new toy

[nadders]

i've been looking at getting a light baitcaster to round off the gear (always had plenty of heavy setups but not really ideal having a broomstick for throwing and rolling light crankbaits etc)

snapped up the perfect stick for it off matt hill (loomis cbr783 crankbait stick) very lightweight 8-14lb medium tapered rod, bendy enough to pass as a 4-10lb stick until you stick the backbone in hard

no use having an extra rod with no reel to go on it so i looked around for a light baitcaster, options were alphas-r, alphas 103, pixy in the daiwa lineup and aldebaran, core 50mg, scorpion 1000xt in the shimano lineup

bit afraid of saltwater with the alphas's and the magnesium shimanos so i opted for the 2010 scorpion 1000xt, which is more or less an aluminium version of an aldebaran

having owned the 1500xt (jdm version of curado 200) previously i know they're well built quality reels, the main difference is the spool in the 1000, very lightweight great for light lure work. same spool as in aldebaran.

very small profile and matches superbly to the loomis, setup casts light lures such as an sx60 very well

drag on the scorpions is very smooth and powerful for a tiny 190g reel. reel is spooled with 10lb powerpro and will mostly be used on average jewies, squire, anything where the 20lb setups are overkill

some pics:

[JamesMac]

Very pretty indeed :silly:

[chonna]

nice colour!!! sounds like a ripper set up

[Joel Eadie]

very pretty reel dan, may i ask how much it was?

[nadders]

22,500 yen mate

[webbfunk]

nice looking lure in the pic. I heard they go alright......lol

[mick fillet]

very very nice dan nice and powerfull for such a small reel

iam jelous I want me one of them.

22.500 yen whats that in aussie talk dan?

[nadders]

roughly 299 as of today, was 303 when i ordered lol

[Eug]

shouldn't have offed that 1500, they are a nice reel.

[hooked_on_trout]

Hmm dam nice gear, I was looking at the Gloomis bait-caster rod CR723 GL3, nice rod.

But I opted for a Gary Howard Jungle assassin 2-4kg Bait-caster.

Bring it on tax return :cheer: .

Cheers

[Angus]

Lovely reel mate.

So is it blooded?

Angus

[Joel Eadie]

i want one. what is the leaver looking thing in the last pic?

[nadders]

She's not blooded yet, the rod has been baptised last week on a jew but I didn't recieve the reel until yesterday

sorry mate i'm not sure what you're referring to 'lever looking thing' where is it in relation to the reel?

[Joel Eadie]

on the opposite side of the reel to the handle

[nadders]

if you mean the circular disk on the palming sideplate just to the right of the word shimano, its the 1/4 turnkey to open the side plate and adjust the casting brakes

cheers

Dan

[elops]

Nice rod Dan

Why didn't you go with the Pixy saltwater ?

[nadders]

just incase something bigger jumps on, scorpion can put out 4.5kg of drag, plus you know me steve that would be changing teams

[daveylad]

Nice reel Dan I love the shot of the lure mate where can I get one of them :laugh: