wWhich reel to suit van Staal 802
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Topic: wWhich reel to suit van Staal 802
Posted By: Aluminator
Subject: wWhich reel to suit van Staal 802
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2011 at 8:35am
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Hi,Have not much idea about spinning reels, I like shimano though, looking for something for popping.
Are quantum Boca any good or better to stick to Sustain 8000 or saragosa.
Cheers
Matt
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Posted By: DAVE_
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 5:00pm
| Just got the same weapon, matched it with okuma vs80a. only had 1 outing but feels GOOD! |
Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 7:12pm
| go the shimanos mate the bearings go in the okumas. you get what you pay for!! |
Posted By: Photofisha
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 7:23pm
Really?..havent heard this before...
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Mr Plastic wrote:Posted By: DAVE_
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 7:46pm
Had a few okumas mate and never had any dramas, what did you do to it?? What VS series reel are you referring to? |
Posted By: 2cold
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 8:31pm
Had the same thing... on one out of four, after four years of absolute abuse (think VS40, 15kg braid, jigging, poppers, kayaks, sharks etc  )The other 3 are still kicking a*** like they're new 5 years warranty so you can't go too far wrong, especially at the price they are at the moment. Have a look at the likes of the Saltist 4500 as well, awesome little reels
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Posted By: Aluminator
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 3:46pm
| Thanks guys, whats the diff and whats better between stradic 8000 and saragosa 8000? |
Posted By: Millkman
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2011 at 9:33am
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difference mate in the retrieve rate from memory....about 5.2:1 for the saragosa and about 5.7 for the stradic, also the drive train in both are different in both... personally the saragosa I think is a better reel but the higher retrieve in the stradic is better for casting....plus it is a little lighter.. ------------- Getdatfish |
Posted By: Indica
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 7:50pm
i'm using a saragosa 18000 on my vs 802 now feels balanced as compared to before with a heavy fin-nor 
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 10:33pm
| I have that rod, use it with a boca 80, very nice set. TiCA talisman was also very nice. |
Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2011 at 12:18pm
| I have owned the vs reels from okuma and have had bearing issues with them. I now fish saltigas and have had no issues at all. The manual bail arm is bulletproof and the build is just faultless. Just my opinion and experience you get what u pay for and if u fish 50 days or more a year for kings the gear will show its weakness eventually. |
Posted By: Cbro
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2011 at 4:48pm
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I didn't like the VS shaft been held in place by a small bit of plastic, it scares me. My stella is like new after 2 years of abuse...VS died ages ago, bearings and corrosion issues. Had a go on a Tica Talisman, pretty nice although not as smooth as some reels, but they seem to be well built.
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Posted By: TIN TUB
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2011 at 8:32pm
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I just got a Tica Talisman, for the money I think it will be hard to beat, heaps of drag and really well made. Moved onto it from Salina 80, it caught good fish and gave a good account of it self jigging and top water but I don't think it would last forever. ------------- ther ain't nothin' in the world a t-bone shuffle wont cure. |
Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2011 at 5:23am
| I got 6months out of a salina, 1year out of a VS, 1.5 years out of a saragosa, 3 weeks out of a quantam boca and 2 years and counting out of a saltist (which has surprised me considering the number of plastic parts in this reel) |
Posted By: Manoa
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2011 at 10:00am
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Stradic 8000FI or Sustain 8000FE very reliable and nice and smooth. Massive amounts of drag isn't the be all and end all of spin reels. Mind you need quite a bit of drag to put a bend in the Van Staal. I'd go a Stradic ahead of Saragossa, cheaper too. ------------- SAVE THE TUNA |
Posted By: harry mike
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2011 at 11:20am
you should try the bailess van staal reels from melton to match the van staal rod,awesome looking reel. it would be the best combo
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Posted By: fish i
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2011 at 4:57pm
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Bit mismatched I'd imagine. Van Staal reels and and Van Staal rods are in a different class and price bracket, so maybe a tad out of budget for d Aluminator.
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