Destroyed a Saltiga drag cap (Video)
Submitted by K_willo on Tue, 2012-06-12 19:38
Recently returned from a trip from steep point, had a fun time catching sharks off the beach till.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCGOxK4nPs&feature=plcp
The spool is a studio ocean mark, even after putting another saltiga spool back on the drag still feels terrible. taking a closer look at the drag cap reveals that its had parts of it carved out.
has anyone else heard of this?
probably my fault for continually tightening the drag. Shark was a suspected 3m whaler we'd see earlier that night.
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Redemperor000
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that would have been a
that would have been a monster on the other end. unlucky to not being able to stop it.
Yewiefish85
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should have bought a stella
should have bought a stella LOL, do you have any pics of the drag knob?
StevieP
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woulda thought youd nearly be
woulda thought youd nearly be pulled in with drag right up?
Wazza79
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Gear specs?
What were the specs of your line and rod? That is some serious drag pulling going on there!
K_willo
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Ok 300m of YGK PE8, rod is a
Ok 300m of YGK PE8, rod is a Yamaga blue reef 7.10" rated to PE10 joined via FG knot to 170lb leader and 250lb wire leader.
caught a smaller shark before that fishing about 15kg of drag. haha yeh on strike and got pulled forward a good couple of metres.
Spool is on the right up the top now.
HA the guy with the stella was too scared to throw it out..
cudbfishn
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thats some serious fish
thats some serious fish
Rig
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insane
what model saltiga is it?
hope a new cap isnt to $$$
Wazza79
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Far out!
Think ya hooked a freight train. Sounds like ya had the right gear though!
K_willo
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The older model saltiga (no
The older model saltiga (no magseal) 6000 with a 6500 size SOM spool. By no means do I blame the gear for failing.
The correct gear to catch these beasts is 50m of towing rope and a hook bigger than a gaff tied to a billboard post as we found out...
Versus
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maybe u jagged a manta ray
maybe u jagged a manta ray haha. Whatever it was it didnt seem to be slowing down one bit after all that run
lmaunder
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Yes, have seen this before
Yes, have seen this before with a smallish black marlin doing the damage. The drag knob has numerous plastic parts which simply melt. The solution was an SOM spool and a matching SOM drag knob. I am not sure whether SOM still make the drag knobs or not. The other alternative is an RCS custom knob made by Daiwa themselves called a "Radiation Drag Knob". It is entirely of metal construction. (again not listed in the 2012 catalogue). The only issue with this knob is that the heavier drag settings come very strongly with the last turn of the drag knob.
Good luck
Les
K_willo
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lmaundercheers for that,
lmaunder
cheers for that, fantastic information. i couldnt find the SOM drag knob on their site, maybe they've stopped production. ill try and source one or the other.
katsy85
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That was moving!
That was moving!