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    Posted: 24 Sep 2009 at 7:01pm
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I'm looking for a rod to match my Daiwa Sol 2500 and Shimano Syemtre 2500. I fish in 10 - 25 mts over sand and catch mostly snapper from 30 to 80cm, Ideally I want a 1 piece rod about 7 foot that makes average snapper 35-45cm fun but doesn't take forever to tame a kahawai and can handle a 20lber and the odd 10kg king?
 
Not much too ask?
 
I'm looking at anything from okuma x factors to t-curves.
 
Anyone used the Team Daiwa Sol 8-14lb Rod? Looks nice and not as much of a noodle as the t-curve 3-6kg
 
 
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Originally posted by FatSnapa FatSnapa wrote:


 
Anyone used the Team Daiwa Sol 8-14lb Rod? Looks nice and not as much of a noodle as the t-curve 3-6kg
 
 

I won a Daiwa Sol and love it.. great action.  The rod will be on trademe soon as I get my hands on my new custom rod
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If you want a nice rod with good tip action but pleanty of balls try a TD Saltwater daiwa medium heavy not the heavy model. Very very nice rods and 7Foot aswel.
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Offshore.
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The x factors are great, im on my 2nd one after the first one got beaten by the garage door! Ive caught albies, kahawai, kings, trevs and snapper and that was one day. Best fight i have had on it was a 10kg threasher and the rod had no problems. Im sure there are better flasher ones out there but i havnt used them and wont bother as mine has never let me down and they are reasonably priced.
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I got Matt at Just fishin to make me a custom xzoga, bloody awesome, biggest snap at 17lb and been smoked on it too, go see him, you wont be disappointed mate
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I have a Daiwa Coastal Tournament CLT 701HFS and does it all and its a one piece.

Here is a link what they look like.
The }<(("> will bite when you lease expect it...
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Shimano T Curve 1 piece 5 to 8kg,best off the shelf rod for what you have listed as your requirements.A custom rod would be better but a step up in price,my suggestion for a custom  blank that covers all those basses and has the balls to land a kingi would be a Calstar GFX7.
This blank is an american designed medium action 15 to 25pd rated piece of excellence,its without a doubt the best s/b rod ive fished with and ive had a few Embarrassed.

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i have a 6 month old tcurve 5-8KG 1 piece snapper rod for sale for $200 pickup i would call it 95% new no noticable ware. Largest snapper being 19lb and a bigger one lost boat side by serious act of mupperty. RRP new is around 400$
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thats a good deal carbyThumbs Up cant go wrong for that money FS
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real good deal cat killa,cant believe it hasnt sold already 
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Cheers Carbine, that was my pick of the bunch.Clap
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Well, Children, it's Confused, of Russell, here.
 
I have about 10 softbait outfits, ranging in cost from pretty cheap to moderately expensive.  I've fished almost only SBs for the last 3 years.  On most expeditions I spend only about 3-4 hours on the water at a time, though that's at least once a week.
 
I catch reasonable numbers of good snapper, floating about on the dinghy or kayak and fishing exposed reefs and relatively shallow reefs, so there's a lot of rocks around.  In the last year, I've boated and put back in the sea something like 2 dozen snapper over 80cm in length.
 
Also on the victims list have been kingis, JD, kahawai, blue cod, trevally, and some bloody huge red scorpionfish.
 
My favourite (and most effective) rods for hooking, playing, and landing any and all of the above have turned out to be my blue 2-piece Catanas, 732s, in both overhead and spin format, presently being remaindered in most places at <$100.
 
So, why do I need anything more expensive?   What's so much better about the action and durability?
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Dear confused from Russell,

I think most people have the story of the "cheap as chips snapper slayer",in fact I have that very rod for people that come on my boat and it has landed some nice fish upto 31lb!

You must have some idea as to what you like in a softbait rod as you own softbait 10 setups?
I have a few,and I love my offshore 6-12kg it is pretty grunty and does the job.
 
A few nice sets or 10 cheapys?
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There are T-Curve, Backbone Elite, X-Factor 6-10 and Kilwell Exude in the mix.    Reels include 201DHSV Curados x 2, Symetre 4000, Daiwa Exceler Plus 2500, ABU Cardinal 802.  Not expensive, but not really "cheapies", either.
 
The X-Factor was a major disappointment, as for me it lacks the power to set a hook well.   And a heavier rod tip does not make detecting bites any harder than something fold-away like my X-F.
 
My favourite set is one of my Curados on a Catana.   
 
But my question is: why is a top-of-the-line rod top of the line?   ie what makes it superior?
 
Ultimately:  how will I be more successful and have more fun by using one?
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The Cantana bait casters are quite different to the noodle like spin rods in my experience..I find the spin waay too soft and gutless.
 
For me I like a stiffer more powerful rod that can handle big fish and is senstitive enough to snag a shy winter snapper.
Also the weight of the rod nice and light,I use a 2500 size reel on my offshore and find it very easy to use.
 
End of the day you will get a personal preferance from everyone,time on the water and results are what really count.
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I have 2 of each of baitcaster and spin blue Catana 732s.  The actions of all 4 are identical. 
 
Rated 6-8kg according to their labels (just went and checked).  Almost all my lines are Stren or Sufix 4 or 4.5kg; only 2 reels now with Fireline on them.
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Same. mine are completly different,one black/carbon color blank and the blue spinner.
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Yeah; I've also got a very first series 1-piece Catana (forgot about that one until now...); black/brownish, has a Corsair with heavier braid on it.  It's much more powerful at the butt end than the blue ones.
 
Damned if I know why, but regardless of the reel on it, that rod doesn't seem to catch fish.  Its action seems OK, you can detect bites...strange.
 
 Anyway, yeah, we need to be sure we're comparing like with like.  The model name isn't all.
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