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Zziplex FT 150g reel cam

Postby round_ourway » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:57 am

Just a bit of fun with the new camera

reels cam casting into a head wind so a bit0.65 noisy

0.31mm main line 0.75 Shockleader


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Re: Zziplex FT 150g reel cam

Postby JPS » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:39 am

What's the new camera ?
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Re: Zziplex FT 150g reel cam

Postby round_ourway » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:44 am

Just a wee cheap one i got off ebay.. £20. It called a silver crest. its great for messing with
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Re: Zziplex FT 150g reel cam

Postby scannerman » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:58 pm

nice vid

the ' on reel' rod cam is always a show

paddy and andrew did a few similar last summer testing the akios reel

might be an idea to do the reverse, just to see if the cam can pick up any rod movement and not just sky!! :mrgreen:
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Re: Zziplex FT 150g reel cam

Postby round_ourway » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:37 pm

Good idea.

Tried the new 7ht st at the weekend.. very very impressed. . nicest reel i have ever cast.

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Re: Zziplex FT 150g reel cam

Postby scannerman » Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:13 pm

had a look at Kstaff's couple months back, nice reel alright, smooth, very pricey though

hav'nt had the pleasure to cast one yet

be interesting to see how they go on a court..
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Re: Zziplex FT 150g reel cam

Postby round_ourway » Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:32 pm

How did Kstaff get on with this reel?? had he cast it on the field??
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Re: Zziplex FT 150g reel cam

Postby scannerman » Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:12 pm

he only had a couple of casts that day far as I remember, he was only down for a short while, 180/200 m region I think
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