daniel944 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Looking for a replacement reel about 2000 size. I mostly fish salt water estuaries for flathead and bream. Would spend up to $200, perhaps a bit more for a good combo. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hi Daniel - Are you after a reel only or rod reel combo ? Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ojay Samson Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Shimano Stradic 2500 FJ, symetre 2500 FL, Abu Garcia soron stx20.stradic and soron would be reel only, if u want combo for 200 and under you cant go wrong with the usual specials that happen with symetre combos u can find at the bigger camping boating and fishing stores. Edited February 27, 2015 by Ojay Samson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel944 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) The more I think about it, I only want a reel. I might look up the soron as it is to be matched to an abu rod. I have also been partial to diawa stuff but have been put of by the price in the last few years (I used to have a pro caster z which I thought was the bees knees), do they have any good value spin reels at the moment? Edited February 27, 2015 by daniel944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ojay Samson Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) if its just a reel, i would definitely suggest the soron stx 20. this was my first proper reel purchase and has served me for many many years without fail, it also comes with 2 spools which is handy. 1 for mono etc and the other for superlines/braid. my one has caught me everything from jewies to kingys and everything inbetween with the regular species... bream et al.however it is a bit old now so i dont know if the technology has been superseeded so it pays to do a bit more research (but its still got specs which are nothing to sneeze about).In terms of manintenance and servicing, the internals are a little bit more fiddly than the common layout of that with shimano's but its not rocket science either. i cant speak from personal experience with a stradic 2500FJ, but i can with a 5000FJ and if its anything to go by, i defintely would be having a hard think about that reel to.cheers Edited February 27, 2015 by Ojay Samson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel944 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks everyone i got the soron with a spool of fire line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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