Stradic 6000 Or Saltist 6500?

[jahajo]

Hey Raiders,

Planning on getting a spinning rod for flicking metals at tailor, bonnies and kings.

not sure what reel to grab as they both look very good.

Advantages on the saltist is the high speed retrive but i think the stradic may be a little cheaper.

So raiders what are your opinions, has anyone used one before or does anyone have one and can give me a little insight?

Thanks

Harry

[Ray R]

G'day mate, I own a Saltist 6500, great reel and strong as, great for the speedy pelagics and other things too, a very simple reel you even have to fold the bail arm over manually, this didn't bother me anyway as I do it with reels that do it. Great reel and it would be my choice..

[olitay]

Ive always rated Stradics, they are a great reel indeed. I have a number of the older white models still working as good as new.

The choice is yours really, i think they are both great reels and you wont be disapointed.

[Rode Cary]

hello harry,

saltist 6500 and stardic 6000 are two different sizes. the daiwa 6500 sizes are for heavy duty fishing while the shimano 6000 sizes have much lower capacity and lighter. u can compare a saltist 4500 and stradic 8000 and either will do the job for spinning tailor, bonnies and kingies in sydney. most of my reels are daiwa but now i'm switching to shimano just because of the aftersale service. hope that helps. also what rod are u gonna use to match the reel?

cheers

bertrand

[jahajo]

hello harry,

saltist 6500 and stardic 6000 are two different sizes. the daiwa 6500 sizes are for heavy duty fishing while the shimano 6000 sizes have much lower capacity and lighter. u can compare a saltist 4500 and stradic 8000 and either will do the job for spinning tailor, bonnies and kingies in sydney. most of my reels are daiwa but now i'm switching to shimano just because of the aftersale service. hope that helps. also what rod are u gonna use to match the reel?

cheers

bertrand

I will most likely be paring the reel to a silstar crystal blue 6-10kg 10ft6 or 8-12kg but im open to any suggestions on the rod.

Yeh i forgot that the sizing was different

Hopefully spooling it up with 20 or 30lb braid.

Thanks for your help

Harry

[Rode Cary]

i use a daiwa seajigger 325 which is retailing around 300-350 box i think. its a nice light rod which you can use to spin all day without getting tired. a cheaper rod is teh 12ft daiwa sensor surf rod reatiling around 250 box.

cheers

bertrand

[hooklineandsinker]

i have a 4500 saltist which i use for spinning metals 40 grams and up paired with 30lb braid its casts great on my 10 to 30lb 10 foot stick

so in short i can vouch for the reel as being more than up to the task

[sulla]

The saltist is a much bigger reel i have it i dont mind the weight.

the retreve speed is great for metals have caught bonny;s and tailor on it have yet to test it on some blues or spanish .

i brought this reel to replace an emblem pro reel which died after a big morning session 4 mac tunas av 8 kg spanied 10 kg but the 15 kg blugder travaly tore the gearing to shreds.

I use this reel for light work tailor schoolies etc as i have a dogfight and stella for the larger

but am tempted to give it a big work out in easter to see how it goes . Casts great

[jahajo]

The saltist is a much bigger reel i have it i dont mind the weight.

the retreve speed is great for metals have caught bonny;s and tailor on it have yet to test it on some blues or spanish .

i brought this reel to replace an emblem pro reel which died after a big morning session 4 mac tunas av 8 kg spanied 10 kg but the 15 kg blugder travaly tore the gearing to shreds.

I use this reel for light work tailor schoolies etc as i have a dogfight and stella for the larger

but am tempted to give it a big work out in easter to see how it goes . Casts great

In the end i decided to go the saltist 4500 purely becasue it felt sturdier and more suited to the job of spinning. I plan on lading it up with 20lb braid with my silstar crystal blue rod.

Cant wait to try it on some tailor and kingies