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Advice on land based GT rod

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Craig Maree:
From your judgement from casting both setups which do you think you getting more distance on?

The BH spinnng setup with 150 Cubera or the Trini OH setup with the 3oz GT ice cream?

Gerhard Delport:

--- Quote from: Craig Maree on October 21, 2014, 04:23:06 AM ---From your judgement from casting both setups which do you think you getting more distance on?

The BH spinnng setup with 150 Cubera or the Trini OH setup with the 3oz GT ice cream?

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Craig,

It looks like I might get to fish on Friday and fly on Saturday.

I will take both the rods and cast ...

I will ask the guys who fish with me to judge what setup gets the most distance but I suspect it will be the OH.

I will use the Stella 10K with JB Hollow 60lb on the BH 106 H to cast the Cubera and compare...

Craig Maree:
Thanks Gerhard

Felix Lux:

--- Quote from: Gerhard Delport on October 20, 2014, 04:13:41 PM ---Thanks for the comments on the video.

I have a leader double the rod length with a couple of turns left on the reel.

I use a PR Knot and for someone who hates casting with a knot running trough the gides the PR knot is perfect, you dont feel or hear it hitting the giudes during the cast.

You will have problems casting with braid if you have an birds nest during the cast.

Because of the power you put into the rod the braid will snap (30lbs) if you have a brids nest.

You need to be a provisioned overhead caster before going to braid on the reel.
Then you need to ensure the reel is set for each lure to prevent a birds nest.

I am casting for Queenfish and Mackerels from the rocks but I will enjoy getting to target tuna or Gt's with this setup as well...

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Thank you!

I'm ok in OH casting, but definitely wouldn't say good. Still regularly get light to medium bad overruns when giving it a hard 95-100% cast. So I'll better put another 100 hours of practise in, before I try braid.

Would you say 30-50lb braid casts further than 20lb mono?
And would you think 40lb JB hollow is a good option, or does it not cast as well on OH gear? You could get an even slimmer and stronger connection inserting 40-50lb leader directly into the hollow, then serving the splice (tried that myself on spin gear) + use a heavier bite leader if desired, similar to Nathan's GT setup. You could also just splice a new section of line, if you loose too much or damage some line.

Gerhard Delport:
Felix,

Start casting a plug and spoon with the OH gear and you will soon have enough casting practise... lol

You can not compare 20lb mono with 30lb braid.

Braid will win everytine.

If I could choose...

I would probably load with 60lb JB Hollow and splice in a 10m 100lb JH Hollow "leader" and then a nylon leader of roughly double the length of the rod.

This would give you all the power and line capacity to handle some big fish on the OH gear...

But you need to determine what species and size fish you will be targeting.

If its fish like queen's and spanish mackerel i would go 40lb with 80lb leader in JB Hollow.

The seceret is to have a balanced outfit for what you want to target.

Hope this helps.

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