by Doyo. they are rebadged Lews and Abu reels. Amongst many other “brands”.

their spinning reels are made by Daiwa.

the only reels that are specifically OEM, made by the manufacturer itself, is Shimano and Daiwa.

all other reel “brands” on the market come from essentially 3 manufacturers: Doyo (Korea), Banax (China), Weihai Diaozhiwu (China).

[dragon1]

BPS baitcast reels are made by Doyo. they are rebadged Lews and Abu reels. Amongst many other “brands”.

their spinning reels are made by Daiwa.

the only reels that are specifically OEM, made by the manufacturer itself, is Shimano and Daiwa.

all other reel “brands” on the market come from essentially 3 manufacturers: Doyo (Korea), Banax (China), Weihai Diaozhiwu (China).

Sad to see the state of affairs in Sweden with taxation being so crazy high, that the legendary Abu (i.e., the Ambassadeur) reels are no longer Swedish made.

[ECobb91]

Sad to see the state of affairs in Sweden with taxation being so crazy high, that the legendary Abu (i.e., the Ambassadeur) reels are no longer Swedish made.

I think only a select few ambassaduer reels are made in Sweden now. Sad for sure.. doyos are just copies of each other now.

what’s odd though is my experience with Lews reels wasnt good, (4 out of 5 reels had some sort of issue). But my Gen2 Revo SX is flawless and outcasts every other reel, including an E series Curado and a Tatula CT

[billnorman1]

BPS baitcast reels are made by Doyo. they are rebadged Lews and Abu reels. Amongst many other “brands”.
their spinning reels are made by Daiwa.
the only reels that are specifically OEM, made by the manufacturer itself, is Shimano and Daiwa.
all other reel “brands” on the market come from essentially 3 manufacturers: Doyo (Korea), Banax (China), Weihai Diaozhiwu (China).

On the BPS Pro Qualifier and Johnny Morris models the frames are aluminum. Not to be confused with the less expensive Lews models with graphite frames, although the (much) more expensive Lews models do have aluminum frames.

[LowRange]

I wouldn't get it. I've handled them in store and they use some weird take on an SV spool brake that gets stuck in the extended position easily. This was a problem with the early SV spools and would make reels over brake. The Carbon Lite uses a Doyo Lubina platform which is a new gen platform to what the old ProQ everyone loved used and it has the reliable Doyo dual brake. I'd spend the extra money.