your favourite fishing reel

 what is your #1 favourite fishing reel that you own or have owned?

i have noticed its not always your most expensive reel you like or appreciate the most


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Shakespeare 2200 080 ..oldie

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:35

Shakespeare 2200 080 ..oldie but a beauty for its time.

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+1... had mine for over 20

Wed, 2013-08-28 00:09

+1... had mine for over 20 years, never serviced and did everything. beach , troll and bottom. Great old reel. Had it stolen from our beach house at moore river 10 years ago.

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Shakespeare 2200 080 - Great old reels

Wed, 2013-08-28 14:23

There are still a few kicking around. Unbreakable.

 

I have heaps of gear, way to much it you ask the wife, but lately I am loving a couple of old school Diawa GS reels that I picked up. They have become my reels of choice when land base fishing. I have the GS4, GS6.

 

Also picked up a couple of old school Daiwa Silver series reels (4000c and 7000c).

 

Oldies but goodies. I remember back in the the day if you had one of these you were doing OK.

 

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650. C5 Alvey.........awesome.

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:39

   A masterpiece that is made in Australia. Zero ball bearings too.

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650 alvey

Wed, 2013-08-28 18:31

I don't have one now but they are a great skull dragging reel for bottom fishing

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Alutecnos Albacore

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:40

Had one years ago and loved it. Now Stella 8000SW

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 My Stella SW5000. I have

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:41

 My Stella SW5000. I have been lucky to have and use many great reels and I currently have a bigger Stella, a big Saltiga, twinpowers and the list goes on but my little 5000 is just an incredible little reel. The pocket Hercules.

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 mine is the thunnus 8000ci4-

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:45

 mine is the thunnus 8000ci4- love the baitrunners!

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 Stradic ci4 4000. Got stella

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:50

 Stradic ci4 4000. Got stella tiagras and jigging master reels but knocked over some big fish on my ci4

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Sold on that reel aswell. So

Thu, 2013-09-05 11:56

Sold on that reel aswell. So smooth and light and compared with a Stella off similar size the prices makes it better. Unfortunately on its first mission down south after returning from Karratha it wasnt properly secured in the rod holder, and together with a samurai rod plunged into the Dawesville cut.

I replaced it with a Sustain but wonder why I did that.

When I spoke to Chris at Tuckey's tackle he told me that he heard a bloke scored a brand new Stradic CI4 4000 on a good rod fishing from the cut. Bastard probably got mine!!!

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 torsa 16. My torsa is an

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:50

 torsa 16. My torsa is an absolute brute. Pulls in everytjing the drag is amazing skull drag some monster rays in and dead lift the odd 10-15kg one up onto jettys. Best $600 bucks I ever spent!!

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 I have one of those that my

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:55

 I have one of those that my brother has basically inherited. They are a deadset tank and will stop any bottom fish!

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Saltiga z4500 maverick s extreme

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:50

 Both myself and a mate Sean bought one years ago.

they have accounted for more good Dhuies than any other reel either of us own.

they came factory with a good Ali handle and jigging knob on the handle.

Not the biggest drag pressure in the world by today's standards (10kg max)

but definately a well constructed reel

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 iv got a few stellas and

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:52

 iv got a few stellas and stuff but my twinpower 5000 pg has been my favourite.

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 my Torium 50, i put it

Tue, 2013-08-27 21:54

 my Torium 50, i put it through absoloute hell and all i ever did was give it some drag washers every now and then. that reel accounted for so many fish and so so many sharks with most being way over 100kg!! i just couldnt break it.

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 I must say im loving my

Tue, 2013-08-27 22:24

 I must say im loving my rarenium 5000. 

So far I Cresent it at quobba with se huge dart out on the beaches and gave me some curry up near the reef and it held up mint.

Now iv just started going out in this fuys boat from work and bin cleaning up in close eh with drift baits pulling up everything from pinkies and massive black sting rays bout a meter from wing to wing and still got some go eh.. 

 

bout to get carbon tex put in and I can only imagine wat I can catch on it.

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 Good thread new age your

Tue, 2013-08-27 22:35

 Good thread new age your exactly right about the $ factor

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daiwa luvius 1000

Wed, 2013-08-28 02:25

luvius custom 1000. I use it for everything from trout in the karri forest to bream in the swan and sometimes the odd salmon when i'm flicking for hezzas.

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sol

Wed, 2013-08-28 05:56

I have a few saltigas and love them but thats what you expect for the $$$ = quality.  on the cheaper end I have a sol 4000 & 3000 that have been an exceptional reels.  Punch above their weight and seem to have no line twist compared to some other spin reels, light weight and fun to use with silky drag

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Another for the 2200 - 080

Wed, 2013-08-28 06:24

And I still have three and they work as good as new and, in their time, had and still have a super smooth drag - for the money at the time simply exceptional

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Mine would be an old,

Wed, 2013-08-28 06:25

Mine would be an old, Swedish-made Abu 7000. Most versatile and robust reel I've owned. Used it for livebaiting barra, trolling for Macks, bottom bashing for Dhufish, etc, etc. Hasn't seen a lot of maintenance other than a bit of a wash with fresh water after each trip and the odd spray with WD40 and it's still going strong. Wish they still made them like that...

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cocroachs, rats and penn 750,s

Wed, 2013-08-28 07:00

I give one vote for the old girl ( the reel ,not the missus!) , my 33 year old 750ss bought new in 1980, from the old crackel for tackle near the midland town hall,

it never was the smoothest , lightest or the fanciest but its still going today, like a fine wine.

Its been dropped , soaked , covered in crap, and prob done a million kms by air, boat and 4x4.

Its had 1 new bail spring and 2 sets of drag washers after a few fights with unstoppables down south and up north.

Its got all the square and sharp lines worn down smooth now, and If I was on a desert island with 1 reel , that would be it.

Of course I have alot more modern reels that get used , but the old warhorse still sits under the stairs , ready for battle again.

 

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 Stradic 5000FJ and Ci4 2500

Wed, 2013-08-28 07:06

 Stradic 5000FJ and Ci4 2500 blow me away every time I use them

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ABU 6500ci5

Wed, 2013-08-28 07:15

Can't go passed the Abu 6500ci5 for chucking chromies around but for the best long time reel over many years, giving my age away, the mighty Mitchell 499 for heavy duty beach and rock fishing.

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I would saymy saltiga 3500

Wed, 2013-08-28 07:19

I would saymy saltiga 3500 game great reel has bowled over quite a few fish from both land and boat and match it to different rod lengths,thats probably my oldest reel put a nice ali ball handle on it and bought a spare spool as a back up as im always selling off or giving away the older gear a few mates have had a go with it and are amazed at what it can handle

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Favourite

Wed, 2013-08-28 07:22

I have two favourites. A mate put me onto Accurate reels about 6 months ago. My best overhead is my Accurate Boss Extreme 600 on a Terez. For a small reel it can hold crap loaps of line. They are great for casting, trolling and pulling fish off the bottom. My best spin would be my Twinpower on a Jigwrex. 

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have to be either my Calcutta

Wed, 2013-08-28 07:32

have to be either my Calcutta 400 or my Twinpower 4000 SWPG. little reels that have stopped some big fish for me in the past, the calcutta i have owned for about 10 years and i saved for about 4 months to afford that with a G-Loomis GL2 baitcast rod, as with the others, it's scratched up, no longer smooth but she has handled herself with aplomb and still gets a guernsey every now and then.

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Daiwa millionaire baitcaster.

Wed, 2013-08-28 07:33

Daiwa millionaire baitcaster. Loved that reel, despite massive birds nests trying to master casting it. Gone to a better place many years ago.

Now, Stella 4000PG is the go to reel.

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 Tac10 or CalcuttaTE

Wed, 2013-08-28 08:23

 Tac10 or CalcuttaTE

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Ocea Jigger 1500NR for me 

Wed, 2013-08-28 09:49

Ocea Jigger 1500NR for me

 

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 Trinidad 30 for me 

Wed, 2013-08-28 11:16

 Trinidad 30 for me 

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 Stella 5000 pretty much all

Wed, 2013-08-28 11:27

 Stella 5000 pretty much all I use now for jigging down to 90m. 14000 spheros has also been a good reel first used to jigg sambos now used to switch bills on 10kg has outlasted my stella 10000.

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certate custom 2500 r

Wed, 2013-08-28 11:38

although ive got all stellas now , a few years ago an old mate (Skinny R.I.P mate) put me on to certate 2500r customs and we landed some unbelievable fish over the next couple of years on them, spooled with 15 or 20lb braid or 10lb fireline they could  land almost anything , i remember spending over 1.5 hours on a yellowfin off two rocks in the 40's that ate a floating mulie on 15lb braid and i got itto the boat and it cut me off 2m below the surface (on my trim tab) that fish would have been 35-40kg on a 2500 sized reel!.  cheers

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Catalina 4500HThe catalina

Wed, 2013-08-28 11:58

Catalina 4500H

 The catalina has the same gears as the equivalent saltiga, but is a lot cheaper.

I use mine for bottom bashing off Dampier.  The reel is high speed, which does give me a slight advantage when the sharks are around.  I have so many times skull dragged trout and reds through the shark packs.  Sadly, I also have so many times been hooked up to these bastard sharks.  I basically lock up the drag and break my back trying to winch in these sharks which average about 7 feet long.  The reel is still going great.  Only problem was the handle knob got worn and was a bit sloppy, so I bought a power knob for $50 new bearings and all is great!

 

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I nearly agree with Osprey.

Wed, 2013-08-28 15:04

I nearly agree with Osprey. Mine's the Alvey 651 C5 (the deep spool). I have 4 of them plus 2 x 650C5s. A couple of my 651s are over 30 years old and apart from drag washer and spring kits they have neede bugger all maintenance. I've used them for ballooning, beach fishing and bottom bouncing from the northern platforms. Great Aussie icons which I will never part with and never stop using.

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 alvey 651 e5 deep spool with

Wed, 2013-08-28 15:59

 alvey 651 e5 deep spool with the fixed handle some serious come hear power teflon drag upgrade not to much gets away on the beach

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I remember back in the early

Wed, 2013-08-28 16:34

I remember back in the early 70's I saved up for a Daiwa GS9, That was as strong as an ox, and I think you can still get them. I had an old Shakespeare that was as smooth as smooth, I had a beefed up Shimano TS4, and Mitchell 489 and these days I use Okuma V series reels. Rock solid and only a portion of the price of some of the top end reels.

 

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i have 2!

Wed, 2013-08-28 17:07

egg beater - Twinpower c5000
overhead - Talica 10
both smooth as and have knocked over great fish.
the old tyrnos 20 should also get a honourable mention as it has caught more than both, including my biggest red (just under 13kg) but probably weighs more than the other two combined.

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loved my old

Wed, 2013-08-28 18:45

I loved my old seamartin it was a bit like the ugly girl at school even though she was ugly you still liked her and hard to go past an alvey 650(any model) any reel you can load about 1 km of line onto is hard to go past that pair matched up to a stump puller rod was my weapon of choice up north

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Shimano symetre 2000fh

Wed, 2013-08-28 18:49

 This thing just keeps going.

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mine is a 2010 certate 2000

Thu, 2013-08-29 16:25

mine is a 2010 certate 2000 lovely to use and has caught some decent fish with 10lb cant fault it.
just service it every now and then and of you go.

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 always been the torium 30,

Mon, 2013-09-02 21:34

 always been the torium 30, never an issue, bullet proof and easy to service even afer taking it for a swim. Gotta say though the 4000 FJ stradic has been getting heaps more use over the past year. Also went for a swim a couple of weeks ago though so ill see how it stands up

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651C5

Mon, 2013-09-02 23:17

Its gotta by my Alvey 651C5, pulls almost anything in...... 'almost' indestructable....

 

I say almost because the spool on my mates 651C5 shattered whilst winching in a balloon off the cliffs at Steep Point

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One of mine did that years

Tue, 2013-09-03 19:57

One of mine did that years ago at Steep after bringing in a decent sized Tuna (Mono)

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spin, stradic ci4 4000 -not

Tue, 2013-09-03 15:35

spin, stradic ci4 4000 -not my stella

overhead saltist ld 40h

the saltist on a pe8 monster mesh can not be stopped, had doggies, macs big hammerheads, rays and 1 big grey band on it, numeorus other smaller stuff -for its size it punches well above its weight

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Shimano Sutain 4000 with 20lb

Tue, 2013-09-03 21:08

Shimano Sutain 4000 with 20lb braid great for anything from Queenfish to flathead and bream

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Shimano solstice 4000 with

Wed, 2013-09-04 19:10

Shimano solstice 4000 with 20lb braid, got it for $99 with a 9ft rod. Its cheap and has rarely let me down, well the times it has, its been my fault anyway. Love chasing tailor with this reel from the beach, rocks, jetty...'

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old school daiwa 7000 regal series and alvey 651

Thu, 2013-09-05 08:15

 i have my dads 7000 regal series 75 model that has destroyed quite a few rays,aswel as sharks and lots of mulloway when my dad was still alive and still going strong,i occasionally set it for mulloway in the swan river when im chasing them,now days baitrunner 6500,torium 30, phluger salt 60 and 3 penn 950 are my reels of choice,i dont see the need to have 1000 plus reels just for sambos imo

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Favourite OH = Shimano

Thu, 2013-09-05 09:30

Favourite OH = Shimano Trinidad 30A. Smooth drag, plenty of power and absolutely no play in the reel at all. Nice looking reel to top it off.

Favourite Spin = Shimano Stradic Ci4. For the price it can't be beat. I have the 2500 model, have used it to catch everything from squid and whiting to big skippy and snapper.