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While at the Sportsman Show, the Daiwa rep, at LeBarons, showed me the Certate spinning reel. I'm like wow, sweeeet. Very smooth. Then he showed me the Steez. Holy crap, that is the lightest smoothest reel I have ever picked up. He told me some guy picked up 3 of em one day! If you are seriously looking at that reel, your best time woulda been during the no tax sale they had, Cuz theres a whole lotta tax on $500.

How is Seaguar for main line as opposed to leader? Casts better than Vanish, I hope?

 

I don't mean to hijack Mike's thread, but I'd like to hear fluoro recommendations for main line.

I have a chart emailed to me from Seaguar distinguishing the differences. But the leader material is much stiffer, more abbrasion resistance..... If you want it Golfisher, let me know, I'll email it to ya.

on the centerpin.....8lb green fireline with 6 lb froghair or drennan fluro

If I"m not mistaken, froghair costs $35+! Ouch!

Mike,

 

What's the leader for? If it's for toothy creatures like pike and muskie, Berkely Vanish is no good. Actually, Vanish is good for nothing--it's brittle, it breaks easily, and it's just all around aweful... worst line ever.

 

A 25 yd spool of Seaguar may not seem that long, but it will give you plenty of leaders. My pike leaders range from 8 to 16 inches; there are 900 inches in 25 yards; and assuming an average length of 12 inches for a leader, that means I can get 75 leaders out of a single 25 yd spool. Even if I make longer leaders, say 2 ft, I can still get 37 leaders out of the spool. I used to buy pre-made fluoro leaders, costing around 8 to 10 bucks each.

 

It's no brainer; go with Seaguar. Vanish will give you nothing but trouble.

I believe he is thinking of using it a Port Dalhousie. You get snagged up alot there. Not only with rocks, but other fisherman. So I do see his concern in that respect. But the apps you mention Golfisher, I agree 100%. I've had a 25yd spool of Seaguar leader material for 3 years now!

Thanks for the responses guys. The tackle tour stuff was amazingly thorough.

 

But here's what I'm wondering. A 250 yard spool of Berkley Vanish flouro is about $15 while a tiny 25 yard spool of Seagar flouro cost even more!!! I was wondering what the difference would be.

 

I guess my question stems from watching Charlie Wray on the tube this morning who said that flourocarbon line as a leader is NOT the same as a proper( expensive )flourocarbon leader, but unfortunately he didn't go into any explanation.

I had the same question as you Mike, concerning the difference. I emailed Seaguar about it and they emailed me a chart. I'll send it to ya, there is a big difference. The spools with 200yds+ are meant to use as a main line. As mentioned in the TackleTour tests, they said the limper lines were weaker. If you check out the 25 yd spools, you'll see how stiff they are. Anyways Mike, I'll try to attatch it to a PM or I'll just email it to ya.

Ted

Was thinking of picking up a spool Berkley Iron Silk. I knew someone who had it when it first came out, and from I saw of it, wasn't impressed. Frayed alot, broke often.....Was wondering if anyone has tried the new and so called improved one at all?

I miss the capitals CC. Your reports have gone downhill since you stopped using capitals.

AGREED! I JUST DON'T RECOGNIZE YOUR POSTS ANYMORE EITHER. TOO SMALL TO READ.

OH WELL, GO GET NEXT TIME.

This is funny, last time I checked this, there was only my post, now 32! On top of that, tons of hints, thx boys, too bad I'm crazy tired now.

I'm playing the Sphere one, found some items, 7 in total, then I found a box in a drawer to punch buttons on it. Now what? C'mon Rick, gimme some hints.

Actually, I'm gonna buy the Tierra on Friday. Its a sweet reel, by the sounds of things, I'll be using for the same applications as you and I'm picking up the 2500. Here is a writeup on it:

http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwatierra.html

That'll learn em. And thanks for the info.

Now you did it, I'm gonna have to go to my local pier and do that, well, hopefully. Nice going CC. Btw, how far down from your float were you?

Wow, another sweet report. I still can't believe you are catching fish that shallow. Good stuff and it was a good read too.

My guess is they would be the Buzz Ramsey or Hank Parker, same rod, sig series. They are actually nice rods, have a 7'. Seen them elsewhere for $30, can't go wrong with the price BPS is offering.

Looks like you're taking a liking to this steelheading, and getting good at it in the process. Nice work.

Amazing pics Northhunter! Very crisp picture too. They are all amazing, but I have to say, the pic of the forest with all the moss and the island pic have to be my favourites. Nice job! Would love to see more.

Thanks kevin, just checked it out, impressive. Probably going to go there Sunday.

Link doesn't work for me, I get this:

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Actually, my tackle shop would do that as well, Grimsby Tackle all the way. But still, that was mighty nice of Mike to email that he would bring it to the show for you to check out, since he had it anyways.

I'm proud to say, I AM CANADIAN!

Your best bet is somewhere in the Haliburton region. If you can get one of those Backroad Maps, or do some research on the net, sure you could find some camping available up there. After all, there are 100's of lakes up there. Wish I coulda gave you more specific areas, but I was thinking of doing the same thing as you.

Its only a good thing when the person(s) who rebuilt it knows what they are doing, not to mind, taking those extra steps in preventative measures is a plus.

I wouldn't say she fished perse, however, I enjoy when my wife comes along even though she mostly reads when I'm fishing. There was one-time we were fishing Rice Lake and she was reading a magazine while we drifted spinners, bam, she had a fish on, bent the hook straight! Would of loved to of seen it, but hey, got her adrenaline running.

Do red hooks do the same thing? and if they do whats the point?

Excellent question! Think that may deserve another thread? I also do what most others do, use, reverse....

Yeah, I seen on the news the size of these sheets coming down, wow, they are huge. Easily can cause severe damage, or death. Hopefully they can figure out something because this appears to be happening every year.