New to forum and Alvey, have some questions for the forum.

[grumpyerik]

Hello everyone. This is my first post, I hope I am putting it in the right place. I have never even heard of Alvey until I accidentally came across the website last night. This is going to sound weird, but I think an Alvey may be just what I need even though I live in Kansas. I fish for catfish in the rivers around here and the very fine sand gets into everything. I have a Penn Squidder I have to take apart and clean fairly often because it gets "crunchy" from sand. I have read Alveys are nearly immune to sand, perfect!!! Will an Alvey overcast like my Squidder if I don't mind it or is it like an eggbeater and not make a mess of my line? I have read that line twist is a problem, what do you guys do to eliminate this problem? I think a 500c5 with a AL550 rod would work well for river and lake catfish what do you guys think? If possible I would like to use the same rod to fish for bass and walleye, do you guys think it would cast light live bait? That is all I have for now, I am sure I will have more dumb questions later. Thank you in advance.

[Mauricio]

Hi, pal. Welcome to the Forum. You right, Alveys are terrific to caught catfishes. In my last trip I caught a good one. And are almost nothing affected by sand. Are easy to cast, and you can reach long distance. 500C5 is a good choice, I have one and have good rememberings using it, an old companion. And with a AL550 rod will make a terrific couple.  Is possible use this rod  for bass and walleye too, if you want use a spinning reel.  To minimize the line twist, just use the correct rig, ever a small swivel at end of main line like is showed in the Alvey site. And, at end of trip, just pull the last 50/80 line meters by the ground, and rewind making a small two finger pression. This will mantain the line ok to store the reel.

[Last]

Hi Erik   welcome to the forum,    I am a cat man to.    live in   Oklahoma  if you fishing rivers  suspect  its   Arkansas or Walnut  maybe    I  live on  lake Eufaula    .    yep a alvey cast  live  bait  really  good     and  cut bait  way out there to .     there are my go to  bank fishing / bait casting  rod/reels .      I  like   for  cats   600, 500, 55s  all are  good . the bigger the reel the faster the retrieve  .   just  fill but not over fill  with  line  .  lighter test  line you can get away with  the better  .     keep in  touch.

[grumpyerik]

Hi Last, I fish the Kansas, Delaware, and Wakarusa rivers plus the larger creeks around here. Does an Alvey birdsnest like a baitcaster or are they more like a spinning reel and don't make a mess of your line.

[GeneB]

I'll just sit back and pour a drink. You guys just said it all.

[Last]

i see,  your in the north east part of Kansas    shucks  I was hoping you closer like   south east Kansas.     .         no  they dont backlash  like a level wind  but  you will learn  to keep twist  out of line  or they will  throw you a knot  like a egg beater do sometimes .        what  i like best  about a alvey  you can toss live bait  without  throwing  it off the hook  and    a 75 yd cast with bait and  3 oz sinker   aint  a  big deal at all  with   15 or 17 lb test  line         

[grumpyerik]

Yeah, it is to bad I don't live closer to your location. Maybe I could stop by on my way to see my uncle who lves in Galveston.

[Last]

     sounds good  come on down  ,      heck  we  may go with you         

  I love fishing  the west end of  Galveston beach just across the toll bridge   and all way down to 65 mile marker on  PINS   my favorite spot is Matagorda bay  area back towards  Sargents  and   surf side beach is good at times to.  so is  freeport      perfect  for Alvey  rigs.

[GeneB]

Had a nice conversation with a customer in Tulsa, today. Hope he takes up the invitation to join us.