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Abu Garcia Abumatic 1276SLi
MSRP: $64.99

Member Tested Rating: 8.6


This reel is specifically designed to fish superlines and comes spooled with 100 yards of 14-pound Berkley FireLine. It features stainless steel components with a titanium-nitrate front cone, rotor and line guide, as well as dual, rotating pick-up pins. It has an ultra-smooth drag and instant anti-reverse. Contact Abu Garcia at (800) 228-4272; abugarcia.com.
 
 
 
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Joseph Ball, Chattanooga, TN
Site Member
“This reel is extremely easy to use, and it doesn’t have the ‘youth’ look of most other spincasters.”
Kevin Coldsmith, Pierre, SD
Lifetime Member
“The Abumatic is a good, smooth-casting reel for my wife and kids—or me. I really like that it comes spooled with high-quality superline.”
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James514
Posted:8/31/2009
Location:buffalo, MO
Member
field testing the Abu garcia Abumatic 1276SLi
May I please field test this reel
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colbarry
Posted:9/11/2009
Location:columbus, OH
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Wish
I'd like to field test this one!
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sdbrown75
Posted:9/13/2009
Location:salem, VA
Member
nice looking reel
would love to test this reel out on some heavy catfish
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grhuntington
Posted:9/17/2009
Location:bonaire, GA
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grhuntington@aol.com
I agree with sdbrown75, I would like to see how the reel performs with a heavy catfish.
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bcummins
Posted:9/18/2009
Location:cheyenne, WY
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Abu Garcia Abumatic 1276SLi
wow nice looking reel like to test it on some trout
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ford58
Posted:9/19/2009
Location:euless, TX
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abu garcia 1276sli
i would like to tested on catfish and carp.will it match up to zebco omega reels?
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rweatherall
Posted:9/22/2009
Location:mesquite, TX
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rweatherall
i would like to try this reel on catfish and sand bass
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rweatherall
Posted:9/22/2009
Location:mesquite, TX
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rweatherall
i would like to try this reel on catfish and sand bass
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kam3629
Posted:9/26/2009
Location:dunkirk, NY
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Abumatic 1276SLi
I own this reel and I use it on heavy catfish. I do lots of fishing for catfish all summer long I can say that it will handle a 20 pound catfish and has smooth action as to reeling it in. When I go to Fl this next year I am going to try it out down there where the catfish are much bigger then here in NY.
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luongja
Posted:10/1/2009
Location:fort riley, KS
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Baitcast, spincast, spin.
To me it looks like this reel is a high end spincasting reel. Dont get me wrong it comes with nice line and sounds great on paper. Kam uses it on large catfish. Awesome so you know from at least one person that its a good reel. For me I just dont like spincasting. Sorry prefer a spinning reel and rod. If I were sent it I would test it but I would like to test other rods and reels preferably. Spinning Baitcasting Fly what ever. I might have my kids test it out to see if they like it. Now Im not baging on Abu Garcia at all but i Just dont like spincasting reels.
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chaone
Posted:10/2/2009
Location:white stone, VA
Life Member
Super line?
I guess I'm going to have to rethink the size equipment members here tend to use. I am 56 and have been taught since 5 to land everything I hook. If I wore out the drag or broke the line, (God help me the time I broke the rod), I received a sound beating. I have 130yds. of 20lb. as backing, then 250 yds. of 65lb. braided line. There is a 150 lb. swivel tided on to begin with & then I use smaller tackle from there. I use a Shimano Spheros SP18000FB and out catch the boat 4 to 1 or better.
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manofgod
Posted:10/21/2009
Location:tolleson, AZ
Life Member
field testing abu garcia abumatic1276sli
I would love to test this reel ! I only use spincasting reel's but i would love to test this high quality reel and start my little 10 year old cousin on it, it would probably be a great reel for him for many year's .
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rlezcanojr.
Posted:10/25/2009
Location:pembroke pines, FL
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trying it
I would like to try it on different varieties of fish. Maybe catfish, bass, and pike
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kturner1
Posted:11/1/2009
Location:rio rancho, NM
Member
test
i keith turner would like to test the reel i go fishing almost day i was born to fish ilive to fish !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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tiny098
Posted:11/11/2009
Location:clarksville, TN
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Abu Garcia Abumatic 1276SLi
would like to test out this reel on fishing in general
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