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look at the saltist demon range for the off the rack rods
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Don't know of any stores in Sydney. For the Zenaq i think we're on the same page that the store we're talking about is in QLD
Thats the only store in Australia that i know of has extensive range of Japanese rods
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Try looking into the Ripple Fisher or Zenaq range. They are offered locally.
I really like the Zenaq Fokeeto Tuna or Twitch range. Zenaq and Ripple roll their own blanks if thats important to you
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ok...not lower quality but different. but yes i would expect performance and longevity to be the same
you can certainly feel the difference though. i did find the the japanese smoother and that was before i was told where they'd come from. this goes with the torsa's too.
Hmmm .. I am not sure if they are lower quality. They all run the same bearings and gears. There are a few minor exceptions on bearing typs but again, minimal difference. The main diffeences tend to be handles, spools and drag knobs. I have 10 Stellas of various model number. I have 6 x JDMs (Japanese domestic market) and the rest are US/Australian models (think FD & FE). There isn't any difference in terms of performance or longevity.
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Rods and reels ain't cheaper but you are buying quality.
A Stella here is a lower quality than a Stella there for example. Although you must try them side by side to notice the difference.
Buys stacks of lures as they are still much cheaper. They fish for bream, jewies (japanese meagre), snapper (madai), kings etc regularly in their waters. So pretty much any lures should work back here.
Be warned they have more lures to attract fishermen than fish too. I bought 2x $100 (after coversion) GT poppers just because they look nice. And they don't even come with hooks!
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I was driving to get some more seasick pills from this chemist. As i drove past, the shop is completely empty. Didn't stop to see if there was a sign if it had moved as there were no parking.
Does anyone know if they've closed for good or moved elsewhere?
I hope they've only moved!
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I just read an artcile in this months modern fishing where steve starling is hooked onto same form of fishing. he too can't find anything in oz, he had to look overseas. so that might give you an indication that it may not be available here
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If you can find snyderglas, look for mt8144. you'll need to look hard but some stores still stock them.
Otherwise, get ugly stik's.
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Don't know if they're the best but a Millerod with all the top grade bits fitted to it will set you back at least 1k.
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another option is if used CC, whether thru Paypal or not, take it up with your CC provider to reverse charges.
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i'd be looking into japanese rods to match an expensive reel
they're a few that a locally distributed such as ripple fisher, zenaq, patriot design (designed by well known fisho H. Matsutani), seven seas & smith.
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the new daiwa mmonster mesh max seem pretty good. they are very thin and light. if you saw them you thought they were bream rods but are very powerful.
i've got the saltist ld which is for overhead but the monster mesh is very similar. i'm very happy with the salitst
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I've completed uni for a while now so most of these book will probably not fit into current cirriculums. I have thought about throwing them into the recycle bin. But i am giving them away hopefully someone will find a use for them and are in very good condition. These books might be dated but the concepts are most liekly the same. To give you an idea of the books, i completed electical engineering with a bit a software & telecommunications engineering.
So if you have a child, grandchild, niece, nephew, mate or yourself who might be interested in these books, please PM me.
Software Engineering, Roger S Pressman, 5th Edition
Digital Communications, Bernard Sklar, 2nd Edition
Operating Systems, William Stallings, 4th Edition
Working Knowledge, Thomas H Davenport/Laurence Prusak, 1998
PHP, MySQL, Apache, Julie C Meloni, 2003
Communication Systems using MATLAB, John G Proakis, 2000
Digital Signal Processing using MATLAB, Vinay Ingle, 2000
Network Security Essentials, William Stallings, 2000
Java, C Thomas Wu, 1999
C by example, Craig Perry, 1999
C How to Program, Deitel & deitel, 2nd Edition
C in 21 Days, Peter Aitken, 5th Edition
Telecommunications, Warren Hioki, 3rd Edition
Wireless Communications, Thedore Rappaport, 1996
Cryptography & Network Security, William Stallings 2nd Edition
Basic Electric and Circuit Analysis, David E johnson, 5th Edition
Electric Cicuits Solved Problems, Syed A Naser
Programming with C, Byron Gottfried, 2nd Edition
Signals & Sytems, Hwei P hsu
Digital Signal Processing, Monson H Hayes
Fundamentals of Signal & Systems MATLAB, Edward W Karan, 2nd Edition
Transform Cicuit Analysis, William D Stanley, 4th Edition
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but then on somedays...you can throw all the rules out the window
my rule is get out whenever you can. i've caught fish in conditions when you aren't suppose to catch fish and i've caught nothing when everything is aligned.
just be safe of course!
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i might be going in the arvo but see how i feel on sunday.
just becareful if you're going in the morning. its a bit borderline.
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its amazing that there is nothing that won't attract yakkas
i've thrown in cooked & crushed chicken bones and swarms of it come in
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go with the new certate. the new certates are much smoother than before. better suited to saltwater as well
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I've been trying out Plano Liqua-Bait boxes and so far its been very good. doesn't stop your packets leaking but does stop juices leaking from the box.
check them out at plano. i got both the large and small, the extra deep is too big to fit to into a backpack so i got the small one as well. i like the small containers that come with it too
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can you afford another similar setup?
i only say that is you might want a 20-30lb setup too. there are a lot of rat kings in between your bigger ones. a lighter setup will give you some more fun on the smaller kings. but at the same time give you a heart attack when a bigger one jumps onto the lighter outfit. its all part of fun though
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They've all got the same diameter. If they all follow the Japanese standard, the number that follow PE represents the diameter of the braid not the breaking strain.
Ie. PE5 has a diameter of 0.369mm, PE6 is 0.404mm etc
An example is YGK Jigman and YGK Jigman X8. Normal Jigman PE6 breaks at 70lb whilst the X8 PE6 breaks at 87lb. They both have same diameter.
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PE = PolyEthylene
In other words, its just braided line
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i can help you with hong kong...so let me know if you're heading that way
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there are massive carp in the weir. i see a lot more of them in summer though. thats your 'where'
the 'how' will have to come from someone else
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theres a difference between farmed and wild stocks anyways
the flesh in a farmed kingfish is quite white and a wild king has pinkish flesh
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Where can you get mc works in australia?
I've ordered them directly from Japan. The only problem is you must check regularly for stock.
Plus they rarely make overheads unless you can get custom order. Again hard unless you have contact or a japanese resident. They take 6 months to make and thats not even a promise
I'm very interested to know where in australia. I'm very keen on a few more rods but i want custom and if there is a contact here who can help, i'll throw cash at them.