New Reel Required

[ismail]

Hi,

I want to get rid of my Okuma Avenger 2000 and want to upgrade to something better. I am wondering from Daiwa and Shimano which reels are better in the 1500 to 2500 sizes to match a rack raider rod. My budget is up to around $200.00 There seems to be a whole range of reels which i could buy but am wondering which would suit the rack raider rod nicely as well as which would be best quaility for the money I am willing to pay. I use it for SP's and sometimes to soak a bait when I get lazy.

All help and advice is appreciated.

[slyham775]

umm most ppl here would use the best reel,s i guess so i would take daiwa team sol 2500 or caldia kix 2500..... as they would be around $300.00 ... so ummm for your budget i think might be one of the shimano reel ... but not take a sustain reel due to a problem with the spool.... ok you should shop now cos it,s xmas special,s deal there now so good lucky ...

[aquarius]

Hi Ismail, My choice would be the Shimano Stradic 2500............around $240 but being an ausfish member you may be able to get it cheaper through Sundown Marine.
The shimano Symetre 2500 retails for around $150 so this is within your budget and they are a good smooth reel for the price.
Cheers Brent

[Jeremy]

Hi Ismail, My choice would be the Shimano Stradic 2500............around $240 but being an ausfish member you may be able to get it cheaper through Sundown Marine.
The shimano Symetre 2500 retails for around $150 so this is within your budget and they are a good smooth reel for the price.
Cheers #Brent

I'll second all that.

Jeremy

[ssbayguide]

Hi All

Me too.

Stradics are on special at Campbells Pro Tackle (www.##################.com.au) at the moment - $185 I think.

Cheers



Peter R

[Cheech]

Don't say that Peter... I just bought a Symetre this last week for not much less than that ($149.00). It is a 2500 and seems to be a very nice reel. Can't wait for the next trip to give it a whirl.

Ismail, I looked a a few before deciding. I would be very surprised if my Symetre turns out to be anything less than great. But your choice.

Cheech

[ismail]

Thanks for the advice

I just bought a stradic 2500 for $147.50 of ebay. It is brand new and I know of a few others who bought stuff of this company and were very impressed.

[fish_crazy]

I've got both the stradic and symetre in the 2500 size and am very happy with both. Both have taken a beating from large fish and are still going strong.

Johnny

[Huggy_B]

Seems like Im too late to throw in my 2c, but I reckon for the $ value, the Penn Applause is hard to beat particularly since it has a full aluminium body. I have the 2000 ($130) and 8000 ($150) and they both perform faultlessly.