New toy

[Dan23]

New toy arrived from Japan last night. Went and tried it out and all I can say is the reel redefines what is possible with a baitcaster. Haven't bought any braid for it yet, but spooled with some 12lb mono that was a gift from Bass.jp.

Made some casts around Breaky Creek and started with bass lures, then down to jackal chubby, eventually was blown away when i found myself casting 2" Gulp Shrimp on 1/22 and 4" jerk shads on 1/40th HWS effortlessly.

Simply amazing.

Oh yeah, it's an Alphas R :cheer: [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/both.jpg

[Dan23]

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[Dan23]

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[STU]

tomcat dan got one of those a few months ago nice reel love the handle looks sweet

[Jeryl]

sweeet as.....let me play with it nextime! hahahhh

[Dan23]

yeah, the handle is awesome, such a nice reel to palm and only 170 grams. makes my HSTLA look and feel like a brick.

[username_taken]

wow, that's a sexy looking reel. One day I'll pay up and get a decent BC, After seeing some of Kev's sweet rigs and how far he can cast with them I've been awfully tempted.

[pcsolutionman]

Yeah I got mine today and found the same spooled with 16lb PE it casts the lightest weights effortlessly almost as good as the pixy with the Ultra ultra light stuff but better than the pixy with anything heavier than an sx48, mine matches Beatifully to my 6'6" 6-12lb IMX.

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Lee

[Dan23]

Man that looks sweet. Can't wait to build up my IMX now. Anyone want to buy my Twin power 2500 so I can fund a 2-6lb BC rod??:woohoo:

[pinkey]

Love it Dan, ive got a Exceler on its way to start my bc obsession, hopefully will upgrade in a few months.

[Hellcat Dan]

they are a nice real i have mine on a imx popping rod all up cost under 600 have you looked at the megabass alphas they are a nice reel to

[Dan23]

Yeah mate, love the look of the Ito Ai but it is FW only and according to some reputable sources the R is actually a higher performing reel.

Some possible "supertuning" will be Carbontex drag washers, extra bearings in the handle and if I can get my hands on one, I'd love an ito plate.

But realistically the reel is perfect standard, but the other stuff would just make it look cool and have even higher performance.

[Hellcat Dan]

whats the other reel dan and what do you think of the zillion hlc as i am looking around for another cupple of reels

[Dan23]

the other reels is just an Advantage HSTLA, nothing special just put it there to show how small the Alphas is.

According to tackletour the HLC isn't really any better than standard Zillion and they couldn't achieve any further distance with it. I haven't fished any Zillions though, but from what I can gather they are a solid power fishing reel but getting a bit old now.

Edit: Checked and the Zillion isn't as old as I thought it was but still doesn't seem to have the same cred as a few other reels.

Here's the HLC review I was talking about

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[Hellcat Dan]

sweet thanks for that

[fishyman]

wait till i build your rod dan

[Dan23]

yeah, should be nice. What're the specs again??

[fishyman]

6'8'' 10-17lb IMX MB783

cant remember casting weight

its sitting naked in my garage

[adri4n]

wow a baitcaster that can cast sps that easily? dan you are killing me.. i'm already broke as it is.. now if you told me it can also cast sx40s I'd sell all my light spinning gear.. heheh

[Dan23]

I reckon if I put some 4lb braid and used a lighter rod it would probably cast Sx40 further than most spinning outfits.

[adri4n]

you reckon that could be possible? I really would like to see that, in my mind the sx40 would be too light, but then again I've never used such a high quality baitcaster...

[fishyman]

Dan, i will do a bit of research on those guides mate and get back to you

hopefully order very soon

[silver_rex]

are we selling the old baitcaster im happy to help fund the new rod build

[faulked]

WOW WHAt a cool reel dan id love to have a flick with something like that it looks awsome

if your chasing a very light bc rod i have acouple here you can play with for interests sake and your very welcome to try them out

[Dan23]

Thanks Jase,,,

Reel's got some Mojo now, already landed me bream, jew, thready, cod and Luderick lol:laugh:

[namyau]

nice man