dantheman Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 whats the reel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 (edited) SHIMANO SHIMANO SHIMANO SHIMANO ONE MORE TIME SHIMANO AND WHAT ABOUT PENN Edited July 24, 2006 by netic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wettingaline Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 diawia? nice spelling..... your having a laugh arent you... For what its worth i reckon ABU is best value for money..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 For what its worth i reckon ABU is best value for money..... I own an ABU 7000 & 10000 & not only are they value for money they last & are the best casting overhead reel around. I've never had a problem with them & I treat my gear rough!! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 (edited) S.H.I.M.A.N.O. would be my pick. Flattieman. Edited July 25, 2006 by Flattieman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Barrett Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 shimano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 I have owned many a brand of reel but for the last year or 2 Daiwa has IMO taken over and i just can't look past them Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aron Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 How and who sets up these polls? I think they can be very interesting.... this one is a little limited ( to be polite) but we , and owners, could find valueable info to assist with sponsors dare I say it. When you start a new topic there is a field (link) to set poll options, this particular poll was set by fisher And for my money i prefer okuma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 The high end Daiwa reels are great but spare parts are extremely expensive . You can buy a new Stradic for the price of one Daiwa Airity spool and the price of an Airity bail arm would buy you a new Symetre plus Fireline How can these rip-off merchants justify their spare part prices? Maybe the ACCC should launch an investigation I will stick to my beloved Shimano in future, purely because the staff at Dunphy's are a great bunch and they really look after me like no other. Mr Dunphy sure knows how to choose the right staff and for this i give Shimano their products the big Cheers Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlitecreeper Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 same goes shimano destroy just about any overhead in tiagra series they are beaut as for baitrunners shimano still make what i believe is possibly the best value for money baitrunner in the BTR 3500 BTR 4500 BTR 6500 I HAVE A FEW OF EACH AND YET TO FAIL THEM ALTHOUGH I QUIET LIKE THE DIAWA SALTIGA SPIN BUT AT 1200 BUCKS I THINK IL BE LOOKING THRU THE GLASS CABINET AT THEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reely Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 The high end Daiwa reels are great but spare parts are extremely expensive . You can buy a new Stradic for the price of one Daiwa Airity spool and the price of an Airity bail arm would buy you a new Symetre plus Fireline How can these rip-off merchants justify their spare part prices? Maybe the ACCC should launch an investigation I will stick to my beloved Shimano in future, purely because the staff at Dunphy's are a great bunch and they really look after me like no other. Mr Dunphy sure knows how to choose the right staff and for this i give Shimano their products the big Cheers Red Youm make me laugh A K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madasacutsnake Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 yep, most of mine are shimano but has everyone already forgot the old mitchell 499? Stallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danielinbyron Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 yep, most of mine are shimano but has everyone already forgot the old mitchell 499? Stallo with or without the modafied bail arm whats this joke? no shimano CFD i have an old chook chaser dt 175 yamaha.... and i'll race any ducati or harley rider to the gate at the end of the rear paddock and back..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cap3 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 (edited) yep, most of mine are shimano but has everyone already forgot the old mitchell 499? Stallo I've got both the 499 and 499 Pro, the French built these reels with only one thing in mind, they are built tough with enough power to pull in a mini bus. By todays standards they are fairly agricultural but back then they were equivalent ib toughness to maybe todays Saltiga's and Stella's. The 499 Pro I have is still brand new in the box, unused, not a mark on it, wonder how much it would be worth to a collector???? By the way I dont mind Shimano but my reel of choice would have to be Daiwa. Edited August 8, 2006 by cap3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danielinbyron Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 post war era east german hand built dam spinning reels .... kind of get me a bitr excited ata garage sale.. but i gotta face the facts about myself.... no expensive sun glasses or faggy office boy mobile phones and no more pretending that i will be gentle with this new beautifully crafted peice of fishing equipment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashir Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 yeh mate they do have the trout on the side. I have a dam quick 1401 spinning reel. Its very smooth and built like a brick shithouse. I dropped the drag washers for it in the harbour a while back and finding replacements is impossible as they are so bloody huge!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danielinbyron Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 yeh mate they do have the trout on the side. I have a dam quick 1401 spinning reel. Its very smooth and built like a brick shithouse. I dropped the drag washers for it in the harbour a while back and finding replacements is impossible as they are so bloody huge!! friend of mines dad...rip... from airforce beach just south of here had the killer shed.... ya know you could just see the time the man had spent in it with little packs of pre rigs he'd made on rainy days wrapped around cork etc.. he also had the original dams in three sizes in there boxes... fifty years old man i never saw a better made spinning reel.. also of interest is that up my way there were poeple modifying the old mitchells with a home made bail arm .. can't quite recall why but you still come across them every now and then... yeh mate they do have the trout on the side. I have a dam quick 1401 spinning reel. Its very smooth and built like a brick shithouse. I dropped the drag washers for it in the harbour a while back and finding replacements is impossible as they are so bloody huge!! is that one of the more modern.. remakes of the dam quick cos theres on in the junk box of my local tackle store ... needs a bail arm spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madasacutsnake Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I've got both the 499 and 499 Pro, the French built these reels with only one thing in mind, they are built tough with enough power to pull in a mini bus. By todays standards they are fairly agricultural but back then they were equivalent ib toughness to maybe todays Saltiga's and Stella's. The 499 Pro I have is still brand new in the box, unused, not a mark on it, wonder how much it would be worth to a collector???? By the way I dont mind Shimano but my reel of choice would have to be Daiwa. I had both, but they have both been worked to death. The 499 was the last to go about 4 years back. It was killed by a groper 30lb circa. Tore the roller clean off the side and left me standing there with no hope of pulling it up! I have considered re-engineering but it is still sitting there. There are 2 on ebay, one in melb currently $100 and one older one in the UK for $40. Both are second hand. PM me if you want to sell your one, I am definately in the market for one. Stallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashir Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 yeh daniel I don't think mine is really that old probably 70s or 80s. Its a decent reel, I would be using it all the time if I didn't lose the drag washers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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