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Good to hear Shane from someone who fishes them hard. 9kg is quite a lot of drag for such a small reel though, like i said, Lance might not have had it done up to max drag.
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Originally posted by strx7 strx7 wrote:

I've had a 150 for a couple of months now and was suprised to see the one tested only managed 9kg of drag.  I have PE3 braid on mine as Its primary usage is a shallow water gnarly foul stray lining reel, the braid breaks at 42lb.  These reels put out some serious stopping power.   I hooked up to a good sized snapper, struck it, not realising I had gone past the strike button to sunset and just about went over the side of the boat when the fish pulled hard and I didn't have good footing.  I have cubed up kings in the 80-90cm bracket and sunset drag will totally stop them in their tracks, they cannot pull line off.

9kg is a helluva lot of drag for such a small reel. Bearing in mind this was 9kg of real, usable drag with a full spool of line. The preload knob wasn't maxed out but it was at the point where it was getting difficult to push the drag lever to full, much further and you would risk damaging the drag cam, and I think the reel was on the cusp of the pinion bearing starting to disagree anyway.

There aren't a lot of rods out there that will lift 9kg without exploding anyway, people get quite hung up on drag numbers but in the real world I reckon most people are fishing (inshore general fishing) sub-5kg.



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Agree, i fish 2-3kg when jigging for snapper and very rarely would i ever increase drag, might use a touch of thumb on the spool but not often. LOL
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Interesting!! The good that can come out of honest banter
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Hey Guys
Ok I now have a few of these in stock for anyone in Auckland that is interested for a play, call in sometime, I have also serviced a few now and have to say they are Fantastic Value.
Not an Accurate BX or an Alutecnos Gorilla however what you are paying for them you are getting a great reel for your dollars.
As always Regular Preventative Servicing pays off with Reliable Performance.
Neglect your reels and it will cost you guys Bigtime! No matter what Brand it is.
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Bump Bump, these are selling like hot cakes, Xmas is getting close, Santa coming down the chimney if he can fit , cheers swordfishsteve
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.... So who's the dealer for these reels?

Atis? Kaveman? Swordfishsteve?

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No confusion here, Antis imports and distributes these reels, I sell them and so does Kaveman at Retail level.
 Main point of difference is  I also service, sell and repair reels for a business, so can offer unbiased advice and support after sales service for all my products.
I also offer a first Free Service on all New reels I sell for peace of mind and buyer confidence.
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Just read this thread for 1st time. When Tica reels first came out there was a discussion about them copying Accurate's drag system, thus breaching copyright.
Seems that Accurate never went to the expense of copyrighting their dual drag. Their rationale was that if a maker like Tica were to copy their gear, the 2 makers were not chasing the same market and therefore no competition.

BTW - My 2 Tica 30TWS have performed well, over the 12+ years I've had them.
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Now these reels have been around for a while, can any owners of these reels give me an unbiased review of them.

Specifically looking at the 200R, but reports on the other sizes would be great.

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i have the 150, its a right pocket battle ship, am thinking about buying a 450 to replace my tyrnos 16 (livebait/trolling)
If I had seen the 150 & the 200 in person before purchasing I would probably have gone with the 200 just for the bit of extra spool width and the extra line capacity that would go with it.  in saying that I spooled my 150 with Gosen 42lb (actual breaking strain) braid and it took 220m as it's primary use is for stray lining snapper in gnarly 10-13m country.  Since getting the 150 for this purpose I've only been reefed once, prior to that it was multiple times per trip.  I'd happily have an arsenal of them in my cupboard haha.  Looking fowards to smashing over some skippies on my 150 in a month or so:)
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As Shane above says, he has the 150 but i prefer the 200 for extra width. 150 is very narrow and 200 has double dogs as well as anti reverse bearing, 150 only has anti reverse.
They poke out heaps of drag, (they say 30kg but they are dreaming) we got 10kg of usable drag with full spool and still smooth as silk
That is why i started selling them, pm me if you want one to test, we have a 150 loaner in Auckland that you can have a play/fish with to see how you like them


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Thanks for the info.

Kaveman , do you have any 200's available and how much are they?
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Originally posted by yellafin yellafin wrote:

Thanks for the info.

Kaveman , do you have any 200's available and how much are they?


pm sent Murray
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Anyone got an idea on what price the 450 comes in at...
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Martin, they are $449 rrp
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Thanks kevin. Pm sent.
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A new high speed retrieve is now available,  model 50SL which has gear ratio of 7.1:1 and a longer handle. One of the best slow jigging reels i have used
These reels are similar sizing to the Poseidon 200 or a Maxel 300.
14kg of drag(dual drag system) rrp $359
PM me if interested
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