Slammer III reels are seriously underrated and Kairiki braid is awesome, just switched over to it on my soft bait rod. Ridiculously thin. Nice setup you have there. Extra points for matching the...
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Slammer III reels are seriously underrated and Kairiki braid is awesome, just switched over to it on my soft bait rod. Ridiculously thin. Nice setup you have there. Extra points for matching the...
Yep, hate that grip style. Hard to find a soft bait rod with a full grip these days. I wound paracord around the "gap" and put shrink tube on top. Done this with all my rods.
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Love those Nanos. A 3-6kg model holds the very high esteem of being one of my go-to rods.
That reminds me, getting organised.
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If anyone is looking for a lefty small/medium baitcaster, I can't recommend the Abu Garcia C3 range highly enough. Light, but incredibly resilient. Make sure it's made in Sweden though.
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Re: handedness - I'm open minded, fish however you want, but swapping hands is retarded as vietnamcam says, couldn't have worded it better! :)
there are increasing numbers of left hand wind reels...
It's a good solid reel, more of a Land Rover than a Porsche, but it does the job. It's predecessor was an Accurate, that was something else! Sadly it went to Davy Jones and it wasn't my fault :angry:
Thanks.
Ask away. I have a 2015 Yamaha FX HO. Purchased from BOI Marine. I think Marine North sell them too now, plus there is a Seadoo dealer in Whangarei.
Bait and burley dinosaurs still roam the open seas it seems :P
The A-team:
- Mechanical jigging: Jigstar rod + Avet reel
- Heavy slow jigging: Shimano Revolution + Abu Garcia 6501
- Light...