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Not sure about the new Penns, I have a Penn 16s International 2 which I won about 15 years ago and it's still going strong. Filled with 24kg mono and mated to a custom 15-24kg Hot Rod short stroker it handles anything thrown at it.
I haven't bought any new gear for quite a few years now, the stuff I have just lasts well, as long as it's looked after. There will be a couple of new outfits gracing the rod rack in a while, specifically for flicking plastics at flatties, not sure what they will be yet.
2012 GU8 ST 3.0 CRD. Alloy bull bar, HID spotties, Pioneer GPS/CD/DVD head unit, Beaudesert 2.75" exhaust, Autometer Boost and Pyro gauges.
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do, kill people and damage property.
Memories was there a penn senator , ambassador???
Don't know about the playboy bit. but great noise gets the heart rate up
thats for sure, everyone yelling giviing their 2CW Then bummer another carp
The Senator is still going, a star drag overhead reel, I don't think the Ambassador is still in production that I could see with a quick look around.
2012 GU8 ST 3.0 CRD. Alloy bull bar, HID spotties, Pioneer GPS/CD/DVD head unit, Beaudesert 2.75" exhaust, Autometer Boost and Pyro gauges.
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do, kill people and damage property.
We used to go to Bemm river every Queensbirthday weekend surf fishing, salmon and Gummy.
Also a salt water lake, estuary for Conga eels, they wake you up. or further inland some trout areas.
Great spot highly recommend plenty of huts at good prices too
Last edited by threedogs; 4th February 2013 at 09:46 PM.
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
They don't make anything like they used to and if they do you pay thru the nose for it!!
For plastics you want feel so you want Graphite but if you knock the rod or drop it there is a good chance it will break there. For price, strength and feel i like my Flueger Shakespear rods, i posted a pic of it yesterday. I have 2 single peace that have a great taper and alot of feel and fighting strength 1 is a 3 -6kg and the other is 4 - 7kg, the third is a 2 peace 4 - 7kg but the taper is faster less feel but lots of power. You also need braid, i use 15kg Berkley Fireline stuff from Big W and my rods have Fuji guides so the braid wont slice thru them. I set up a bag for my jig heads and plastics with the 3 rods and reels for about $500 so i can go from salt to fresh to windy to calm within a few minutes. Oh i almost forgot between the braid and the jig head you need to run a leader because you cant tie knots with it so you will have to learn how to tie a suspension knot like this ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21359977080.814698.jpg its hard to see but berkley give instructions with the braid and you need to pack the spool with some mono coz its very thin.
Abu Garcia make the Ambassador series overhead reels, i have a soft spot for overheads they are a prick to learn how use but when you do you can cast a egg beater way way further than before lol
Most of the outfits I use are overheads, I find my casting is more accurate, even if distance does suffer with the lighter lures, than with egg beaters. Spent 3 weeks in Weipa chucking lures for around 8 hours every day using Shimano 400 and 250 Calcuttas, technique improved a lot but I needed a Cortisone shot in my elbow when I got home
Back then I was using wind-on leaders to join the braid to mono leader, a mate used to make them and I think you can get them commercially now.
The couple of very light rods I have aren't stiff enough in the tip for flicking plastics at flatties and the 20lb outfit is a bit heavy so will be going for something along the lines you've suggested, 3-6 and 4-7kg sticks.
2012 GU8 ST 3.0 CRD. Alloy bull bar, HID spotties, Pioneer GPS/CD/DVD head unit, Beaudesert 2.75" exhaust, Autometer Boost and Pyro gauges.
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do, kill people and damage property.
I had to learn by my self how to use an overhead reel, my first was a Daiwa low profile job that i birds nested countless amounts of times lol i got it as a gift when i was 10 and after just over 16 years it finally bit the dust in Jan when i was reeling in a 40cm silver travelly. But since my early teens i've fell in love with the Abu Garcia round reel range 2 of which i have shown and 1 other which i hardly use coz its a lever drag that i use for trawling. I had the Daiwa on a Ugly stick snapper rod that i set up for plastics when i first started using them but now for the replacement i have my eye on this Abu Revo MGXImageUploadedByTapatalk 21360019385.330020.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk 21360019409.265461.jpg it sounds like you have more experience with over head reels so if you don't mind can you sus it out for me and give me your opinion ?? Heres the sitehttp://www.abugarcia.com/products/re.../revo/revo-mgx
Cheers
Edit: i'm thinking the 7.9:1 ratio not the 7.1:1
Last edited by Alitis007; 5th February 2013 at 09:45 AM.
The higher retrieve speed of the 7.9 would give you a few more options in the types of lures you could use. I personally like a faster retrieve for getting line back ASAP when the situation calls for it, like fishing running towards the boat or jumping and leaving a big belly of slack line.
I'm no expert though, I just go with what suits me and my style, what there is of it
Before the Weipa trip I was hopeless at casting overheads, so I removed the hooks from a range of lures and spent days in the yard casting them all, trying different settings on the magnets and free-spool friction for the different weights. Then when we got there I had to try and learn how to cast into the bloody wind without massive bird nests
I don't think you could go wrong with either of those reels mate, it'd be nice to find a shop with them in stock and see which one feels best to you though.
2012 GU8 ST 3.0 CRD. Alloy bull bar, HID spotties, Pioneer GPS/CD/DVD head unit, Beaudesert 2.75" exhaust, Autometer Boost and Pyro gauges.
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do, kill people and damage property.
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