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Stella 5000 with 6000 spool

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Anton Haakman:
Thank you very much for the replies.

The reason for my question is this. Once I have caught a few fish on heavier tackle I always like to scale down a bit to try and increase the skill factor required in landed fish. I have bigger Stellas (8000sw, 10000sw and 10000fa with various aftermarket spools). I do a fair amount of land based spinning over here in SA with our average size fish in the 6- 10kg class. I have a 10ft Yamaga paired with the 5000 SW which is a fantastic set up. The only slight hiccup is that I have been very successful with a green teflon 15mm x 15mm surface plug. This lures requires speed to to make it work and my feeling is that this speed is what has led to my increased strike rate. At present I am not able to get the action that I would like out of this lure due to the limited line retrieve per crank of the 5000sw. My thinking was simple - if I could increase the outer diameter of the spool I would increase the line retrieved per crank and my 'problem' would be solved.

From the feedback the I have received it seems that my solution is going to be moving to a slightly broader and thus slower lure - 18mm x 15mm it will have to be.

Once again thank you very much for your responses. I thought that I may give myself an excuse to source and acquire more tackle ;)

Regards
Anton

Anton Haakman:
@ Peter - Thank you very much for your reply. This is as I was hoping for. I posted a reply to the previous posts befoer reading yours. In light of my second post - which gives more background information - would you recommend the second spool. For interest sake - does the 6000 Twinpower spool fit on the 5000 Stella. Could save me a few pennies?

Many thanks
Anton

Mark Harris:
All Twinpower SW and Stella SW spools within the same sizes are interchangeable Anton.  And they are 100% identical bar the livery.  So if you can find a Twinpower SW spool cheaper than its Stella SW equivalent, buy it!

For example I use a Twinpower 12000 on my Stella 10000 all the time.

Peter Childs:
Anton, yes the Twinpower SW and Stella SW spools are interchangable (same on all sizes 5000 / 6000 and the 8000 / 10000 / 12000).  If you can get the 6000 spool at a decent price, grab it! 

I note they are often out of proportion with their pricing, seems a 6000 spool is worth more than a 10000 at most places!

As I said, the difference is noticable bot not huge - it could be just what you need though if you are that close to getting your plug working.

I note that SOM do a spool for the 6000, but haven't used it or measured it though!

Cheers

Peter Childs:
Jeeeeezzzzz Mark........you are quick off the mark.......don't you ever sleep!

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