Strange isn't it, that Aigutso hasn't responded?
He probably read the opening post and had to have a Valium sandwich and a lie down.
TOL
Me? I'm with Pinhead.
Strange isn't it, that Aigutso hasn't responded?
He probably read the opening post and had to have a Valium sandwich and a lie down.
TOL
Me? I'm with Pinhead.
It would be my Samurai Reaction 302 with the Certate 2500R.. perfect for everything i need but i do need another spool so i can swap between line weight..
The Alvey will still be catching fish long after all the flash gear has siezed and coroded.I do have some of the flash reels as well.
Ringcaster ............... I like the red ones but yellow and white ones catch fish as well.
BigE
I would love someone to explainthis to me (and the misses) 20 years ago i had 3 setups:Originally Posted by killitfillit
Beach rod and Alvey
An ugly stick and abu for out in the bay
and a heavy duty rod and Penn senatator for outside
Now I have no less than 18 rods and at least that many reals to suit.
I can't leave home without 4 or 5 different setups, and I ask my self, how did I ever mange with out the kit for each specific scenario.
But if i think about it, I don't think I catch any more thenI did then.
Why is it so.......
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Ahhhh the simple days ......... For me , I reckon it's easily answered!
Techniques / Technology ...... & fishing pressure ............. 20/30 years ago you went snapper fishing with a broom stick with an alvey or overhead and you let a hunk of lead plummet to the sea floor with a hunk of bait on it - Today you can do that still (many do) but you probably wont catch the fish like you did ....... so today we finesse our snapper ......... so you probably have a baitrunner to feed out an unweighted pillie in a cube trail. Then you might fish soft plastics at the same time or a maybe a lucanus jig ........ now depending on the water depth fished you might have a deep water placcy rig (Egrell S10 on a 4000 reel) or one for the bay which might be a 2500 size reel on a Egrell S4 . Do you need them all ? ........probably if you want to catch fish consistently .
times have changed! ....... these days fishoes (particularly sport orientated fishoes) fish for different species using different techniques at different times of the year ......... you probably wouldn't want to be using your bream hardbody rod when chucking plastics for jacks or your jack plastic rod for chasing threadies on vibes = that 9 ft rod with an alvey could probably do it ......... but it would be more than a little awkward .
There is still a place in the sun for the alvey (somewhere) ........ but it's been well and truly superseded in most applications these days........ "long live the dog dish"
Chris
Give a man a fish & he will eat for a day !
Teach him how to fish
& he will sit in a boat - & drink beer all day!
TEAM MOJIKO
Would have to say 2500 Fire-Blood on 7' GL3 2 piece PR842 (6-12lb).
I broke the two piece and now have a once piece IMX PR842 (6-12lb), though it does not feel as robust.
The 2 piece GL3 PR842 is great all rounder; really punches above its weight when need be so for plastics lures and even light baits:
- Flathead, Bream, Trevs, Taylor, Cod, Jacks -
-Shallow bay work-
-Threadfin up to 100cm, Mulloway up to 90cm-
Rod has some serious stopping power.
Reels Just an old Favourite.
Have two spools, one with 10lb Toray PE (Light), other with 8lb Fireline (Heavy).
Will hopefully be buying another GL3 soon if budget hold out as I really miss using that rod.
Small Jewie in avatar was caught with the GL3, but by that stage it had been broken and I was using it for a bait rod, fish that size didn't phase it.
I have turned 4 foot shovel nose on it.
Cheers
9 foot whiting Rod with alvey for sure....have caught my biggest fish on this set up....being light enables you to hook any size fish where the bigger rods and reels packed with heavy braid limit there usefulness
Gotta Love Maroochydore.
Only one outfit?
I'd have to say one of my current ones, probably the Egrell S10 and Certate 4000. Followed closely behind by my 4-8kg Dropshot with Heartland 3000.
10 1/2 ft Wilson Live Fibre rod with Alvey with lever drag is my preferred outfit notwithstanding that I have several other outfits in baitrunners. Tyrnos two-speed overhead, conventional spinning reels, etc.
Anything other than an Alvey is just a winch by another name. It is with an Alvey that you can use your sense of feel to heighten your enjoyment of fishing.
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TOL,
It can't be done, one rod? which reel and what line.... i am still struggling to get my pea brain around what that would mean?
surely people can't be serious.. it would be like being forced to eat salads for the rest of your life....
i was only thinking the other day that i don't have any 9' bream rods..
Tangles KFC
What?? No 9' bream rods?? I've got 3. You can have one if you like. Pretty sure it's called a Wilson Bream Reaper. More like 10' I think. Put an Alvey 625B shallow spool on that and you've got a deadly weapon.
TOL
Hmmm one out fit only?......and to do everything with?...........thats a hard one,
what about a hundred metres of 4'' mesh with an 8' drop?................pretty versitile, good allrounder.
Dan
Confidence.......the feeling you get before you fully understand the situation.
Would that be the Shimano or Daiwa net you'd be talking about there Dan ???
I like casting lures so I would choose an eight kg flick stick with a bait caster.
Scott
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