JK wrote: Hey fishslayer I use braid off the rocks for SP and its great fun. Ya never know whats coming through the burley trail and pick up all sorts, snapper, trevs, kings, KY. To join the mono to the braid just tie a short double in the braid
and join to the mono via either back to back uni knots or a
surgeons knot. No swivel needed. |
Kezza wrote: for a good all rounder check out the Shimano Symetre 2500 + Backbone rod....the reel comes with two spools.....one with braid the other with mono perhaps?? |
Capt Asparagus wrote: Easy, get a 6-10kg Berkley Dropshot rod, an Abu T-Alloy 3500, (or 4500 if you want ot load up with 20lb fireline) loaded with 125yrds 14lb Berkley Fireline. That set is made for use with the BErkley gulp and powerbait soft plastics, and I think is in around that price range. Yes braid does have not such a great abbrasion resistance, but the
trace you should use is Flurocarbon, say 20lb should be heaps, it is
enormously abbrasion resistant, it even survives the coral reefs in the
tropics sometimes! ( which I reckon is pretty damn impressive, let me
tell you!)
A set like that can handle small-med sized snapper no worries, i
would not necessarily suggest you target 20lbers with it, but certainly
pan sized fish, no worries. Even kings of up to 6-7kgs are not too much
for that set up.
Cheers,
Stu. |
Fishslayer wrote:
Cheers JK!. Hey what length trace do you use when landbased? |
cod wrote: look at a shimano combo like a steve starling rod with a sahara reel around $299 with braid. good quality or a abu dropshot with a 3500 t alloy reel with 10lb fireline. |
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