Favourite reels
Submitted by Roger Knife on Tue, 2009-04-28 17:14
Hey fellas
Just looking into new reels and selling some old ones on ebay. Wondered what everyone favourite reel is, dont matter what sort of fishing, salt or fresh. My absolute favourite is the penn 500L jigmaster. An old style reel but never lets me down, easy to maintain, robust and strong and copes really well with haevy leads, big tides and strong fish. Just wondered what everyones else's best reel is. Might give me some new ideas on a new one!!
Cheers
Rog
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Bones76
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Daiwa Saltiga Z40
I use it for jigging & bottom bashing.... The only thing I would ever consider to better it is a Blue Heaven...
carnarvonite
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3 OF
Abu7000 for bottom fishing.Abu 6500 for flicking a lure about and the perennial favourite---Mitchell 499.They can do all the above if they had to ,but only used for serious beach or big high speed lures and baitcasting a mulie off the rocks
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Stella 10K (GT's) Calcutta
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Calcutta 200GTB (barra)
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Saltiga 3500 game match to a
Saltiga 3500 game match to a Saltiga 68 game its my baby
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6500B Baitrunner
I love it for trolling, the baitrunner function gives you instant strike without the (time) lapse of bail arm travel. Had it for years teamed with a Wilson Live Fibre.
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Hi dream,i too have had a
Hi dream,i too have had a good run with the Live Fibre.
The latest feed back re shimano baitrunners is they are about to get phased out.
So far I haven’t heard if they intend replacing it with a new model.
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I'm with you Colin
The 6500 Baitrunner is by far one of the best reels I have used. My Mitchell ORCA 80S Pro is my old time fav but it needs a new bailarm. Am trying to find parts for it now.
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Cheers Vince
Yup, love it for trolling!
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fishRamma
Yeah, had my LF for years, love it still.
Would be a great shame if Shimano BRs are phased out I reckon, I've looked after mine, caught tons of fish with it, and still as good as the day I bought it, also years ago.
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Some interesting choices
Some interesting choices there fellas, some of which I havnt even heard of due to different countries and different species. All good, keep em coming!
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reels
Mitchell 440 or abu closed face for freshwater fishing (pommie style)
shimano 4500 baitrunner for trolling etc
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daiwa saltist 40 and shimano
daiwa saltist 40 and shimano spheros 14k ,for the heavy work = ]
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This is so hard One day it is my Heartland XA, the next my
Soron, I love my Saltist and my Saltiga.
One of the best reels which brings me fondest memories was one I brought at Woolworths (yes Woolworths) many years ago. It was a small sidecast reel that was designed for trout fishing. Man was it a great reel for light bream and drummer fishing from the rocks.
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Saltiga
6500 Expedition great reel tough as but so smooth
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thats simple, no qus
thats simple, no qus ask.. it will be my daiwa certate hyper custom 2500R, next in line would be the daiwa certate 2500R and then the daiwa TD SOL 2500... my top 1, 2, 3...
I'm missing fishing in Perth already
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Stella 8000FA, no particular
Stella 8000FA, no particular reason but I have put it through hell in an open boat and never had it miss a beat. Caught tonnes of Tuna casting metals and use it for Mackies on the troll. Medium jigging down in Perth and have knocked over some good sambos and YTK's.
Baitcaster would be my 203zmillionaire. Balanced on a 6kg LIvefibre. I have flasher low profile reels and dearer rods but this one just works, casts well and well balanced for barra, jacks and most other things that live in creeks except dirty big QLD gropers!!
My certate and Branzino are nice reels but both have been back to Daiwa for new bearings and that is not good enough IMO, given they get less use than the stella.
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I'm dated
but i love my Penn 8500SS - great off the beach or on a boat - and the basic 330GTI which i have teamed up with an old ABU ugly stick for heavy winching. My brother has a Mitchell 499 which he has had since he was young bloke and it must be 20-30 years old - uses it for everything.
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Saragosa 8000
I am to rough to splash on a Stella so chose to go the level down and have been very impressed. has a different drag sound when fish run and I like it
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oh... and if I can
oh... and if I can affort one more reel... the only reel i would get would be Daiwa Exist Hyper branzino Custom 2508R. look is 10/10(IMO) and even when i have never got my hands on one yet.. performance should be 11/10 ( i think).
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Thrashed
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I would love to get a Twinpower. That might be my next dream
spinning reel.
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Still my big boss :) Sent it
Still my big boss :) Sent it over to dad to use it on sharks that keep smoking him . i miss the big ugly hairy beast already it caught me everything from rays to sharks to salmon and mulloway. never had a problem with it
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Hey flangies is that the
Hey flangies is that the boos magnum from accurate? what model you got, am looking at the 270 twin speed
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My whole Ito Reel collection
My whole Ito Reel collection they are so PURDY. but my favourite everyday use reel is my Daiwa Millionaire I'ze Light 103
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850/950 Penn
850/950 Penn is my favourite. I have caught everything with it from Big Macks to Dollies to GT's to Yellowfin and even Marlin.
I must admit after my trip to the Montes with Big John and purchasing a Saratoga with braid I have turned to the Dark Side......
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reels
14000 sphearos has to be my favorite because its so versatile....
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okuma salina sa80, just
okuma salina sa80, just bought some of these to try, great fun for bottom fishing, nice and fast not like overheads, good drag pressure to put the stop on the big ones if you have to
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Stella SW18000HG JDM for
Stella SW18000HG JDM for GT's :)
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Have two
My trusty Avet mxl and my new saltiga extreme 6500
I cant pull everything to the boat but i can pull the boat to everything with these two
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