Overhead Reels
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
Forum Description: If you're into a bit of action on top, this is the forum for you
URL: https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=110833
Printed Date: 06 Jun 2026 at 5:49am
Topic: Overhead Reels
Posted By: jaypeegee
Subject: Overhead Reels
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2015 at 4:36pm
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Hmm.. How many of you use O/Head reels for topwater? Been looking for a rod and it seems that those available are biased toward fixed spool reels. Might just be my google failing but if not, why would Fixed spool be better than O/Head in this application>? ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
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Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 9:22am
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Anyone? ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
Posted By: jonocoogee
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 10:15am
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You might need to try something like an Australian site, get a barramundi casting rod, I have never tried overhead for casting lures, but if you can get the distance I can't see any major issues, generally spin reels are used as easier to cast and no overspooling. ------------- TAS - Its a real disease |
Posted By: Barra10
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 10:33am
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I use a Toro 60 on a OH stick bait rod that I built myself. It works very well on harbour kings. I have mucked around with stick baits on my OH saltist and sl30/sl40s, biggest problems are lack of speed of retrieve and in between sweeps you end up winding on slack line. Sooner or later the loose line on the spool causes trouble with the cast. |
Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 11:18am
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Thanks. Will look at the Aussie forums . Have been looking at the UK forums but they mainly seem to focus on smaller lure weights than I need. ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
Posted By: Barra10
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 12:17pm
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Look for Muskie rods in the states, they are normally overhead and plenty are designed for big top water work with decent length and lure ratings. Barra rods will work but most OH ones are really short and designed for fishing around cover
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Posted By: Downtown
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 12:23pm
| Isn't this sort of work that the shimmy tranx was brought out for, maybe worth a look. |
Posted By: rockz
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 12:42pm
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i remember seeing matt watson chucking poppers in the islands with a torium 30, not sure on the rod but this would do the job: http://www.gofish.co.nz/rods-reels/fishing-rods/stick-bait-popper/hearty-rise-snake-head-overhead-rod-c762xh.html |
Posted By: rockz
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 12:43pm
and they do an 8' o/h terez in the states too.
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Downtown wrote:Posted By: jac
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 3:20pm
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Check out Gt fightclub boys on gtpopping.com The guys on there from Hawai'i use overhead Primarily land based Also Mc Works and Ripple Fisher do O/H rods |
Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 3:34pm
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The Tranx HG looks the biz. figured it would be a shade on the small size for line length and drag if going for OS kings. Don't have that problem here :-) The NACL would suit as would the TranX for round here (Wellie) Have registered at GTPoppin will check it out when the admins approve That snake head rod is sick btw.. Thanx all ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 3:42pm
| Would need a HG Tranx for stickbaits eh. |
Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2015 at 10:53am
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The more I look at the tranx the less I see to impress me. Aside from the DBL dog ar backup I can't see justification for the price. Obviously this is paper based and not from exp. The big komodo looks slightly smaller but has ss gearing compared to the small toothed tranx and similar line cap and drag. Anyway. ...... For less than OS kings is a 15/24 cap rod necessary for shore use or could a 10/15 suffice ? T-curve in B&S and TM got promise? ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2015 at 4:07pm
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It doesn't seem possible to get a TranX HG in NZ. I see the PG around a few places online..... Is the demand on the HG model too low in NZ? ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
Posted By: Starnsy
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2015 at 5:32pm
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Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2015 at 1:33pm
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Bumping this coz I slipped , tripped and got a TranX PG -ex demo off TM for not a bad price I guess the title should be what OH rod can I get now. Research shows the musky rod solution isn't a good option. Barra rods of suitable length in 2 piece are far and few between. The snakehead at gofish is a little short as I will be shore based and would prefer 8-9 foot MC works and or Ripple fisher is out of my price range to be frank. So make, bodge or buy is my dilemma? Buy is fastest but options are limited. Bodge is me cutting down a 13 foot 2 piece sonik sk3 butt and reguiding the top half or using the sk4 top half (its compatible) to aim at around a 9 foot rod ( realistically this has about a 5% chance of happening for many reasons) Make is a steep learning curve and might be a step too far for me as my current abilities/experience limited to re-guiding only. Have seen a 9 foot 2 piece Ecooda expedition rod Has Fuji guides and rated to throw 100-250 g lures. I assume this to be an optimistic estimate but if it handles 150 OK I am sweet 2.59 mtrs. weighs 290g. rated to 26kg line. Not much info online on this rod but the ecooda range gets some reasonable feedback from aussies. both for rods and reels. Is a Chinese manufacturer. can land one for under 200 dollars nzd Guess I wont get much positive feedback from the purists here  but got to put the question out there just in case.What are the chances of this being a good solution? I'll take a deep breath and return here expecting to see a long list of reasons that it aint...  Please be gentle and constructive  ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
Posted By: Pico
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2015 at 2:35pm
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Daiwa do an overhead rod, looks like a bit of a beast http://www.anglerswarehouse.com.au/product_detail.asp?productnospaces=daiwa_saltist_hyper_962xhb_overhead_rod_10919 Otherwise custom?
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Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2015 at 5:11pm
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The shimano 15-24kg bluewater 7'6" T-curve wouldn't be far off a workable rod.... ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2015 at 6:49pm
I got one earlier this year. Had a cast while on the come down from the flu and wasn't impressed. At that stage I figured it would be a better livebait option than the jellytip I use Took it out last nite to see what the tranx felt like on it and was impressed. Was casting a 75g busted lure I got from Action Tackle and liked the feel I have a batch of sticks drying and will have a better test in a week or so when they are ready Still feels a tad on the short side but that may just be me getting used to it. Thanks LBG ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2015 at 7:32pm
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You never know until you give it a go, may turn out alright. If it doesn't here's another alternative - designed for overhead popper work - http://www.gofish.co.nz/rods-reels/fishing-rods/stick-bait-popper/hearty-rise-snake-head-overhead-rod-c762xh.html Hearty Rise PE5-8, lures up to 230gr. 7'6" ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2015 at 9:29pm
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Cheers LBG. Someone suggested that one earlier in the thread.I had a wee throw earlier this week with these. Happy to say they all swim well. I have yet to settle on the right hook combination yet but have tried a couple of different sized owners and some spintech trebles. I have some inline singles and am waiting on more in a slightly smaller size  The outside lures have fixed weights and the inner three have a dynamic weight shift system. Potato quality photo sorry Cheers ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |
Posted By: KWHO
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2015 at 8:22pm
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Might want to take a look at the following brands JPJ Deps Huge Custom Rods Smith KOZ Magnum Huskies Rods Tulala Rods |
Posted By: jaypeegee
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2015 at 8:05am
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Thanks for that KWHO have looked but will stay with the Shimano for now ------------- "You don't have to be smart to laugh at a fart, but you have to be stupid not to." |