Shimano gear

[baychaser]

G'day everyone !

I'm pretty new to the fishing game and really wanted to start having a go at sp's.
For Chrissy , the missus bought me a Shimano T curve rod ( 2-5kg line) and a slade 2500FB reel to go with it.
I went down to BCF and the guy got me to buy FINS 10 lb braid-4mono dia. (yellow) and surecatch fluoro carbon 10lbs - 0.27mm for leader.
Also picked up gulp! 2 "nuc.chicken and 3" pumpkinseed shaky shads for bream and flatties. ( 1/6 and 1/12 jig heads as well ).

Too rough for the boat :'( so i had a flick around underneath the fisherman island bridge and the boat ramp but didnt get a nibble.Maybe too rough :-/

My question is this !

Is this a good setup to start out with and did I get the right braid ?
Any other advice would be welcome !
As i said , no bites but still a lot of fun !:D

[Kleyny]

your rig is pretty good.

i don't know about the leader though i use seagur. i normally run a 1/8th oz jig head then go up or down from there.

try and get onto the video from berkely with adam router as the host. very informative. do a search on the site you can learn allot buy just reading the posts in saltwater and the reports.

[Keechie]

hi
your rod is great but the reel is ok when you have the chance i would maybe upgrade the reel to maybe a shimano symetre or a seido just something with a bit higher quality with a reel with a few more ball bearings so it is smoother. but for your leader your braid is alright i am presuming you are targeting bream and flathead go down to 6lb leader that is a nice even strength but gets more bites than the 10lb also pick up a pack berkley powerbaits in pumkinseed (3"), 3" gulp minnow in pumkinseed and i think it is called neon blue a great colour in clear water and a pack of atomic 2" grubs or squidgy wrigglers for dirtier water when the bite is shut down and also buy a pack of 1/16 jigheads. thats just a few little things i know i hope it helps.

regards,
keechie

[tunaticer]

One thing that is overlooked a lot for new sp users is hook gape. It is easy to find smaller hooks in the lighter weights, but for a 3" sp I would be looking for probably a 2/0 size hook and 3/0 for 4" and 5/0 for 5" baits. Unfortunately the choices are narrowed down a lot to fish say 1/8oz 5/0 jigs as there are only 2 brands I have come accross so far. There is a real need to be able to get the sink rate correct for the current and water depth and line weights.

Jack.

[baychaser]

Thanks for all your advice guys , I'll go and get some other jig heads soon.
Just went out to Manly harbour for a flick ( 11:00pm ) but windy as hell and too much noise.
I'll wait unitll this weather is over to try again. ;D