Reel matchin'

[Damien2Rad]

Whatsup, Homies?

So, I have a couple of Saltiga S Extreme rods. A 76GAME and 76GT.

I had planned on going a Saltiga 4000 and 6500 respectively.

Due to a money situation involving booze, broken cars and 2 big fishing trips, I'm looking to save a few bucks on reels.

I do still plan on buying a new 2010 Saltiga 6500 for the GT rod for the Jewel Reef trip, but the 76GAME I begin to question the need of such expensive investments.

Is there a reason I shouldn't buy a Certate HD 4000 or say, second hand Stella <10,000?

Ultimately I'd love 'em both to be new Saltigas, but I wanna use the rod a few times before said JR trip.

What would you do, what WOULD you do!?!?

Thanks, handsomes!

Damien

[51MPL]

Buy two dogfights

[Damien2Rad]

But they're not as pretty

I'll look into it, though.

[dave45]

I'll ask the question, obviously the reels you mention are better than these but will the fish notice?

4000

I have this same reel in a 5000 and have pulled a couple of reasonable mackerel on it
/>http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CATALYST-VXS-4000-8-1-BB-Spinning-Fishing-reel-S-S-Bearings-and-Main-Shaft-/160798593046?pt=AU_FishingReels&hash=item257057d016#ht_2382wt_1159

6500

I have this one and have also pulled a few mackerel and some decent jobfish with no problems either.
/>http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PELAGIC-CNC-ALLOY-BR6500-BAITLEADER-SNAPPER-FISHING-REEL-/261022509398?pt=AU_FishingReels&hash=item3cc6276956#ht_2689wt_1135

For the price I am impressed

[PlasticFantastic]

I can help as I just picked up the exact same rod due to a good price and the certate hyper 4000 I had wasn't really big enough or capable enough to handle what the rod could. Obviously I would've like a saltiga 4500 on it or one of the newer catalinas but with a limited budget I ended up with a shimano biomaster 8000pg it holds 400m of pe 3 and can't fish 10kg of drag now worries which suits the rod nicely. It feels pretty solid for $400 just don't expect it to be stella quality but having said that it's a tough reel and should take what ever you throw at it.

Cheers

Mark

[PlasticFantastic]

Here's a pic of the reel