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thanks Kingy...you tie the braid straight to the swivel with an 8 wrap uni?

nice work mate. very good fish.

Here's a follow up quesion from my recent pittwater report. My albright knot snapped with a kingy 10ft from the boat. I had 11 turns of the 15lb braid around 15lb seaguar fluorocarbon. Do I need to tie a double in the braid before tying the albright. (I do this for 30lb braid to 50lb leader). If so, in what line weight is this necessary? Should I just stick to the double uni? (I have never had one of these fail) Cheers, Kit

Yeah, I've managed one or two each time in the last few weeks....this one almost did me on the 2-4kg stick. it was a fantastic looking fish too.

I planned this morning session chasing kings for the last week but couldn't round up the usual suspects to join me. The winds looked ok so I borrowed my mates little stacer with 15 on the back and putted out in search of some squid. Tried a new spot since the wind was up from the west. Sprayed some berkley ultrabite on the pink yozuri and cast it out toward the kelp. turned my back for 2 seconds only to hear my drag off....good size calamari (sorry no pic) The tube length was about 28cm. Couldn't get another one after that. Tried another spot but was getting impatient and headed to a nearby reef. Baits were in the water all of 5 minutes when I decided to move my heavy outfit since it was too close to the anchor line...picked it up...felt a tug...rod buckles...drag runs...goes slack. I'd accidently pulled the squid while moving the rod. The kingy had bitten it off just under the hook. 2 minutes later my symetre 4000 starts screaming. I set the hook and off we go. fought this king for about 6 or 7 minutes. gave me grief on the snapper raider and 15lb tuffline....I play him to within 10ft of the tinny...good colour, nice fish 65-70 maybe...back the drag off just a little...then PING...my knot busts off at the braid to fluoro join! Not very happy at this point...I'd just swapped over from a double uni to the albright knot the night before! (on some advice) I use the albright on my 30lb braid to 50lb leader with no problems but I tie a double in the braid...Do I need a double in 15lb braid to 15lb fluoro? Retie with a double uni and my hands shaking. I thought "that's it" had 2 shots at them...I'm going home with calamari. Still had about 2 hours to fish so I persevered. With about 20 minutes to spare I see my little flick stick take a hit (I had this one free floating a strip...she's spooled with 8lb fireline and 10lb leader). I pick her up slowly...line moving...whack, I'm on. murphy's law. Fought this king for at least 10min till he wrapped me around mooring and I thought..."that's it...never going to see this one". I move over to the mooring and see colour. start to unrap the line and pull the rope up too. Thankfully, the fish is pretty buggered by this point. Getting closer to the surface. NETTED! finally. One good king to show for the morning. kingies 3 (another one reefed me)...kit 1. I'll take that result. A beautiful morning on the water too as the wind died down. Here's a pic of the solo king.

blackfish, drummer, bream...and hopefully a trip or two outside for some YFT!

ps why is there the need for the 1m of leader that starts from between the reel and first guide to the tip of the rod ? there isn't...though when casting I prefer to have some leader in the guides to give it some "spring" and to avoid chaffing the braid. you generally only need 1 to 1.5 meters of leader all up as you said earlier in this thread.

yeah...the flatties are still around. haven't caught a big one for a couple of weeks.

when i'm wading through knee deep mud i often think i'm going to loose a few toes. those pesky tailor are chewing my sps at the moment too. we'll have to have a session soon pete.

Marcus, well done on your first post! you heading down to cg this week? after last weeks effort I'm not sure if i'll be back for a while. tell me the kingies have returned.

nicely done rob.

thanks tony, i had a look at one and will probably go that way.

currently a symetre 2500 but might go for something smaller.

CFD has hit is spot on. Don't look further than the symetre. It has a very slow spool oscillation which lays the line nice and evenly meaning less tangles and further casting distance with braid. I own two and couldn't be happier. Landed kings on the 2500 which has 15lbs of drag pressure. impressive and smooth.

anything from 15-30lb would be fine and will handle plenty of kings. you will feel less on the 4-8kg rod, not because of the braid (that will actually help) but because the rod is fairly heavy for bream and flathead. A lighter 2-4kg rod would be better for this.

thanks...i'll be checking one out tomorrow.

that's the starlo pro litespin?

thanks again sam. very helpful as always.

I had a look at one of these....the action is quite slow. Is this ok for sps? Thought it would be harder to twitch the baits. thanks Sammy

I'm replacing my stick for the 3rd time and am considering the Finesse Raider; Starlo Pro; and Strudwick SicStik Pro. 7 foot and either 1-3kg or 2-4kg one piece. Looking for the best rod under $200. I use it mostly for throwing sps at flathead and bream with occasional light pelagic work too. So far I like the feel of the Strudwick...any suggestions? Cheers, Kit

I hated the stuff, but I'm not sure what application it's designed for???

nice work rob. great king from the wharf.

yep

it was mayhem...only a 3.4m tinny with little freeboard and 6 rods banging around. yeah...we were stoked as you can see. going to try again on friday. can't decide on pittwater or cg...