kingiFiddla wrote: Shane, regarding my moonshot, is it crazy to be thinking about braid directly to the leader with no topshot? Do I really need the stretch if I'm in a kayak and using a medium action rod with a bit of flex in the tip? Perhaps it's more about having the drag of the mono topshot? Perhaps it's not going to be good for the end 100-200m of braid to be going across the guides so much during a fight?
This is becoming a bit of a rabbit hole. Any help much appreciated. |
kingiFiddla wrote: Tele - how do you find that in your Stealth? Especially when playing a larger fish? |
kingiFiddla wrote: ... But having gone looking online, one reel that catches my tight arse attention is the speedmaster 16 II. ... But what makes me a bit nervous about them is the price. They seem way too cheap and maybe won't last? ...
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The Lowest Quote
“It’s unwise to pay too much, but it is
worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money – that
is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the
thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The
common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot – it
can't be done. If you deal with the lowest quote, it is well to add something
for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for
something better.”
John Ruskin (1819 – 1900).
Shane don't get me wrong I'm not saying the Speedmaster won't get the job done. I'm saying there is a reason why the Speedmaster is considerably cheaper than say the Talica 16. That reason other than the published spec differences may not be apparent to us and I don't expect Shimano to be 100% open about the differences either. Whether you have got value for money only becomes apparent when under the test. My point being if I had one shot at a marlin off a kayak I'd rather be winding a Talica than a Speedmaster.
I have a healthy collection of Tiagras which replaced the Inters and admit to now being a Shimano fan. The odd ball in the collection worth mentioning is a Fin nor Marquesa MA16 which is a little gem of a reel and my go to on many occasions. Fin nor make a 40 two speed and I think a single speed 40? which would have the capacity KF requires.
The feedback from guys over here on the smaller Talica 2 speeds was not great a few years back. There were clearly issues with the 2 speed reels that were not being experienced with the single speed reels and it was for that reason why I suggested the Talica single speed model.
KF's enthusiasm is wonderful to see and I hope he gets a shot.
With respect to the gimbal question, like you, I know what won't work. A bit of the good old Kiwi ingenuity, that we are known for, should be able to sort that out though. shaneg wrote: FA and KF I reckon speedmaster would be very reasonable choice, still quite new but shimano ain’t made a bad lever drag yet. And I am an economist, not cheap just love value for money. Fished aletecnos, tiagras, and everol reels (love Italian reels), and biggest fish l’ve ever caught was on a shimano tynos 50. Actually the 20 tynos would also be very good option come to think of it. They all work fine if properly looked after. But some those other reels, cost more (money may not be a problem) and but mainly don’t belong on yaks because of weight , which why I’d go graphite... ( or speedmaster rewriting post after some consideration). Also there is some of new diawa lever drag reels, which is probably truly top end in smaller lighter package for live baiting big fish. There are jigging reels capable of landing marlin (accurate come to mind, also avets that hate getting wet in saltwater) but most smaller jigging models lack capacity unless getting heavier duty/ larger. When KF hooks up that is one of variables he shouldn’t worry about, having sufficient capacity in reel. Graphite penns (the new ones) or shimano TLDs seem to fit bill. But not saying can’t do on other tackle. I am not fit enough to do what KF is contemplating and have a boat I like gamefishing from on few days I seem to do now , but fully behind his effort and thinking, love the level of aspiration. Gimbal question is interesting , I suspect isn’t something suitable , killwell black gimble comes to mind we have one recently purchased on boat for big kings, puka and lighter tackle marlin and tuna but is still designed for standup, so angle may not be right. You don’t want a BM equaliser, that is for sure. Which is what virtually everyone on a NZ trailer boat uses for larger gamefish, including me. I do have an old sea breeze stainless thigh gimbal that you could modify to a belt that would work. Small boat guys fishing marlin seated (mates) in big dinghies, have built their gimbal into their seats, problem with yak with that is your seat won’t swivel.
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