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$500 to spend @ BFC - what spinning gear to get ?

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Angus Rookie

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Its hard to go past (in my personal opinion) a Stradic or for a little more a Twin Power. Awesome reels that will last ages if taken care of. And you are already on the Shimano theme so yeah.

If you want a quality, inexpensive rod, i really enjoy using my 2-4kg Starlo Stick. Its about 7 foot.

If you get a Stradic and a Starlo you will have enough change to buy an assrtment of lures, leader and braid.

Hope that helps.

Byt the way the new Stradics do look hot.

Angus

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Everyone has their peference. I frikkin wish i was spnsored by Shimano!! For my personal uses, which mostly involves fishing plastics in rough water, i find the Shimano, for lack of a better word, a Sturdier reel.

In saying that, it was a couple of weeks ago i made a thread about how impressed i was with teh Daiwa Freams Kix. Tanya has a Daiwa Freams Kix 2000 and I have the 4000 model. These are almost identical to the Sol (one less bearing) but a lot cheaper. Ill be using my Freams Kix 4000 a lot at straddy for bigger plastics and for blue water kayak fishing.

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Cowfish13 Newbie

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I agree with everything that Angus has said, especially on the sturdy note. I've just bought a Shimano Symetre for bait fishing in the bay and even at the 2500 size, it feels like it could easily handly a drag burning Tuna. Can't wait till I get my Twin Power for Chrissy:woohoo:

In my opinion, for that money get a Shimano Stradic (the new one) and match it with a Raider rod of some sort. That should end up less than $400 so with the extra money, buy your self some awesome braid and a couple of spools of flurocarbon leader and you should be set.

To clarify this for me, is this set-up going to be for light lure fishing or some other method:dry:? The above stuff would be good for the lures for Bream.

But by no means is Shimano the only option. I'm like Angus, I like to use Shimano over other brands, but it is a personal preference. In saying this, I havn't actually used a higher end Daiwa, Okuma or Abu reel (or other reputable brand), but I've used a lot of good Shimano stuff, so that's why I reccomend them over other brands. Also the 10 year warranty is a good selling point.

Enjoy spending all that money on Fishing gear:)

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Brian D Newbie

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Nastymind wrote:

You'll find, people only recommend what they use and know.

It's a bit like Ford Vs Holden.

I'm sure there's a thread somewhere on Shimano Vs Daiwa.

Anyway mate, may i suggest......

A Daiwa Sol outfit

I've had some really positive feedback on the whole range.

Yeap good call Nasty.

Hey Angus to get sponsored you gotta win some comps - but you can't cause you are busy running them.:P :P (Maybe I should change my name to Nasty.

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thanks, cowfish.

for any spinning reels less than 500, i prefer shimano. a td-sol will offer u the performance that twinpower might not match but after a bit of use, twinpower will stand out. so get a twinpower of that's in ur budget. a raider will be a good match for twinpower and it's only around 100. u can spend the rest on line, leader and lures.

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In my oppinion a daiwa tierra or sol matched with a T-curve rod would be perfect. Should fit in your price range as well. I have a Sol and have had it for the past 18months and it is still as smooth as the day i bought it. A mate of mine bought a Twin Power the same time as I got the Sol and well, the difference between the two reels after a year was massive. The twin power had become a lot less smooth and matched with the complementary wind knots you recieve from the Shimanos, he no longer owns the reel.

The t-curve rods are great and the best from what I have seen at BCF.

Troy (Blue_mako) would be the person to ask as he works in BCF and would have some good advice regarding your question.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

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I ended up getting a Daiwa Sol and a Rack Raider. The Sol and Twinpower both felt great, but I decided to give Daiwa a go. Got bagged up by Plastic Fantastic who seemed to think I made the right choice. You'll have to show me the right spot at Colleges once I've got it spooled up.

I got a 4pd and a 10pd fireline for it, with some 4kg platty pre-stretch for backspooling with. A couple of lures, and some steel leader to do a shark run ( not on the new rod obviously! ) and I was $1.60 over budget... sweeet!

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