saragosa or saltist
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Topic: saragosa or saltist
Posted By: riga
Subject: saragosa or saltist
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2010 at 8:16pm
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Looking to get an intermediate spinning reel for both jigging and stickbaiting/poppering. Narrowed it down to probably a saragosa 18000 or the saltist 6000/6500. What you think is the better real for both jigging and stickbaiting? Cheers
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2010 at 8:29pm
Probably no one in NZ has used both to make that opinion riga but have heard good things about the Saragosa from USA forums(nothing said about saltist yet,too new maybe?)
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Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2010 at 8:38pm
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been using the saragosa for a while now and reckons its not a bad reel. No stella or anything but a good value reel for the $$. Only using an 8000 size though and found the 18000 size reels a bit chunky. I see killacustoms on here has a 1400fb spheros for sale for $450, new spooled with braid and a upgraded handle. Could be a good option. ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: unlimited
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2010 at 9:18pm
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be hard to make one reel do both,fish mite not be taking jigs then someone hooks one on a stick bait or the other way round and you will be rerigging all day best to have two set ups ------------- keeping it reel |
Posted By: riga
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2010 at 9:31pm
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used a mates saragosa a few times and landed a few kings seemed a pretty nice reel and have seen it land a few nice kingies too, more looking for a few opinions on the saltist, have read a few reviews from the US which seem to have mixed views. it won't be my sole jigging setup unlimited, but will come in handy to use as a jigging setup on a jig stick too, only a minute to change over really.
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Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2010 at 10:15pm
stella/saltiga ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 5:17am
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Next best thing GG =Twinpower/Catalina = Saragosa/Saltist.
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: unlimited
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 5:59am
sorry about that you must know what your doing when it comes to changing leaders for casting and jigging and that stuff ------------- keeping it reel |
riga wrote:Posted By: fastjig
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 12:55pm
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See comments below from one of our clients in Africa, He loves his Saltist 6500. Picture 17kg threadfin. 
"Greg, Good morning. I forgot to send this one. This can provide a better idea of the size. You can use this one to convince people to buy the 6500, if they have doubts about the drag system. Have a great weekend! Cheers, M" "Greg, Good morning. Went fishing this afternoon (I am still on Friday), a tarpon and some jacks jumping in front of me, however no bites.. The 6500 is really sweet when used with poppers." "Yesterday I used the Saltist, it worked ok ( 10 kg threadfin and 7 kg bass) considering that I had to face bigger waves than on Saturday. " ------------- If there is doubt, there is no dobut. |
Posted By: Ocean Blue
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 7:51pm
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I've spooled up a Saragosa 14000 and found the line lay a bit disconcerting, it ribs up a fair bit, a repeated line lay on top of the previous one not oscillating and spreading it more evenly. Sure it does the job well enough and has been designed with some tuff work in mind. I have the previous model Twinpower and a Catalina aswell, and rate both of these highly. I use the Twinpower for casting, stickbaits etc. Catalina more for jigging. Can't speak about the Saltist.. Look at retrieve rates, overall weight and spool design if you plan on casting with it a lot. Cheers David ------------- Fishing Vanuatu - Trees & Fishes Anglers Lodge | Vanuatu Mothership Adventures | New Caledonia | Malaysia |
Posted By: riga
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 8:55pm
| sweet cheers guys, think I've made my mind up to go with the saragosa, hard to beat shimano's 10 year warranty also |
Posted By: Bunzo
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 11:47pm
I picked up a Saragossa 18000 when they first came out in 2008 and thrashed it for the first year jigging, it's still going strong with some jigging but mainly used on a 7ft Calstar using Stickbaits and medium Poppers, has not missed a beat .------------- 
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