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    Posted: 25 May 2010 at 5:07pm
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Ok here goes, some honest feedback now I have had the rods and reels for a bit of time and used his braid, I am not sure the best route to do a review but will combine the reel/rods into the two sets
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  REEL BAIT CASTER

This reel is actually quite small but so far has held up to some pretty big kahawai
Some features
High speed
infinite reverse (means no ratchet sound)
even winding
Adjustable spooling small know on the right hand side (saves tangles)
The cover on the LH side is removable and the reel pops out very easy
This For casting it works well but like every reel like this keep a thumb on the spool to avoid tangles however I have not had one mishap yet compared to multiple tangles with the cheapy warehouse reel I had
Retrieving is super fast as its a high speed reelphoto is the suppliers one, once the batterys are charged I will post some of my reel

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This was teamed up with

HYPA-FLICK SOFT PLASTICS FISHING ROD


I have found this rod to perform well so far and is a perfect match to this reel, I have been using it with some small jig heads and the fish seem to like the combination

Last Saturday hooked into a 70cm Kahawai and it was some work but the rod performed well

I dont tent to pull the rod and reel apart but took some advice from on here and gave it a warm shower after each fishing trip, then left near the fire to dry out for a few days



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so have you been fishing a baitcaster on a spin rod?
 or is it the only graphic you could find?
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lol yeah why? remember im new to this but hey it seems to be working 
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nice observation tobez  
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some more pics






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Graphite blanks and all rod blanks for that matter have a back bone and are only designed to really be bent one way, bending on a angle different to the backbone can cause premature breakages! If that makes sence
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_rod#Spin_and_bait_casting_rods ok but if it works where is the problem?
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so? this type of rod is designed to bend with the hoops underneath not on top? heck it has had a bit of a caning the wrong way then to be honest and its still working
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It's no problem until it breaks......
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I think he means like side ways movement as opposed to straight vertical movement for a back bone rod. Probly got it all wrong
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Originally posted by NZ_Nitro NZ_Nitro wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_rod#Spin_and_bait_casting_rods ok but if it works where is the problem?
 
LOLDid you notice a tendency for the reel to want to "turn over" while you were playing your monster kahawai?
 
By holding the rod in such a way that the reel stays on top, means that the rod blank will be placed under a lot more stress than it was designed to handle.
Eventually it will let you down but, it won't really be the rods fault
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correct me if wrong but the reel is designed for a crank bait rod.
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Man am I going to regret starting this..........LOLEmbarrassed
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No, remember your signature "Always learning". You won't be the only one eitherWink
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Originally posted by tightlines2 tightlines2 wrote:

No, remember your signature "Always learning". You won't be the only one eitherWink
 
dead right tl2.Big smile
 
Don't worry about it Nitro, we are all still learning
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some more than others lollllllllllllllllWink
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used alot of this gear in aussie chasing barra in the parks in qld,found it to be ok but for the serious fisher there is a lot better,the gears let them down big time also they break under extreme pressure,saw one blow the side plate off on a 13kg barra at the boat,also i was told by a rep over there the rods are silstar blanks not to sure on that
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The other problem with a rod designed for a spinning (fixed spool) reel is that the guides wont necessarily be spaced to keep the line off the blank, the problem with that is a decent run with mono touching the blank will see the mono 'melt' or with braid it will start cutting up the blank. I have used all sorts of cheap stuff over the years and it will still catch fish. I've never caught a lot of good fish on cheap gear though it's always buggered up sooner or later. Good quality gear will literally catch 100's of fish and still be going strong if it's looked after. Keep us posted on what you find Nitro.
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