Finally... I bought my set last night

[alteclansing]

Hi all,

Went to BCF last night around 8pm with my mate, asked the counter bloke whether they have Berkley dropshot or Shimano raider series... He told me that our shop doesn't have any Berkley and Shimano Raider series rod.

After the sales bloke went away, my mate said this is bull ****. So we went around and check... "Ah ha... Here's the Berkley series".. I've tried them out, my mate said "Man! I can whip your ass with this rod. hahaha". After seeing all rods are 20% off, therefore we tried the Shimano Raider series. I've tried the Rack Raider 6'8" 2-4kg and the Finesse Bream 7'6" 2-4kg and I like the Finesse Bream because I can play a little rough with it.

Now its the reel, tossing up and down between sedona 1500 or 2500. But with a 2-4kg rod, I've chosen the 2500. Man, its so smoooooth compared to my cheapy starter reel. After putting the reel and rod together, it feels absolutly awesome.

Bought some SX40s from Jeryl the other day, got 4 of them, two 307s, 333, and 338.

I also bought 4lb Fireline and 6lb Flurocarbon leaders. Went home and put the fireline in the reel. I found out that my reel can take quite a bit of line that after taking 125 yard of line my wheel is only half full. Strange thing is that the line tends to concentrate at the bottom part of the spool rather than evenly distributed in the spool... Anyone know why?

Now I can't wait to meet you guys to try to catch some fish in Newstead!!

:D :D :D :D

Hilary

[Angus]

Nice one mate.

That sounds like a good set up for all round local fishing.

Cheers.

Angus

[namyau]

if you find that the spool of fireline doesnt fill up the spool on the reel then you should add some backing line. backingline is just something cheaper, if i use backing line i run platypus lowstretch or platpus platinum, they are cheap good value line, you should come along next monday to newstead park. ill be heading down after work

[kevinchen19870316]

i was gonna get that combo b4 i came across my **** combo

[Dan23]

mate, did your reel come with a spare spool? If it did then wind some cheap mono onto the rest of your spool the change spools over and wind it all onto your other spool. It'll put the braid on top if that makes sense. The issue with the line being uneven can be tweaked with washers on some reels. have a look in the box and see if they gave you any.

[alteclansing]

Yes I do have a spare spool, alright, I will fill my spare reel with say 1/3 of mono, then my fireline. Just a thought, since I bought the flurocarbon line which has 250yard anyway, can I fill up 1/3 of the spool with the 6lb fluro first? then fireline?

[Shrimpo]

Put the backing line onto the spool with fireline on, then u wind the whole lot onto the spool with nothing on, that way u get the right amount of backing. The fireline will go ontop when u wind onto the 2nd spool.

[alteclansing]

Got ya!

[Dan23]

Shrimpo wrote:

Put the backing line onto the spool with fireline on, then u wind the whole lot onto the spool with nothing on, that way u get the right amount of backing. The fireline will go ontop when u wind onto the 2nd spool.

good one mate I don't think my instructions were very clear:unsure:

[namyau]

you can use the fluro if you want but mono is cheaper then the fluro you got and if you need to get fid of the backing it wont be as costly

[Shrimpo]

u dont even need platypus platinum i just use jarvis walker 12lb 1.2km for $4.50 from bigw or kmart.

[Jeryl]

ive never had the backing problem since ive been using daiwa 2004 and 2506 shallow reels all along, and i highly recommended it.

good stuff mate but did you get some stronger leader for your saturday adventure? :laugh:

[alteclansing]

Jeryl wrote:

ive never had the backing problem since ive been using daiwa 2004 and 2506 shallow reels all along, and i highly recommended it.

good stuff mate but did you get some stronger leader for your saturday adventure? :laugh:

My mate has 20lb leader line, sure will catch something casting SX40 along the rock walls...

[namyau]

alteclansing wrote:

Jeryl wrote:

ive never had the backing problem since ive been using daiwa 2004 and 2506 shallow reels all along, and i highly recommended it.

good stuff mate but did you get some stronger leader for your saturday adventure? :laugh:

My mate has 20lb leader line, sure will catch something casting SX40 along the rock walls...

20lb might be a bit overkill if your using such light gear, maybe have a think about get some 4lb,8lb,10, and 12lb fluro as well. the 6lb you have is a good start as well.

[Jeryl]

yap namyau is exactly right mate, 20lb is way too over for casting lures like sx40 coz the diameter of the line is too large and it would make the bites much harder to detected, so try maybe 8lb to 10lb that should be more enough to do the work

namyau wrote:

alteclansing wrote:

Jeryl wrote:

ive never had the backing problem since ive been using daiwa 2004 and 2506 shallow reels all along, and i highly recommended it.

good stuff mate but did you get some stronger leader for your saturday adventure? :laugh:

My mate has 20lb leader line, sure will catch something casting SX40 along the rock walls...

20lb might be a bit overkill if your using such light gear, maybe have a think about get some 4lb,8lb,10, and 12lb fluro as well. the 6lb you have is a good start as well.

[Cowfish13]

Sounds like a great set-up. It'll serve you well:cheer:

You may eventually want to buy some more leader and upgrade other stuff, but for now, get out there and land a few fish on the stuff you've got:)

Good luck:cheer:

[alteclansing]

went to bigW just then... bought the javis walker 6lb mono as backline.. only $2.45 cheapass

[adri4n]

haha sounds like you are really excited, hope you have a great time with that combo..

[kevinchen19870316]

for daytime: go to shultz and make some casts, u might get a big flattie to christen ur new combo

[Do$tylz]

Nothing like the excitement of catching your first good fish on a new combo you've just invested some good money on. Mine was only a couple of months or so ago.