Tica Talisman
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Topic: Tica Talisman
Posted By: S-Ray
Subject: Tica Talisman
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 1:02pm
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Posted By: S-Ray
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 1:04pm
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Hi,
Does any one have information on if this reel is any good? I assume its price point is good, but dont dont if it would suit for an entry-mid range reel for swim baits, popper or jigging? Hope the details show up, just cut and pasted it?
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Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 1:17pm
| Go buy yourself a diawa saltist spin or shimano saragosa, both fantastic entry-mid range popper reels |
Posted By: Reel Magic
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 1:46pm
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Why do you say that Josh? I am thinking of getting a spin reel with enough drag to stop kingis. I have the talisman, the saltist 6500, fin nor offshore 5500 or a Okuma V55a on my list, but I have not been phyically seen any of them yet. I want a reliable reel that won't die after only a few fish. |
Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 2:08pm
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both are from a reputable brand that produces quality reels, I have fished with both and IMO they up to the job as far as a reel in that price bracket goes. Have been fishing a saltist for a while now and its been goin sweet, loads of kings, trevs and even yellowfin tuna. |
Posted By: Reel Magic
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 3:19pm
| The Tica has a huge amount of drag (33kg), but I have gone for the proven reliabilty of the Diawa 6500H. |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 6:26pm
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Field tests by Stephen Tapp try PMing him his handle is Limitless on here it must have had a good work out on his yak (he gets serious fish)so he will give you a good assessment of how good it is in exposed conditions.
And PM Capt Asparagus he has used them too.
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 7:43pm
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Reel Magic wrote:Posted By: Reel Mates
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 9:05pm
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we got one... no complaints as of yet. ------------- REEL MATES - REEL CARE FOR YOUR GEAR - WWW.REELMATES.CO.NZ |
Posted By: JOLLY
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 9:44pm
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How much $$ do they go for? 93cm or 117cm per crank: Which one for Stick baits? Which one for Poppers? Which one for Jigging?
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Posted By: of2fsh
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 12:52am
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saw a tica tallisman on pursuit this week that had landed more big kings than most of us will see in a life time,rick pollock said and i quote"that reel should be dead" many have tried to kill it and its still going . I used it and a saltist this week at the 3 kings and both are great reels.they have more than enough drag to hurt the angler.both in the same league as far as i could tell ------------- 2009 and 2010 BERKLEY SOFTBAIT COMP CHAMPS,Runner up 2013 ( solo),winner 2013/14 longest kingfish nz fishing competition |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 1:02am
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Used the talisman in Norfolk just recently.... I am really impressed. I can't really show you any pics of it with huge fish, mainly because every fish over winch-able size we caught that took more than about a minute to get into the boat got eaten by packs of sharks. However, here are a couple of pics...   (trying to look amused at having a poxy shark eat yet another fish!) This was loaded up on a big shark....I know, coz I watched the flamin' thing eat the fish...a kingie and my jig... before heading for places elsewhere. This was on a Van Staal 500gm rod, VERY nice rod, thoroughly impressed I am .... and by this stage I had stopped pussy-footing with light 15kg drag settings, and had dialled it up to the point where I was unable to pull line from the spool (Later measured at over 25kg drag) without cheese-wiring me fingers. The reel was loaded with 80lb whiplash. This is the same demo reel Steve Tapp has been trialling as well, he loaded it with the heavy braid. Although the drag was set very high, it was still flawless. smooth, no jerkiness, solid as, great grip on the handle,I am truly impressed. This is the hardest workout I have given the talismans yet on several of these big whaler sharks. Absolutely delighted with it. I had used them in the sollies, where they were great, apart from the teething issues common with new-design reels (nothing to do with drag or retrieve speeds, handles or solidity)...to the point where I was begging them to give me one of the trial reels they were going to scrap after making the required modifications to the largely cosmetic features. It is interesting the Daiwa should be mentioned here.... Dave has the Saltiga he uses for himself. He would prefer the talisman now, having seen it in operation, especially as he could buy several of the Talismans for one of the Daiwas! Makes more sense to him. One thing, the reel does not have the automatic bale trip. Don't know if the otehr reels do, but the Talisman in a manual close bale arm. Makes no diff to me though, I pretty much always manually close the bale arms myself anyhow. I like it being manual, as it follows my preference for the KISS theory in spinning reel design. It is certainy a nicer, more user friendly reel to the fin-nor 6500, but then again, horses for courses. KISS and rugged solidity rules in the fin-nor design. The Talisman has a little more sophistication than that. The rods though... the Van Staals are VERY nice! Not expensive, but very sweet to use. I have the popper rod, 2pce 8ft, very cool rod, but the jig-spin sticks I found especially nice to use... the 500gm one is a short little brute, but I was really taken with the 275gm version, longer, probably more suited to 30lb line I reckon, it is a really nice rod to use....   I had the rod fitted with a Penn Conquer 5000 loaded with 30lb braid. It certainly was Adriennes pick of the rods we had there. So, in short, do I like the Talisman? VERY MUCH!!! Is it competition for the Stellas and Saltigas? Perhaps, can't say. However, being able to have three of them for the one Saltiga/Stella... well...... Cheers all, Stu. |
Posted By: Jonny rotten
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 8:09pm
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there is a bit of a thing on it in the last fishing world mag....not long but gives a quick run down..... thanks for the pics stu its always good to see a lil eye candy ------------- Rocking the CROCS since 2011 |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 11:49pm
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Thanks Jonny... although, honestly, I think it is very flattering you should consider me to be eye candy. Spooky. Slightly weird. But still, flattering in a spookily slightly weird way.... :-) |
Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 1:35am
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 9:32am
| Guess you'd have to put a sea-anchor out at least... :-) |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 11:00am
------------- as dead as dead is |
Posted By: S-Ray
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 12:48pm
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Hi,
Can anyone confirm the price tag?
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 2:14pm
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Just talked to Kilwell, they reckon around mid-$600s for a Talisman.... |
Posted By: JOLLY
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 12:04am
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$650 http://www.fullonfishing.co.nz/contents/en-us/p1890_Tica_Talisman_TG8000_Spin_Reel.html - http://www.fullonfishing.co.nz/contents/en-us/p1890_Tica_Talisman_TG8000_Spin_Reel.html
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Posted By: ET487
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 6:04am
For that price i can buy 3 more Finn-nor's
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Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 6:19am
Yeah I know
But what he will have is info on how it held up in exposed conditions he spends a lot of time on the water and I have noticed in his latest Fishing News articles him carrying one onboard. Some reels just won't stand the test of constant serious spray and the odd dunking you get on the yak. |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 6:23am
Always good to have back ups for break downs I guess  ------------- as dead as dead is |
Posted By: Nagged
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 5:43pm
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1 x Stella = 4 Finn nor's
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1 x Dog fight = about ????? Finn nor's, have you got enough fingers on both hands
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Posted By: ET487
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 7:40pm
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I am actually a Daiwa fan but cannot afford those high end reels(would love too)So far my finn nors have not let me down. |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:25am
Just teasing mate,there are alot of factors to consider for each person when making a tackle purchase.Each to their own! ------------- as dead as dead is |
Posted By: crazyfisho
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:02pm
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Yes the Fin Nors are definitely a good cheap option if you are looking for serious drag! The only other reasonably cheap reasonable drag reels on the market are the Okuma V system reels, and the new Salina II's.... both priced pretty well.. |