Light spin gear to cast small slugs?

[Flex]

Hi all. Im pretty savy when it comes to big heavy fishing gear. But I have no idea whats what when it comes to light spin gear. specially reels.

Im wanting to get an outfit to cast small metal slugs for chasing tuna. My GT outfit is just a tad to big to cast 20g slugs:)

Anyhow, whats a decent quality spin reel that pulls a fair whack of drag? somthing thats small to cast slugs, yet strong enough to land a 6+kg tuna?

PS: im looking to spend around $300 mark

[marty+jojo]

Team daiwa sol 3000 vary nice reel and strong, smooth drag, however it is does not have a super quick reteive ratio.
Marty.

[Fafnir]

My choice would be a Shimano Stradic 6000 with 5.7:1 ratio will set you back a little over $200. Or a Okuma V-System V65SA with 6.2:1 ratio.

Daiwa Emblem Pro 5500 is under $300 but is a big reel. Quite a few guys on here swear by them though. Daiwa Entoh 5500 is a little over $300, with a 4.1:1 ratio, but large diameter spool so it will pull in 82cm of line per handle crank.

Personally I would go the Stradic or V-System for your budget.

[Jeremy87]

300 for the outfit? or just the reel. I sound like an old record with bay spinning setups but 4000 shimanos or daiwas are normally the way to go, i've used 2500 (same size as 3000 with a shallow spool) sized daiwas before but the gear ratio is a little slow. If its 300 for a set up get yoursefl one of the old stradics while they're going sheap (if there are any left) bcf is doing them for 169 at the moment. If they're out of 4000's then the 5000's are good to with a deeper spool. 6000's and emblem pro's are to big for 20 gram metals and placcies (spool is too large are creates to much drag pulling line off). In terms of rods, 7'-8ft 4-8kg rods. Going for a 3-6kg rod will really help flick those placcies round but beware of the long tail, hook a 10kg+ job and watch the day disappear playing the bloody thing. Berkley have just brought out there new dropshot range that has a 7'6" 4-8kg rod that looks sh!t hot for slug chucking for 80-90 bucks, fore grip is a little short but for the mac tuna and spotties it will do nicely. If your spending 300 on a reel try to grab an old sustain 4000, it's what i'm using at the monet and is highly recommended, its taken longies up to 12kg, several hundred spotties, assorted tuna from macks through to stripies (maybe a yellow fin or to but that might have been my stradic) + many more and its still feels like new. The titanium nitride lip on the spool lets the braid wisp of wish bugger all resistance. 15lb line will be adequate 12lb if your feeling sporty. I like braid casts further and goes hand and hand with smaller spooled reels for extra line capacity. You will pull more hooks if you don't play the fish properly so try to keep the pressure as constant as possible and let them run first up. single hooks stay in their mouths better aswell.

[GPB]

The new upgraded Stadics will be on the shelves soon and under $300.00

[Flex]

Thanks guys. Yeah im looking at around $300 for just the reel. whats the difference between the sustain and the stadic?

[Flattie Assassin]

the sustain is a way more refined reel than the stradic. the new stradics in the mg are average. for that money i would buy a sol.

[Jeremy87]

The difference between the old sustain and stradics, extra bearing better gears titanium nitride lipped spool (really makes a difference when casting believe it or not, i picked up one of my friends rods the other day that didn't have one and i could feel the extra drag on the line as it came off the spool). Probably the biggest difference is the handle assembly. The old stradics have a square key way that the handle shaft slots into and then screws into a tensioned nut on the other side. This is nice and conveinient as you can swap it over quickly for left to right hand winding but because of its design it develops heaps of play with use (my friend ended up having to replace his as it became stripped). The sustain has a special screw in assbly that locks off with another screw. It means that you need a jewelers screw driver set to swap the handle but once its in its in and almost feels fixed to the drive gear its so solid. as i said before mine still feles like new after catching enough fish to make a stradic feel like a tss4. 4000 sol would also be a good reel, The larger spool balances out with the lower gear ratio. I still prefer a higher gear ratio though for some reason. the day daiwa make their 3000 and 4000 reels in a high speed gear ratio (but not with the extra mass and bulky handle of the blast) i'll no longer need to look at shimano for my reels.