Abu Garcia Ambassadeur Line Counter Baitcast Reel review and price compare 2025

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Product overview

Brand	Abu Garcia
Material	Carbon Fiber, Aluminium
Hand Orientation	Right Hand
Handle Material	Stainless Steel
Item Weight	0.5 Kilograms
Bearing Material	Stainless Steel

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2 stainless steel ball Bearings + 1 roller bearing provides smooth Operation
Carbon matrix drag System provides smooth, consistent drag pressure across the entire drag range
Power handle
Counts in feet
Line out alarm
2 Stainless steel ball bearings
5:3:1 Gear Ratio; 15lb Max Drag; Right hand retrieve

From the manufacturer

product description

Ambassadeur Linecounter Reel

product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20 x 15 x 15 inches; 1 Pounds
Item model number ‏ : ‎ Lc-Amb
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ May 12, 2010
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Abu Garcia
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003M2EUKE

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Questions about Abu Garcia Ambassadeur Line Counter Baitcast Reel

40 poound = mm ?made in ? and what size is 12 pound is it 20 or 30 or 40 ? and what about the 14 pound ! ?

In product detail Origin=China, is correct?

Answer: Mine say "Made in Sweden" on the side near the power handle.

Answer: I think USA as I had it in 2 days

is the 5500 lc reel made in sweden

Answer: My 6500 lc is so I am assuming the 5500 lc is.

Answer: Yes

Is it a 600 series

Answer: Mine are the 5500LC series but they also have the larger 6500 series. Great reels.

What siZe is this reel base to 20/30/40 ? Made in?

Answer: 20

Is this reel made in china

Could you put picture where it looks "made in"?

is this reel made for salt water use

Made in sweden?

Answer: this is made in Sweden. simple and tough、is the best.

Answer: Hello

Answer: Yes, made in Sweden. great dependable reel..

Answer: Sorry Oeriz not sure. I purchased as gift to my son. But I can tell you he really likes them and uses them often striped fishing

Answer: yes

The description does not say 5500lc or 6500lc, that is how they should be described, are we to assume which is which?

Answer: it could be either. 5500lc is smaller

Answer: The 12lb 249 yd is the 5500; the 14lb 245 yd capacity is the 6500.

Answer: I purchased two of these for Kokanee fishing. They are model 5500CL.

For use with right hand?

Answer: Hello

Answer: This is a trolling reel basically. But I did buy it for my father and he is right handed.

can i get this in left handed?

Answer: I am not sure and think they may have discontinued the reel altogether. Which is a shame. All Abu reels indicate left hand with a "1" so if the model is a 6501 it is left handed. 6500 is right handed and so on. 5501 left, 5500 right etc

is this a 5500 or a 6500

Answer: The one you are asking about is a 6500. They also make a 5500 and it comes with a normal paddle handle and not the power handle.

Answer: 5500

Answer: 6500

Answer: 5500 LC

Can you put an image when I looking "Made in Sweden"?

Product reviews of Abu Garcia Ambassadeur Line Counter Baitcast Reel

pete : very nice and well built reel but power handle was bent ...

very nice and well built reel but power handle was bent looks like factory defect but will keep reel and order a replacement handle

Jim Ludwig : Very nice and smooth

Very nice and smooth, will hold 5 colors of 18 pound lead core ''tuff line'' or 10 colors of 15lb suffix 832 lead core.

Christopher R. : Simply work....

Well built. These ar Not their outsourced stuff but made in Sweden. Simple to clean and maintain and these just work. I have the 5500 and 6500.

pete : very nice and well built reel but power handle was bent ...

very nice and well built reel but power handle was bent looks like factory defect but will keep reel and order a replacement handle

William Pate : Bad drag system

The line counter kept sticking and the drag was difficult to adjust and wouldn't work properly sent it back

Oleg Efimov : Cant release under the load

I tried to troll with this reel. Its virtually impossible to release the reel to free-spool while line is under the load. The release button has serious design problem. It is a hassle when you fighting big fish or trying to put down 10oz sinker.

ummm : No power handle on mine :(

I ordered the 5500LC. The description states that it has a power handle as shown in the picture. The reel I received did not have the power handle. I will be sending it back. Other than that it looks like a nice reel.

Steven G : whats not to love about it

Its an Abu, whats not to love about it.

Margaret L. Till : reel

one of the best reels I own. I have two of these babies. one on each side of my boat for trolling for salmon and striper. I use 65 lb pro
line.

William Pate : Bad drag system

The line counter kept sticking and the drag was difficult to adjust and wouldn't work properly sent it back

4pierre : High quality line counter

One of the better line counters out there IMHO (6500LC)
1: there is no play in the reeling, very solid and smooth
2: solid construction. All pieces seem well machined and solidly build and assembled. No flex in the reel whatsoever
3: all buttons and levers have very confident action, solid
4: lightweight compared to some of the other round reels that ABU Garcia makes.
only downside I see is if you want to cast with it. It does not freewheel well at all even with the cast control completely out, but that's not this reels prime objective so I wont subtract for that.

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