If you could only have one outfit what would it be. My old man used to tell me he would have an Alvey and 9ft rod. He never did any offshore though. so I was just curious. What would be your one rod and reel be?
If you could only have one outfit what would it be. My old man used to tell me he would have an Alvey and 9ft rod. He never did any offshore though. so I was just curious. What would be your one rod and reel be?
A live fibre m10 with a Shimano 30 Tyrnos.Load that with 65lb braid and you have something for bottom fishing,red hunting but a little over kill for float lining for snapper but
could be used.
Thats my 10cents worth.
I'm sure there will be plenty of suggestions though.
Mick
quality graphite 3-6 kg 7ft rod - quality 3000 reel - 12lb braid for me
Those days are gone, now you need one rod per species multiplied by the environment with a degree of difficulty compounded by the lure weight.
Example, for barra I need a hard bodie impoundment casting rod, a hard bodie saltwater casting rod for the creeks, a heavy soft plastic combo, a light to medium soft plastic combo, a trolling rod combo, maybe a surface lure combo and at least one spare if one fails or a mate turns up.
At around say $500 a combo and then at least $2000 worth of lures chuck in some braid, leader,some tackle boxes and some upgrade hooks and rings that you have to have, you are up near ten grand with no boat or anything to tow it with.
Best go to the jetty with a handline and target whatever comes along.
i think i need a job like yours,id love to spend $500 per combo and $2000 on lures.Originally Posted by killitfillit
Thats a bit hard but I would say a spin setup in the medium heavy category. I have a Fin-Nor Ahab 30-50lb stick with a Stradic 8000 loaded with 50lb line that weighs nextto nothing and will spin up Spotties to Spaniards as well as pull Pearlies out of 130m
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One of my favourite rods , was one that the old man made for me 30 years ago . Nearly cried when I broke the bloody thing .
Shawn
ha ha ...... as if! - one outfit
I guess if you target 1 species in 1 type of environment - you could do it (Blackfish off the rocks , trout in the streams on fly , bream in the estuary on bait , offshore snapper etc ........ once you get technique specific it becomes harder.
My April road trip has been a nightmare to plan (tackle wise) & even keeping things to a minimum & having outfits that will double up - I'm at 8 outfits and a 9th rodI haven't told my mate yet that he can only bring 1 outfit.... as there is no room
There is no way that the 9ft rod and alvey would cut it .......... Thankfully those days are gone
Chris
PS - In the spirit of things though ...... a 7ft spin stick 6-8kg and a 2500 sized reel could cover quite a few bases in the fishing that I do
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Yeah pretty impossible I know but I suppose it comes down to styles of fishing you enjoy the most. I could probably get away with a TLD20 and 8-15kg live fibre with 30lb low stretch mono. But for those odd occasions whiting or squid fishing I dont think it would suit. As for the alvey and 9ft rod you would be surprised at what is possible. My old uncle, god bless him, used to fish for spaniards with an alvey and I think there is a certain lady on this site that recently caught a monster spanish on an alvey! Not to mention some of the jew caught on them. Wouldn't discard that theory quite yet!
I guess if you target 1 species in 1 type of environment - you could do it (Blackfish off the rocks , trout in the streams on fly , bream in the estuary on bait , offshore snapper etc ........ once you get technique specific it becomes harder.
My April road trip has been a nightmare to plan (tackle wise) & even keeping things to a minimum & having outfits that will double up - I'm at 8 outfits and a 9th rod
There is no way that the 9ft rod and alvey would cut it .......... Thankfully those days are gone
Chris
PS - In the spirit of things though ...... a 7ft spin stick 6-8kg and a 2500 sized reel could cover quite a few bases in the fishing that I do
As a kid growing up on Lake Macquarie, I had one outfit and use to chase everything from whiting to blackfish, to bream to tailor to mullet to salmon to jews. It was a light beach rod with about a 3500 series reel and about 5 or 6 kg mono on it. Use to catch a heap of fish on that gear from the rocks, beach, boat and jetties.
Now I have lost count of how many rigs I have!
I have to confess,i have about 27 rods and reels.
From heavy tackle marlin gear,light tackle marlin,offshore,spin, estuary gear and the list goes on.
I thought the lump was reffering to an offshore combo.
Mick
95% of my fishing is done with a 2-4kg loomis and 2500 stella, having said that if I could have only 1 I think that it would be a MSR822 GLX 4-6kg with Stella 4000 and 12lb braid
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I think if I had to make a choice, I would use on of my favourite combos I own now. A Pluton 200H sitting on an Egrell Bear B6-L, running 15lb TD sensor braid. Would do me from everything from flathead and whiting through to smaller pelagics, and a handy bottom bouncer.
Very interesting question. A medium spin reel, something like my Catalina 4500h with 40 lb braid and 7 ft carbon rod PE3 could be used from whiting to spanish mackeral just by changing the size (weight) of the leader.
9' rod and an Alvey will do me also thanks. Can have as much fun catching fish with that as being Mr I Have Every Rig For Every Fish.
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