Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Selected Budget Tackle-Up to the task??
Mark Harris:
--- Quote from: Patrick Parisienne on May 01, 2012, 10:52:27 AM ---Surprised that the Ryobi Carnelian is in the 'rubbish' group. I've read where one of the New Cal operaters use them with 100lbs braid, and Samurai rods successfully. Of course, longevity is unknown....
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Mr Hawk's review closes as follows:
The Carnelian is badly designed, extremely heavy, needlessly complicated, cheaply made using comical components, assembled by people who couldn't care less, and all of that was manifested in poor performance and unpleasant time on the water. I am declaring this reel the single worst reel I have ever tested in my life, and I'm moving on.
http://www.alanhawk.com/reviews/rycar.html
Patrick Parisienne:
Well that's a pretty emphatic NO I guess!!!! Still surprised by the Penn Torque over the Saltiga!!!!
Robin, thanks for that feedback. I too use a couple of Berkley rods for other fish, and am happy with them. I can see the gist is that people support buying a premium reel, and play with different sticks accordingly.
I've never held a 'premium' GT rod before (only up to an Xzoga 7710), and I thought that was nice. Can only imagine the top end stuff.....
As I found out with bream tackle, you don't know just how good the higher end stuff is until you use it yourself.
We'll see if my reels can handle some Bluefin Tuna (hopefully big ones), before I head to QLD.
Cheers,
Pat
Brandon Khoo:
The Penn Torques would appear to be up to it. They're built very strongly. I'd suggest the primary reasons are that the reels appear more suitable for jigging and the price. At their prices, most people probably opt for the tried and true
Luke Wyrsta:
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on May 01, 2012, 12:49:11 PM ---At their prices, most people probably opt for the tried and true
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Wise, wise, wise words that many people simply do need heed.
Mark Harris:
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on May 01, 2012, 12:49:11 PM ---The Penn Torques would appear to be up to it. They're built very strongly. I'd suggest the primary reasons are that the reels appear more suitable for jigging and the price. At their prices, most people probably opt for the tried and true
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And they look like drag queen's ear-rings 8)
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