quickcedo
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I'm looking for a speedia wide drum deluxe. Must be in good mechanical condition. I live in Oxford. Will gladly travel up to 50 miles to view. Many thaks Mark.
It's to do with less bedding in of the line under pressure on the wider spool. If I compare my Trudex (narrow drum) with my Speedia (wide drum) there is significantly more area between the flanges, thus less depth of line, thus less bedding in.
Or so they say.
I must say that when I've actually tested much of what I've been told as gospel in fishing it isn't true!
I think you are refering to the compensating drag..not all Speedias have this. Those that do are generally known as De-Luxe models.
They are very fashionable for barbel at the moment, but plenty of other reels have a compensating drag too, such as models by Youngs and some of the Grice and Young range.