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    New Shimano Stradic FJ

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted · Edited by reLapse

    I don't think X-Ship will be worth the extra cost over the current FI model, it's really not going to make the reel infinitely better.

    I do like the new handle design, the bail arm mechanism being moved to the inside of the rotor arm and the return to the original pearl colour.

    The one good thing the release of the FJ model will do is make the price of the FI model plummet and this will mean a lot more people will be able to afford a higher quality reel.

    I'll be keeping a sharp eye on the tackle stores between now and the release of the FJ model so I can snap up as many of the FI models as possible, I already picked up a 2500FI for $150.

    Owner hooks

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted · Edited by reLapse

    I've been a longtime user of Mustad hooks and between when I was more actively fishing 2 years ago and now it seems that most tackle stores don't stock Mustad anymore, so I'm looking to pick a new brand.

    Everywhere I look people are raving about Owner hooks, specifically the circle hooks, and I was wondering what the fishraider consensus was.

    I'd also be interested in any opinions on other brands.

    Shark dies in Lake Macquarie

    in The Library

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    I've been camping in Swansea since I was a teenager and I stopped swimming in the lake after seeing a shark fin off the main sand flat where you pump nippers, that and a 2m+ across sting ray coming in to the boat ramp at night.

    I watch parents let their kids swim out the back of the caravan park on the channel in the sandy shallows, they don't think what could be lurking in the 3+ drop offs.

    The price is right

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by reLapse

    Passengers should cover 50% of anything shared, unless you're inviting them.

    If that first invite turns into a regular fishing partner I'm sure any decent person would try to pay their way.

    Shimano Stradic gripe

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    how often are you oiling it?

    I haven't used mine yet, so it depends on how much use they see.

    G'day relapse,

    It sounds like the washer you found is one of the spacers that adjust the shape of your line load. They sit on the spool shaft under the spool.

    Here's a side by side comparison of the line load spacers and the washer/spacer I found and as you can see it's too small to be the former.

    I think it might be the spacer (RD 2409) which goes on the bottom of the worm shaft or the washer (RD10683) that goes on the bail assembly, it probably fell into the rotor during assembly.

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