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Synit Deepshot 150 or 250?

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Duncan O'Connell:
Hi Carl,

For that water depth I would tend to favour the 250 Deepshot, but like Anesh says if you want some fun with lighter gear then the 150 would be sweet.
Just got back from Kiribati where Kurt slayed the GT's and reefies on his new 250 OH. Best fish was well over 30kg and he had a grin from ear to ear every time he loaded the rod up.

Cheers

Duncan

Carl Hollis:
Thanks all for your advice - as usual it is very helpful to bounce off the experience on this forum

Duncan - I'll be in touch soon to sort the rod out

Carlos

Josh Morrison:

--- Quote from: Jamie Moir on June 13, 2011, 09:57:42 PM ---Hmm at risk of jacking the thread ...

Was thinking about another rod myself. I have a fairly cheap Golden Mean Earthshaker PE4 with a shimmy talica TAC8 on it. It is presently spooled with DSBB PE4/55lb (ABS=68lb!), total overkill for the rod.

I was thinking of bumping that rod down to a smaller reel, say more PE3 use and buying a DS 150 or 250. The thing is, I seldom fish jigs over 200g and never over 250g in that line class which kind of kills the DS250. Whats the max drag on the DS150?

--- End quote ---

Hi Jamie,

The DS150 is a very capable little rod mate, I have fished 9kg of drag over it on loads of kings up to mid 20's. Funny thing is that the first outing for the 150 was up to the 3 kings and was sporting my brand spanking SW6000PG.....long story short the rod outlived the reel which blew to pieces on the 4th fish from out of the box haha

Jamie Moir:
Good to know Josh, good to know =)

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