New Avet/Xyoga combo
Submitted by till on Tue, 2008-11-25 17:12
I just put together a new combo for 30lb. I got the Avet SX 6/4 MC for father's day and put it on a Xyoga built up by David from Seasons Rods, picked up from The Tackle Shack. Now I just need to blood it!
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seasonsrods
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Guess there is an up side
Guess there is an up side to being a father after all...
Glad you like the rod.
Cheers
till
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There are lots of upsides to
There are lots of upsides to being a father, often you just can't see them all at once =)
Blake.T.
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very very nice combo, thats
very very nice combo, thats one of those combos that you think to yourself "geez i want one of these" hahaha.
Keep us posted on how it goes.
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Tim
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Nice Combo
Looks like a nice combo Till. Will be interested in what you think of the Avet.
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Neander
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Nice Rig till. Bet that
Nice Rig till.
Bet that would sound lovely screaming with a MaMiai on the end
Adamp
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Nice combo even better once
Nice combo even better once you christen it. How much do the avet reels range from?
Adamp
till
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The avets have a bit of a
The avets have a bit of a patchy rep here, but I'm hoping the new silent retrieve model is a bit better. Its also a two speed, with cast control so they went all out with this model.
I had/have a saltist with 50lb on it, and its heavy enough to make smaller fish no fun, so I just wanted to get up something right on 30lb.
The Avet SX single is about $400 in aus now with the shoddy currency, no idea what the two speed version cost with magic cast cost, google says about $360US.
seasonsrods
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Till, from my limited
Till, from my limited expereince with them is that the Avet's will need bit more TLC so just take care of it and service it as often as you can to protect the bearings and keep the drags clean and you should be ok.
Any one know if the new Avet's are using sealed bearing?? if it does that would have solved half the Avet's problems i rekon
Colin Hay
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That looks great Till
I would be interested in hearing how it goes as I have an Avet which I would like to pair up with my Xzoga rod.
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Big J
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Nice combo, Ive got 2 Avet
Nice combo, Ive got 2 Avet SX (single speed) reels matched on a couple of Monster Mesh rods and love them.
Just picked an SX up last week for $250 locally
J
till
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The current avets have
The current avets have sealed bearings but irritatingly the drag washer is push fit, so to get it out to grease behind it would destroy it. My old SX 5.01 had brass gears, but the new one has stainless steel.
$250 is a good price locally for new ones, Todd's is about the cheapest I'm aware of online and a lot of other placed repriced high in a bit of a panic!
Zorba
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Avet's
I've seen avet's with bent teeth on the gears and the crap spring on the anti reverse pawl,and the crap anti reverse pawl,and the crap bearings, not one of my favourite reels,they look nice and I hope you get a lot of use out of them,I doubt if you'll buy another.I used to repair reels,so would have seen more than the average bloke.
My Opinion.
till
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I had an older one and they
I had an older one and they have certainly improved over time.
seansurfy
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Avet = meat grinder.... IMO
Avet = meat grinder....
IMO the best OH in this class would be the Saltiga Z20 or Z30.....great quality and beautifully machined