dose 10inchs matter?
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Topic: dose 10inchs matter?
Posted By: southernwanderer
Subject: dose 10inchs matter?
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 8:59pm
Hi all, newbie to this forum, so here gose i'm going to ask a question that some may think really DUMB!!! I have a stella 20000sw, when i compare retreival rates with the 18000 the difference is only 10inchs per crank of the handle less than 1/5th a turn of the handle, now dose that really make THAT much difference? OR are northerners just soft and afraid of a little hard work? PS sorry if i,ve offended anybody!!
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 10:20pm
| No offense, and no, it doesn't make THAT much difference really. Depends on what lures you are using, how you like to work them etc etc. |
Posted By: Red Hunter
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 7:19am
| x2 , I have the same reel , I use mostly poppers and have no problems , enjoy your reel . |
Posted By: southernwanderer
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 8:45am
Yeah see thats totally different to what i was told by certain members of the "trade"! One went so far as to tell me i had wasted my money and that i needed to buy a 10000 (same retrrival rate) and i waste wasteing my time till i got another reel! I know these guys need to make money, but it wasn,t even what i'd asked them about! I know a 20000 is heavy weight, but my out fit has the same balence as my salmon rod an reel(diawa firewolf/banax iso 5000), like you said Capt'n, its how you use it, not how big it is! Though mines as big as they get!
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 9:26am
| Now now, it is not becoming of a fisherman to boast, brag or possibly even exaggerate now..... :-) lol. Perish the thought, none of do that, oh no, not ME officer! :-) |
Posted By: Nomad
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 10:28am
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Here is my two cents worth, it all comes down to what you are doing, if you are popping there is no real need to get to fussy with your line rates and so on, it just comes down to the weight of the reel and what you are happy with and if you dont mind the bigger reels, with stick baiting IMO the line rate is key, swimming lures with slower reels means you have to work quite a bit harder to get the correct action to get a fish to bite, IMO the stella 10k is the ultimate top water reel be to popping or stick baiting, it light, has loads of drag and a quick line rate ------------- Ben Pokaia <a href="http://www.nomadsportfishing.co.nz"> 
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Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 10:51pm
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as Ben says, depends on what you are doing.
Generally - top water use higher speed gears, jigging use slower speed. This applies to the Stella 18000 vs 20000.
If you are jigging shallower waters like Stephens passage, then it is likely that the higher speed reel (and lighter jig) won't be too much hard work so you can use either reel. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: the angler
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 7:07am
| u sure do reed and right good for a southisander did u go to skool in the nortiland? |
Posted By: southernwanderer
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 10:50am
NAH BRO, i lif with nortland fulla's and asin's 9 munth of da yer   Ben and Chris, cheers for the REAL answers to my question! My reason for going with the 20000 is that i never know where i'll be fishing next, as i can be in wellington one week, then kerikeri the next, then the BOP the week after that. As i enjoy all types of fishing i have to go with what will cover 90% of my options, and settle for what ive got the last 10%. Hence the reason for my orginal post. In no way do consider a 20000 a waste of money, though having seen the vid of the kaibutsu snapping i am now concerned over my choice of rod!!!!!
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