fin nor reel
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Heavy Metal - Jig fishing
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Printed Date: 16 Jun 2026 at 1:15am
Topic: fin nor reel
Posted By: el tazar
Subject: fin nor reel
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 9:52am
| hi guys have been looking for a 6500 saltiga for my blue rose no luck without paying lots of dough was looking hard at the big finnor threadline has anyone had time to put one through the hoops and get a feel of what there like for jigging and general longevity yet if so would love to here about it, thanks. |
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 10:24am
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Talk to BA about them.... he just bagged his Marlin on one, so is understandably rapt with it. I will say the fin-nor is a big, heavy duty piece of gear, no "bling" to it, I have one and it sure is a solid critter. Value for money it'd have to be right at the top of the scale I'd say. |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 10:26am
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BA got a marlin on his so that tells ya something about how tough they are.
But is it a jigging reel? They are pretty dam heavy so would come down to whether you can put up with working it for a long period of time.
They appear to handle the jandle though ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 10:31am
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Saragossa 18000 if you want bang for buck ------------- as dead as dead is |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 11:12am
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"Feb 27, 2010 this was the day of the earthquake in Chile so a tsunami alert would not let us leave the dock until 11 am. Figuring it was a bit late to get to the marlin grounds we made our way to McGowen reef to fish for tuna and wahoo. Still fishing with Mike and Tom we located a bait ball being hammered by tuna. Using a popper on a spinning rod Mike managed to hook a tuna on his first cast when a brand new Fin Nor Spinning 9500 OS (don’t buy one) reel gave out on him. What luck!! " from a galapagos islands fishing report. Heavy too
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 11:36am
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The Saltigas are expensive for a reason, they really are bloody good.
Had a look at the Fin nors on the weekend, for me i would go for the next size down, i think it is the 4500, it is a bit lighter and still has enough grunt behind it. Good value for money reel and built tough. ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 12:06pm
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Yep, happens with pretty much all reels. They certainly are heavy reels. Personally I have not used mine for poppering lately as the reel stem is too thick to fit easily between my fingers (that is how I hold spinning reels) without rubbing and getting sore after a while, however, as far as ruggedness goes, it has handled a couple of GTs in the islands and a good kingi when I used it poppering one day at whitianga. In fact, I think perhaps you should look at the fin-nor Ahab20 spn reel... now that too is an ultra-solid reel, lighter though, smaller spool but still ample when loaded with braid, great drag on it, I have had 2 of those reels in the Solomons, and they were awesome (until eventually they died...the sollies' humidity is murder on reels, nothing lasts for long up there, no matter what it is) reels, 10 years ago, nothing bar nothing could come close to them that I could get here in NZ anyhow.  there ya go, there is my mate Steve's one.... as you can see it has a much smaller spool size than the offshores. Anyhow, just a thought.... |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 12:09pm
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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 12:18pm
Ived used one steeeve. will stick to my stella's, too heavy and agricultural for my soft deckie hands I just happened to read that report. possibly not bad anglers considering they got over 100 stripeys
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Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 12:19pm
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Jigging is very hard on reels,much different to casting.
Have they been reveiwed here in NZ by people out there doing it-jigging that is?I dont buy fishing media so wouldnt know...I would think they are on parr with an opus bull?
I would be keen to see one after a couple of big days jigging to see how it holds up,infact if someone wants to send me one on a stick before this thursday I will test it for three days.
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Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 12:56pm
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there is another spin reel arriving soon for testing at the 3 Kings. They are made specifically for heavy jigging, popping and also for Marlin. The Marlin reel is made for 130lb braid while the others are made for PE5-8. Announcements later.------------- give it death! |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 1:28pm
| Teaser! :-) |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 4:30pm
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, ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 4:42pm
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they didn't catch 100 marlin on the finnor.... it was brand new when they hooked a tuna....... http://www.ecuagringo.com |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 5:29pm
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Posted By: Accident Prone
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 5:50pm
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Expedition vs Finnor = No comparison.
If you do a lot of jigging and frequently catch resonable sized fish then go the Expedition. It will not let you down. As for price - they are FAR to expensive in NZ, I got mine from overseas for NZ$1050 and that was delivered to my door!.
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Posted By: biggear
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 6:56am
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I won a fin nor in a comp. Used it for the frst time on a charter with Mark on extreme. The anti reverse gave out first cast. We spent a while trying to find it, but realised it is internal??? so didnt get a real chance to try it out as such. Once its fixed i'll give it another bash. ------------- Dont let the grey hair fool you! |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 7:10am
If you have spent the dollars to get a bluerose you cant skimp on the reel, Stella or Expedition is your only choice. ------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
el tazar wrote:Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 7:14am
Is this the Satan of spin reels [diabolo sniper], super tuff ------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 10:57pm
Announcement in new products forum. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: T_CARP
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 11:46pm
| soo for all these people bagging the finnor and comparing it to the stella and expeditions.... i could go out and buy 4 or more finnors for the price of one expedition... is this not a consideration??? as shown by BA they can handle the big game no worries. Also as pointed out in another thread there has been litterally hundreds off theses reels sold for bugger all warranty claims, and i am sure even the stellas etc would have had issues we just dont hear about them as people dont wana say when there $1200 dollar reel has an issue?? I could be wrong?? Im sure the fin-nors are not sold primarily as a jigging reel either but for a work horse capable of many things and i think if i was not primary jigging id be happy to have 4 Fin-nors before a stella. Your thoughts??? |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 6:32am
Yeah do that just buy a new one every time you need to  ,go into a shop and compare.better yet use a few different reels.
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Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 7:18am
why by four fin nors instead of one stella or expedition thats just stupid if u can afford it buy the best and that ONE reel will last u a life time if u cant afford it by the best u can afford if that is a fin nor then go buy it i had a play with 3 diff ones and the all had at least ten mill of back lash not good at the end of the day u pay for what u get ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 7:23am
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spot on Green guy
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 7:33am
| The only downside to the fin-nor offshore is that it relies on dog only for anti reverse. normally thats not an issue and for reliability its a god send. bad side to no anti reverse bearings is the continual hammer like action onto the dogs which over time is likely to cause issues. that and headaches. they are a little cumbersome but that said my mate I jig with has one and with a little patience they are usable provide ear plugs are near by. very very solid reel for the money and drag is nice and smooth. |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 7:52am
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Ear plugs??? Are they quite loud hookerpuka or is there some huffing and puffing involved due to the weight?
------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 8:57am
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I don't really suggest anyone is buying 4 fin-nors Green Guy, as I suspect you know.... but it is a good point, as you get what you pay for, if you have 1200 disposable dollars to put into a single reel, great, go for it, but if you need to have say 2 reels (one for you one for the mrs say), then suddenly having 2400 disposables, versus $800 for a pair of fin-nors, well..... the math certainly starts adding up. Not everyone is comfortable in spending that sort of money on a reel, but $400...well, that is liveable. And yes, every spinning reel is prone to damage, I don't care what brand it is. Try taking spinning reels overseas regularly, and see how they handle being packed in suitcases.... bale arms get bent/deformed real easy, and having all your eggs in one basket (ie: just one reel) can mean a nice, reel-less trip, not fun. So the idea of having a duplicate spare reel is not a bad one at all. Would I happily use a fin-nor for jigging...hmmm... nope, but then, I don't like jigging with ANY spinning reel, sorry, that is just me. However, would I be happy to popper fish with a fin-nor, hell yes, no worries, did it for years with the Ahab20s. I don't like the offshore I have as I have stated elsewhere, but that is due to it's reel-stem thickness, not its reliability. |
Posted By: chopsticks
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 9:21am
| $1200? An Expedition and large Stella SW go for around $1800 in NZ. |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 11:08am
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 11:24am
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Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 11:45am
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BA,
I know you are proud of your marlin on a spinning reel,the fact remains it was caught on a live bait-not jigging.This thread is about jigging reels.
I will go out on a limb here and say that a Stella or Saltiga is a far superior reel for jigging,and I will say that alot of reels would be capable of taking a marlin on a bait,but not alot of reels can jig day in day out without breaking down.
I have seen one of these reels in pieces after a trial but I havent used one nor would I,I prefer o/heads.
You love waffling on about knockers and sheep..guess what? you are no the first and certainly wont be the last to catch one on unconventional gear here in NZ-and overseas its is pretty common.Even broadbill have been taken jigging.
Epic did it the same week aswell...marlin on jig gear.
Last year or the year before a nice stripie was caught up north on a stella and offshore combo..there are other people out there who do not need to validate themselves on fishing.net..they are just out there doing it.
As for the hall of fame,alot of us in here have one track minds,boat limitataions and geographic limitations the green machines are our gamefish.
As far as the CW & Yeehaa comment go's,people buy what they want,and you get what you pay for.
Unfortunatley there are not 250,000 different rod and reel setups for fishing here in NZ so I guess we are all sheep to some degree.
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 11:53am
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Did you say $1,800 chopsticks? Holy crap! Errk! That cost has just got to be hard to justify,hell, isn't that more than a big 50W goldie? Caramba! Oh well, I will stick with my fave babies, my pair of Accurates I guess :-) Seriously thinking about getting another Ahab20 though.... |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 12:00pm
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 12:08pm
done it for you,  ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: Snag
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 2:37pm
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Sorry dude but for jigging these reels are not. They are fantastic reels but with no infinite anti reverse they sound bad and feel really bad, plus too heavy after a day jigging.
They have the power and are a really good priced reel, but not for jigging.
Invest the money into something that really fits the purpose.
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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 2:42pm
Falco
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 3:34pm
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BA,
I know you are proud of your marlin on a spinning reel,the fact
remains it was caught on a live bait-not jigging.This thread is about
jigging reels.
deleted them for you,  your right its a jigging forum my bad. |
Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 4:55pm
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I snapped the arm on a stella 10000sw jigging, granted I am hard on my gear but certainly look after it. Shimano replaced the arm no questions asked. Jigging is probably by nature the hashest treatment we put any of our gear through and so the stuff has to be bullet proof or it will fail. As to catching marlin, gee people have caught them on penn spin fishers, TLD 15, and probably all sorts of odd small gear, the only requesite is a smooth consistant drag, some luck, planning and HAVIN A GO ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 5:37pm
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Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2010 at 3:09pm
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Fin Nor have sold their company to Quantum and jarvis walker so i dont know if the same quality controlls are in place. You pay for what you get. I owned an ahab and an offshore, TANKS and heavy as all hell, i would hate to jig with them and dont really think much of them as far as engineering goes. I own a saltiga now and the difference is AMAIZING poppers, jigging, bait it does it all and is so smooth, strong and light!!!. Half the weight, I dont think you should campare them in any way it makes no sense at all. Spend your money once and forget about losing fish from gear failure. ------------- Synit Prototype bender |
Posted By: seansurfy
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2010 at 6:16pm
On a coral sea trip, a forum member I was fishing with snapped the handle off his Saltiga Exp clean off at the reel....on his first fish i think
On my first Kings trip with Mogi, he broke a Stella 20000....the osilating system crapped out...I don't think he even had a fish on...just jigging.
Any reel can fail, with spinning reels by the nature of their design being more susceptible.
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Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2010 at 7:59pm
I agree even the supposed best fail from time to time, perhaps not as often though as reels considered inferior? ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2010 at 11:21pm
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Yep gear failure can happen, but using top of the range gear sure is a pleasure and i still think save up and dnt go cheap if you can help it.. ------------- Synit Prototype bender |
Posted By: TWL
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 11:35am
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FACT:
Fin-Nor is owned by a US Company called W.C Bradley which also owns Quantum, Van Staal & various other quality brands.
Jarvis Walker Australia are the Australian distributors of Quantum, Van Staal & Fin-Nor.
For more information checkout: http://www.finnorfishing.com/ - http://www.finnorfishing.com/
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Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 12:45pm
| Good call TWL..... fact and nor fiction when quoting what brands own who would be adviseable...... hear it all the time about some lame brand owning some high end brand..... |
Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 4:37pm
Is there such a thing as a lame brand? I dont own any Jarvis Walker reels, but then I dont want a reel that I can use once or twice a year down at the local wharf and then forget about it. Are we becoming tackle snobs by vertue of our only acknowledging tackle that is at the top end of the market? I dont know the answer, but am sure that some people get just as much enjoyment out of a so called cheap reel as I can lay claim to with my gear. After all cheap gear sells and will continue to meet a market requirement, perhaps just not my market requirement! but that doesnt make it crap. ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 6:24pm
Thats my point mate..... people bag out a big brand name by saying there owned by a "LESSER" brand, if its such a lesser brand how come it owns a "Better" brand ? and yes we are becoming snobs when it comes to jigging gear especially. I'm not biased to any particular brand, if it does the job its intended to do then I will help it out as often as I can even if it is a "LESSER" brand. Fin-nor Marquesa being a good example. nice smooth reel and for the price nothing around in its league. bit heavy for all day use but hey thats what gyms are for. other than that there a really nice reel. and lesser brand Fin-nor are not..... think there are a damn site more Jarvis walker ea850's out there than most other reels, the guys that buy em love em |