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David Noble:
1 month out from Fiji and I'm pondering this.. 
I've got 2 main outfits ready to go (50lb and 80lb), but can take a 3rd also.

I've decided to bring along my Nitro Godzilla rod for inshore lagoon stuff, so casting small / mid poppers, metals etc for bluefin trevally, coral trout, mackerel etc.
2 reels I own which could do the job (sort of  ::)) are the Daiwa BG60 or Shimano TSS4, will run 20lb or 30lb braid ONLY on this outfit.
Any suggestion please?  Which one would win the fight between these two reels  ;)

I reckon whichever one will need a drag upgrade to be on the safe side.

Thanks Dave

Brandon Khoo:
David, if you're only looking to run 20 - 30lb braid, I wouldn't be too concerned at all. As you know, conventional wisdom is to set the drag at some 1/4 to 1/3 the breaking strain. If its 30lb, that's 7.5lb to 10lb which translates to between 3 - 5kg of drag. If the reels can manage that,. they should be fine.

Hal Harvey:
Dave, both those reels have bad oscillation (line lay) systems, and bad line rollers, which together or separately will give you grief with braid. For use with braid, they're both 'F' Grade reels! I think you would find either of them more trouble than they're worth. 

You could just get say an Okuma Salina 55, which will all work 100% as is (no need for drag upgrades either) - or a Pflueger Lithium or a Daiwa CY - and have no problems. Reel and line would be say $200, which you could recover most of by selling those other two reels.

Brandon Khoo:
Listen to Hal - he would know far better than me with these reels!

David Noble:
Thanks Brandon and Hal,  I know what you mean as far as awful line lay.  I will definitely have a look at those reels..  Any suggestion which one might be the most kayak friendly of the ones you listed?  I spend heaps of time locally fishing open water so gear needs to cope with that also.

Cheers Dave

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