So the old boy said he wants to do an order from the USA for some reels so I have been looking at both overheads and spinners,(for bottom bashing and chasing macks and reefies) I have found my over head I want .daiwa saltist 2sp size 30 conventional as my mate own one and absolutely loves it. But as I want a spinning as well for the same fishing not sure what to look at ???
Ok but will need some more details such as water depth? If you plan to fish braid or mono? Variety of uses etc. This will help detirmine the size of the reel and we can go from there. eg if you fish for these species in 2o mtrs you could go a 4000 sized reel but in 100 you will need a really big reel and if you are including species like 20kg sized cobia and large macs then again big stuff is needed. And then there is the plastics or bait issue to be considered.
Mal
Sorry defiantly braid, 40-50lb depths from 20-60meters of water mainly just jigging soft plastics and squid jigs then bottom bashing with bait and sinker. So all rounder I guess
Still need to know the size fish you are hoping to catch? Up to a 10kg fish a 10,000 sized reel in those depths (with 50lb braid) would be fine but if you are hoping to stop 20kg fish then 1800 reels are the order of the day. I know a bloke who fishes up your way who catches macks up to 20kg of a Jetty!! He only uses 1800 sized reels and very rarely (if ever) gets spooled. He uses 80lb braid as the norm by the way.
No need to go real big in the reel department at those depths and using 50lb braid. Any fish that takes enough line to spool you will brick you in the rough stuff before then. The 30 sized overhead in the Daiwa is a good size for that line class. I wouldn't bother with two speed though as you won't have enough drag plus hook too many really big fish to worry about the low gear ratio. The Single speeds are a little lighter and also better balanced.
There's a few options on the overhead but you are set on the Saltist?
What's your budget for the spinner?
The big question is how much do you want to spend? An 8000 Stradic will make short work of most fish up to about the 15kg mark but will struggle if you are going for bigger targets especially in rough ground. Saragosa might be a better option
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thinking under the 350 mark on both reels open to all suggestions on reels I catch a lot of red fish nannys and emp a few trevally but yeah id say the 15kg mark
stradic 8000 mate will suit what u are doing,got 2 I use biggest king we have got on 1 is bout 14kilo,done it pretty easy...
I have 2 daiwa saltist spin reels in the 4000 model, they hold 170m of 50lb braid. I also fish these depths and think they would suit you down to the ground. I have a 6000 as well, its is a big reel and is prolly overkill.
I also have the saltist OH's. I agree with daintreeboy, dont bother with the 2 speed. Its just more moving parts to play up.
Id probably the gosa over the stradic any day of the week
Yep agree with Horse and Cobiaman, go the Gosa over the Stradic. Probably go the 10000 to for the Aliminium rotor as the body size is still that of a 6000.
That or a Daiwa seagate 4500. It's a beefed up Saltist.
cheers everybody yep saragosa and the diawa saltist hyper speed it is
As for the saragosa don't buy the "F" model as they have been discontinued and so have the parts
I have just bought a Saltist 6000 to replace my aged TSS4.It is a big heavy reel for throwing slugs at Mackerel,wish I had bought a 4000.Nice reel though.
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