ive had one for ages mate in a bigger sixe ...bloody great reals ive caught everything on it from massive sharks to spanish mackeral and salmon down south i nearly got a big swan mulla as well......10 years of constant use and ive never had a single problem with the reel its been great .....never been serviced and never needed new parts and thats ten years of being used every weekend...........bullet proof reels

being a trigger grip i think your after a baitcaster (drum) reel ?? bait feeders are a fair bit differant .. if it a baitcaster your after then the saltist 20 or calcutta's are good.

dang lingo :)... haha.. are baitfeeders the same as baitrunners?

I thought a baitfeeder and baitcaster were the same... oh well

Looking for a small overhead, similar to the daiwa SL20. or Saltist 20h.

whats your budget and are u lookin for capacity on the spool?

whats your budget and are u lookin for capacity on the spool?

my dads got one he uses for pinkies and the drag system is exellent - it even pulls up sambos and eaglerays

I think the charter special might be a little mismatched to a 6-8kg trigger grip rod, and hard to cast any light lures.

Knowing a budget and required capacity would help a fair bit. Are you going to run braid or mono?

As for the drag with enough "beef in the drag to stop stuff on 6kg". At that line class, most round baitcasters have enough drag to snap that out of the box, so what you'd really want is to make sure the drag is smooth, rather than beefy. You'd only be using a max of 2kg of drag. Even the smallest, ultra-tiny low profile baitcasters will have enough drag. A saltist 20 is capable of pumping out something like 9kg of drag. If you're only using 6kg line, and want to match it with a light baitcasting rod, I dont think its the best option. Better suited to running 30lb+ and matched to a heavier offshore rod, or a suitable beach rod. At 490g ts not something you'll want to cast all day with, especially when you can get something half the weight that will still have ample line and drag capacity. E.g a calcutta 200 will have no problems fitting 300m of mono. If you go braid, then pretty much any reel will have enough capacity, so a fair few options out there.

What kind of situations are you looking at using it in? Baitcasters are great for accuracy, or feathering baits out in a drift (doesnt make much difference if you're casting unless you're in deep water), but a lot of cases, length of cast is more useful, in which case a spinning setup might work better. Even if you have the rod, theres not much point in getting a reel just to match it up if its not going to suit your fishing aims. 

If you're abit tight on budget, look at the Abu Ambassaduers 6500C3 or 6600C4. For not much more you can also look at the Banax Starion 200 as they are similar to the Calcutta without the price tag.

Dont forget, any purchases made will receive the Fishwrecked Members discount as well. 

i like the look of the abu revo toro, very nice reel

oceanside.... quote......Dont forget, any purchases made will receive the Fishwrecked Members discount as well.

what is this discount......................i need some things soon and am starting to shop around and seeing what i can get

madwafisher, the discount varies with individual items, can vary up to 30%!! What ever you need, drop by and we'll sort something out.

$300 should get me something pretty decent. Its going to be bashed around a bit from general use on the rocks.

I intend to run mono on it, and would expect to get 300m of 6kg. Although i will mostly use it for running the lighter mono and wouldnt usually use more than 2-3kg drag i dont want to be burning it out near on max all the time.  The Calcutta is looking good.

What is available in a lever drag?

SL-X20SHA looks very nice

Go for an Abu 6500c,cast a mile and strong enough to pull in sambos.Ive got one and you name it ,its done it and would never part with it.