Anyone Used A Tr200g?

[gness]

I scored a good deal on a Shimano TR200G the other day and was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with this reel. This is my first overhead reel I plan on putting it into use during kingie season but if it's a crap reel then I might sell it off and get myself a Charter Special instead.

Cheers

[tonyt]

i got one years ago still working fine caught plenty of fish on it going deep sea mostly pretty tough little reels you just gotta be careful to preset the drag with scales its a bit sensitive good casting too the japanese version is a bit better

[fishingrod]

Yes I have one, It was my first overhead reel too, which came on a R3x Hun7 combo. Ive had it for a number of years now. Not a bad reel, you could do a lot worse. Mine lasted well being used moderatly.

My pointers are:

- I stuffed my drag by trying to grease/oil it a few years ago. Just leave it alone. Mines a bit lumpy as a result.

- There is the free spool tension knob. Be careful not to let a inexperienced person loosen it and drop it in the water. My mate did that second trip out! Was less than $15 for spares and postage but just a pain in the bum !

Ive also got a Charter Special. I actually like the TR200G better in one way as it has the free spool tension control, where the charter special has a free spool with no tension control so you need to supervise it a lot closer if using it for bottom bashing (to stop birds nests) The Charter Special is nice with the lever drag as you can adjust it all you like and always go back to a known pre-set.

I use 10kg normal mono on both.

cheers

Rod

[gness]

Cheers guys! I think I'll stick with it for the time being, sounds like it'll do the job fine!

What rods did you guys match it up with?

And also what line do you guys reccommend I spool it up with if I want to tame those summer (rat) kings?

[fishingrod]

Cheers guys! I think I'll stick with it for the time being, sounds like it'll do the job fine!

What rods did you guys match it up with?

And also what line do you guys reccommend I spool it up with if I want to tame those summer (rat) kings?

Im far from a rod expert but will throw my comments in anyway. I fish boat based and my Charter Special and TR200G have been swapped between a cheap R3x Hun7, a cheap Penn from of of those big Mar7 retailers and a Ugly Stik Gold overhead rod. All have been medium to/and heavy action rods for 6-10-15 kg.

Pick whatever rod you like according to your taste and budget. Im not sure if your land or boat based. There have been some big kings around. You need something powerful that can stop them. If i was buying a low-medium priced rod to suit (say $60-130 new) I would look at the Ugg Stiks and Shimano BackBone series.

With mono line you generally get what you pay for. Ive never used braid, but heard comments about the braid and level wind possibly getting stuck or jammed. Maybe someone else can elaborate here?

Like I said im no expert, but I went from using a pink Platypus or Maxina line to a green Torture and found the pink was much better for trolling in terms of watching the line out the back.

All the tackle shop sponsors of this site will be able to offer you good advice. Ive only ever been into the Go_Fish shop @ Dural and found they have a very good choice of stock on hand to choose.

cheers

Rod

[tonyt]

ugly stick 10kg cant go wrong

[SZ1]

Urgly stick you can't go wrong, there pretty cheap but can handle a beating or been knocked around, or if you really want to go budget try the pen power stick not have bad in my opinion and experience.

Cheers

[gness]

I'm looking at the Backbone range atm, but I'll definitely look at some Ugly Stiks since everyone here is recommending them. I'm also heading to Japan in a couple of weeks so I'll check out what they have to offer as well

Does anyone know anything about what fishingrod said previously about braid getting jammed in the level wind?