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What have you got to say about the topic of: "Avet SX or MXL....thoughts?". Here's how is started: "Looking to put together a couple more outfits (yes, my wife has already pointed out "
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11-22-2006, 10:38 AM
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Looking to put together a couple more outfits (yes, my wife has already pointed out that I have something like 12 or 14 setups plus a few extra rods LOL)..... Anyway, I'm considering the Avet SX spooled with braid for Tautog, Fluke, Bass, and even casting to Mahi-Mahi, etc......on a 7' 20#-ish class rod. This reel seems to fit the bill for the type of versatility I am looking for. The new ones this year have a better handle, new laser-etched side-plate, recessed frame where you thumb the reel.......some nice improvements. Any opinions/experience? Also, rod suggestions? **edited** the title to reflect the MXL.....which I was also looking at and is now being considered.......as mentioned in the following posts. 
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11-22-2006, 12:13 PM
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| All we use are AVETS. Offshore we troll with seven to ten 4/0 2-speeds. Nice and small but they pack a punch and have never let us down. I have several MXJ 2-speeds and SX's we use to pitch bait to sails and Mahi. We have used them for several years, love them and don not plan to replace them. I plan to add several more of each. In the Ches Bay, we use the MXJ and SX's for everything from trolling to jiging. We have landed small (30 -40#) tuna on both the SX and MXJ, now that was FUN. Ken Reel Draggin' Tackle (no, we do not sell them, ... yet)
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11-22-2006, 01:03 PM
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| Thanks Ken! Would you recommend the SX or MXJ for what I want to do? Would the MXJ be too big and defeat the purpose? Looked to me like the MXJ has more line capacity and a slightly greater ratio but the drag capabilities were the same?
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11-22-2006, 05:07 PM
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| I would go with the SX. The MXJ 2-speed is great for a REALLY cool fight on sails and small BFT/Mahi etc. However, it is probably over kill for what you want. That said, the 2-speed comes in real handy when we hook up with a 40# striped bass. I have not had a chance to get it down to Fl for a test on the reefs yet. Price vs performance, ya can't go wrong with the little tank SX. All of ours are rigged with 50# pp.
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11-22-2006, 05:38 PM
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| I use my AVET MXL 6.3:1 for Blackfishing, purposely. Great capacity to deal with breakoff and abrasion (I am spooled with 50# PP). The 6.3:1 retrieve is perfect for blackfish, as it pullls them right up. | ||
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11-23-2006, 08:10 AM
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| I'm sorry Ken, I meant the MXL (the one Brad uses)....... The MXL and SX are the ones I am comparing right now. So, Brad, did you look at the SX also or did you just go with the MXL?
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11-23-2006, 10:14 AM
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| Here is an avet with a triflex rod in action catching Togs. I loved the setup! 
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11-23-2006, 10:55 AM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: tolland & mystic
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| got a couple mxl set-ups on my boat 6.3-1 retrieve. coupled with a nice medium graphite rod this set up is sensitive & powerful. nice fluke rod. excellent blackfish set. hauled in 40lb stripers t&w'ing & with the lever drag comfortable livelining & chunking. of course i still keep 12 other set-ups on board....but the avets get a lot of use from me....imho...mk ps of course the line is power pro 50lb | ||
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11-26-2006, 02:02 AM
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| Can't say enough good things about the Avets. We use the LX 2speeds for jigging tuna down in the gulf. The freespool alone on these reels will make you a believer. Brad | ||
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11-26-2006, 06:53 AM
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I am going to have to take a reel close look at the MXL. I plan to add four more Avets in this class. I was going to just go right to the SX because these will be Bay reels for the most part ... but, the MXJ-2speed is just really COOL, and the MXL might be the middle ground. I need to put the MXJ-2sp on a short stiff rod and see how it likes umbrella rigs. We currently use Penn 309's for that job. I heard that Avet was going to come out with a spinning out fit, anybody heard anything like that? Aboard the Honu, Capt Jerry uses all LX 2sp when inshore and AVET 50s offshore. Aboard the Round-Tuit, we like our tackle light, reel light  Ken
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