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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 slow jigging: Ocean Angler Bender + Abu Garcia 4601
- Microjigging/softbaiting: Explorer XT rod + Shimano Stradic Ci4+ 2500
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Plus a shit load of game fishing gear, bottom fishing rods, surf rods and freshwater gear that rarely gets used.
Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
Might need to get some advice about skis from you shortly, looking at getting one in the next month or two.
What ski are you using?
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Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
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.
Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
Might need to get some advice about skis from you shortly, looking at getting one in the next month or two.
What ski are you using?
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Thats a lot of overheads and a lot of them the same? do you run charters or fanatical about trolling.?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dermastor
How do you rate the Avet? They look very nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
So want a DFS Slammer. Tougher than Chuck NorrisQuote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
Chuck Norris is an actor like Whisky with Joff;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Unlike a reel to leak oil?Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
Bugger.
Yeah. And the Accurate is tougher.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
If it only leaked oil that would be bearable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
What I have never understood about so many people that are right handed is why they would fight with there left and wind with there right.
I am right handed everything and wind with my left. Pain in the ass buying baitcaster or overheads with left hand wind.
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I'm with you on that one Dave. I find a RH reel is perfect for a true lefty. Fly fishing looks awkward the supposed right way. Cast, swap hands, retrieve, swap hands, cast again.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
Both my fly reels are L/H wind pretty sure. Haven't used them for a while.
People do the same with baitcaster and spin reels cast with their right and then change hands. Maybe I am used to it as my old man is a lefty.
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You are weird and against what is considered normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
However in this case, I also agree with you.
Hold the rod with right hand and winding with the left hand just makes sense.
As with KJ, I also have a lefty father, and he winds with the right hand.
All my eggbeaters are set up lefthand wind as I cast right handed and its just retarded to swap hands especially softbaiting.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
My overheads are righthand wind as mainly used for deep water jigs with no casting involved.
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@vietnamcam nah mate no charters but over the years the gear has built up. You have to have enough for all eventualities 4x 37kg and 4x 24kg outfits is never too many I do a lot of live baiting as well so you have to have some of those on board as well. Like shooting fishing is an addiction and there is always more gear to get.
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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 on the market, but i really struggled with game reels. think i probably bought the last two lefty game reels in NZ! i just can't use right hand wind reels. a very helpful tackleshop owner suggested i learn to use right hand wind. for me, it would be as difficult as learning to write left handed.
Fly cast with my right, work the line with my left and swap and wind with my right, gives a better feel when netting. Same with salt water fishing. It just for me gives better control. Also dad was a lefty, as is brother, I surf as a goofy footer and not as a natural.
Totally agree. It seem fishing reels are the only thing ever make to suit left handers rather than right. Not only for casting but playing the fish, having your strongest arm on the rod. I can't understand why it has taken most right hander's so long to swap the handles over on their egg beaters.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
When I got my first rod and reel at 7 the first thing was to put the winder on the left side of the reel. I've been on a few charters and always felt weird using their right handed overhead reels, just unnatural. I'm very right hand dominant.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
I've seen a few left handed bait casters (Daiwa/Shimano) going pretty cheap to and been very tempted.
I had to get my baitcasters and overheads from overseas. Cheapish and need maintenance. I will need to get a couple more for snapper rigs. Let me know if you see any good deals.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
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I am pondering trying one of the bait casters off AliExpress, se m to have all the specs for around $40.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
Everything I have bought off there I have been surprised at how well they have been built as I have always expected absolute shit.
I haven't been brave enough to buy anything expensive yet.
For $40 I thought it might be worth a punt though?
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Both my baitcasters I bought for 40 bucks of eBay iirc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
I haven't got any pics sorry but one, after little use won't lock up after you cast. It is in permanent free spool. (could probably fix it easy but just used the other)
The other of the exact same make and model just different colour has lasted perfectly.
I have caught kahawai, (believe it or not snapper), salmon, trumpheter and some albies using it with braid.
For 40 bucks it is worth a punt for sure.
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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.
Maxel/Avet/Accurate make leftys suitable for mechanical jigging.
Penn make a few leftys. Shimano are finally starting to make a few bigger overhead leftys.
TiCA do lefty game fishing reels, but good luck tracking them down.
A few here: Left-Handed Reels|Left Hand Fishing Reels | Discount Fishing Supplies |
Nope you won't find any daiwas in my house, one of the fixed spool combos has a shimano baitrunner 6500, there is an okuma trio rex arena sitting in the corner and then not in the pic is a shimano ultegra, the penn squall 15 goes on one of the veritas surf rods in the pic when it is not being used on the boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Will do. Have seen them in complete angler.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
Haven't been in there for years. Can't remember why but we used to call that shop Complete Bastards[emoji16]Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
Next to gun shitty yeah?
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That's the one. Sold me some dodgy waders, only got 20 something years out of them. Old shop was connected to GC in Barbados street too.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
New toy. After selling my reel to @terryf I needed a replacement.
Orvis Hydros SL IV and spare spool. @Danny keen for a Rerewhakatu mission?
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Beautiful as a new Blaser and yup...[emoji106]
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I don't know anything about fly reels but those look pretty cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
I like the color too ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
I have bought a 50 buck special from burnsco rod reel and spooled with line a while back as a "kids rod" after I near shit myself when a boy I took out nearly lost my 500 buck plus jigging setup over the side when he hooked two big ol donky kahawai simultaneously.
After its first trip I took the rubber band off and I doubled its value with a spool of 20p rainbow braid instead, so far it has landed many snapper and gurnard and sharks including my sons PB snap that had him railed for a bit.
new cheap gear is pretty good.....might not last so well tho.
Yeah same. It’s called Citron.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
We back onto the Rakaia at our new place and the season for trout is all year this year so have decided to try my hand at trout fishing, im far too uncoordinated for fly fishing, so spin it is. Got this little setup put together the other week, yet to get it wet.
Shimano backbone elite UL 2-12gm four piece rod (wanted a four piece as easy to carry on bike without breaking it)
Shimano Sedona HD 2500 reel spooled with Shimano 6lb braid, really nice little reel for the money, the drag feels so nice on it. Hopefully spend more and more time getting it wet as the evenings slowly get longer
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Salmon are running now too? Get into it. Great fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
Salmon?
That’s a bucket list job for me, I’m down south in two weeks time... I wonder...
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Where did you buy from and how muchy.....I was casually looking for a four peice trout rod a while ago but none of the local shops had anything....even went into Scullys :(Quote:
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