What rod/reel to buy
Submitted by timboon on Tue, 2018-05-15 10:11
Going to buy a new set up....
I'll spend around the $700 mark, prefer over head was thinking the Talica 8 or 10...
Will be jigging metals and placs, bottom bouncing and a bit of northern trolling....
I don't need/want a "pure new school" jig rod as I probably don't fit that mould the way I fish.
Ideas anyone?
Boon
timboon
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To add to that, I prefer to
To add to that, I prefer to fish lighter/smaller style gear as I've never been properly dusted with the fish I've caught and what I currently use.
Feral
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I've got a talica 8 that
I've got a talica 8 that I've been using (you can buy it if you want :)
I've just swapped over to a smaller over head as the talica was a bit big for what I'm doing and I don't troll so didn't need the line capacity
dodgy
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Little talica on a demon
Little talica on a demon blood is a nice combo. I think mine is the 64cj. Nice and light but plenty of balls when you load it up.
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Livewire
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Talica
G'day feral. I might be interested if timboon doesn't want it mate. How long have you had it, is it in good Nick $ price?
gruntre69
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I was in the same position a
I was in the same position a while ago. It was a talica or daiwa saltist LD40H. I ended up with the saltist because I got it slightly used for a steal. It has a nice drag & is quite small but has good line capacity. Matched to a Jigstar rod. Happy so far but haven't really given it a good test yet..
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Mulie
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I've been thinking along the
I've been thinking along the same lines Timboon and was looking at a Tekota 500 (only a 4.2 ratio) matched to a 7ft Terez for around $500. Bloody light combo. My mate bought a Saltist rod and reel from Oceanside in the summer and that goes alright, 10kg duey from 4m and a 18kg from the 50's and he rates it as a good, light combination.
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Silver Fox
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I’m with Dodgy
Talica 12 2 speed on a Demon Blood keeps me happy . Downside is I’m fishing in water no deeper than 15 metres up here these days , kind of over gunned me thinks .
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Devocean
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Yep talica 10 plus demon
Yep talica 10 plus demon blood. Plenty of grunt but super lightweight. I second that too feral
timboon
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Thanks fellas... Pm sent
Thanks fellas...
Pm sent Feral...
What's a good price for a Demon, blood, looks like there aren't too many oh models.