I have a question about Crankbaits and Reels.

I want to learn and do more Crankbait fishing this year but I have some questions.  Like

What reels is the best?  I have some people telling me that a 5 2 ratio is to fast and I need to buy a 4-? ratio.

I'm not sure why the ratio speed is so important.

Need some feed back if anyone has some thoughts I would appreciate it.

Thanks.

Shimano manufactures both left & right-hand retrieve Curado's in 5.1:1 and 6.1:1.
I just sold a Curado 201 B5 last night at the swap meet.

Smitty

Thanks for all the information.  I really appreciate the response.

I'm looking forward to Crankbait fishing this season.

Look forward to giving some good reports on the learning experience.

Thanks

I'm the guy that bought Smitty's Curado at the Swap Meet. My crankbait reel is a Shimano Calcutta. It's a nice reel, but it isn't as user friendly as a Curado, IMO. Harder to adjust the centrifugal control, tho it's not often you need to adjust it, but it's a lot harder to get access to the spool, to pick out a backlash or tie on new line. The Curado is really sweet in both regards.

It happens that this weekend, I won most of a G.Loomis crankbait rod (paid $65 for the rest!). My plan is to put a Curado on my old St. Croix FG crankin' rod, and use it with 20 or 30 lb test Stren Braid for Rattle-Traps. I figure to put the Calcutta on the G.Loomis. It's a 7' Med.-Lt., so it should throw 1/4 oz cranks ok. In our clear water, we need to use smaller cranks and buzz them along at a good clip. This particular Calcutta is 5.8:1, tho some are lower geared. I don't think I'd like cranking  those 20'+ deep divers with it, but I really can't see them as being productive in the places I usually fish. FWIW.