Reel for new rod?

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Reel for new rod?

Postby Bradan » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:11 pm

Just bought a Daiwa Wilderness 9' 6" 9wt rod for bass/pollack/pike, but haven't bought a reel or line yet. Any recommendations??
Anyone else got a saltwater reel they're fantastically happy with??
Also never bought a line for saltwater before, used regular 7wt lines before when estuary fishing for sea trout and never had a problem, are specialist lines really necessary?
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Postby lumpy » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:25 pm

for coastal saltwater flyfishing in my opinion specialist lines are vital. when bass, pollock, pike flyfishing i fish flies up to 8 inches in length. for these you need a very powerful front taper and head on your fly line to be able to get enough turn over to cast the fly effectively. also in an estury situation you are generally more shaltered than the open sea, where as in the open sea you are dealing with windy conditions 90% of the time, a specialist fly line enables you to effectively fish in these conditions where as a freshwater line will just collapse into the wind.
as regards reels i presently have an enigma matrix which i find perfect. not very expensive, have a good disc drag, and are ligh weight. the irish fly fishing companies reels are also very good value
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Postby Bradan » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:54 pm

Thanks lumpy, great info!
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Postby pete » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:13 pm

You trying fly fishing in the salt cause you can't anything in the freshwater Bradan :lol: :wink: ?
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Postby Tanglerat » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:26 pm

lumpy wrote:. the irish fly fishing companies reels are also very good value


Yeah, they are. And they're very nice pieces of machinery too. I haven't used mine (#7/8) much yet, but I'm pretty chuffed with it so far.
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Postby lumpy » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:17 pm

no problem problem bradan. if its any help to ya i fish a number 10 scientific coldwater stripped bass line. its a fast intermediate and sinks at 2.4-3.2inch/second. i find this covers 90% of my fishing. for the deep water stuff i use one of the jim teeny fast sinkers, it sinks at 9.5 inch/second
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Postby Bradan » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:46 pm

pete wrote:You trying fly fishing in the salt cause you can't anything in the freshwater Bradan :lol: :wink: ?


:lol: :lol: :lol: har har Pete, cos you're such an expert freshwater man yourself! We'll hit the river some night in July and see who gets more sea trout.... :D :P
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Postby Marty Harrison » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:01 pm

I use an Okuma Airframe large arbour 7/9 reel and find it fantastic. Being carbon it`s fully saltwater proof, has a great disk drag and comes in very cheap at around £30 leaving you plenty of change to invest in a good line to put on it. Couldnt reccomend it enough, beats alot of the competiton at far greater prices.

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Postby budding surfcaster » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:20 am

what Marty said ..................i have been looking alot recently myself, and the Okumas seem like exceptional vfm .
I have tried a vision reel which was very good but not realy worth the dosh so i tried thr scierra edp ,much better but no spare spool . I ended up buying a mint ,secondhand Hardy Sunbeam 9/10 , complete with a spare spool , boxed with all paperwork for just under a ton .

whilst a saltwater proof reel would be desirable i dont think it is really nessessary IF YOU WASH THE REEL , when you get home .........and then again i could be wrong !

have any of the guys found a line they would reccomend ?........prob an 8# to 10 .........something salt proof that wil also double as a pike line

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Postby lumpy » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:23 am

the scientific angler bass lines are brilliant, have 3 of them, cant recomend them enough

try this web site, this is where i get the majority of my fly stuff

http://www.sportfish.co.uk/product/3313 ... paque.html
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Postby Bass Fisher » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:14 pm

I have a Scierra XDA,9/10 size, which is a brilliant reel. Extremely well made, saltwater proof, has a large arbor, and one of the best drags you will find. They are being discounted at the minute, and you might get one for £40 to £50.
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Postby fogelberg » Sun May 21, 2006 7:56 pm

Well.. since it looks like I'm the only Loop fan here I'll throw my opinion in..

The Loop CLW 5eight is great for coast and saltwater fishing since its brakesystem is built into a waterresistant case... The reel is very easy to just rinse under the water tap after fishing.
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