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10000 FA vs 18000 SW value or not

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Ben Rutkin:
I've been using a mates gear and am just about to sink some funds into a GT rig.
Im pretty sold on the T-Curve GT Special for a good reliable rod for the price, but can't decide whether it's worth an extra $350-$400 to go the 18000SW over the 10000FA which will give me a larger spool and a comparable ratio?  Im definitely going Shimano, but which way to go?  A few lads on these forums are mortgaging their first borns to get an 08 Stella so if anyone can tell me why its $350 better, Im off to the races.

Cheers.

Mick Cunningham:
   good question .
   can you tell me what are you fishing for and where about will give some
   idea on your fishing need so we all can share with you .

   but this is what i know .

   if you go for the FA10000 but it will be 100g heavy than the SW18000.

   but there is another problem if your fishing with pe10 you will need a
   bigger spool like 16000 / 20000  to hold more line . which it will cost
   you another 200 buck to the FA10000 .

   if your fishing with pe8 or lower it should be fine on 10000 spool .
 
   another good thing on the SW18000 which is the line management system which
   it will cast a lot better . this reel can use 300m of pe10 which you not
   need to buy the spare spool like the FA . so i think this is easy to go so
   another 150buck to the sw is worth it .

   cheer,s mick

Ben Rutkin:
Im in Cairns.

As stated, the core purpose will be for popping bommies in search of GT.  I want the flexibility to whack the reel on another rod and go jigging in the deep stuff.

I'm not certain what I would spool up with just yet, but I'd be hoping to cover both bases.
Id be stoked if people also discussed what they would consider the best middle ground in terms of line. At the end of the day, Ive never done any jigging and I dont want to learn the hard/expensive way.

The wind here is all but guaranteeing that I will never get to use it, regardless of what I buy.

Mick Cunningham:
    ahhh i see okay ben .

    okay for cairns cos most of them are up to 25kg but you can use
    stella 8000 with pe5-6 line. also  jigging  with it too . but if you     
    want the stella FA10000 that is fine as you will not need the big spool
    as you might need pe5-8 up there .

    stephen who is a menber in this forum
    he is based in cairns and he go fishing for the GT up there over
    the bommies as he fish,s with pe6 gear / stella 8000 .

    mayeb you should sent him a pm and ask him to go fishing  but he has   
    sold his boat a while ago so i not know if he has a new boat or not .

    hey go and have a good look around in this forum here for carins trip
    as you will see more story on it from stephen .

    cheer,s mick

   

Stephen Polzin:
Gday Ben,

The new stella's are pretty sweet that's for sure, but the old ones are proven and will still handle the same fish. 

Put it into perspective, nearly all the enormous GT's caught on Nomad and by Okubo (Legend 5 dvd) were caught on a dirty old 10000 Stella.  Yes some of them use bigger spools, but I don't reckon it's necessary in Cairns.  The 10000 was certainly good enough for them before the new version came out. 

There are heaps of GT's around Cairns, but I can't say I've seen one yet over 30kg.  Even if I did I'm pretty confident in my 10000.  Any GT that can spool a 10000 in Cairns will reach a bommie before you reach the spool knot.  I was using an 8000 for ages and it caught plenty.   

You should be able to get a 10000 pretty cheap at the moment too, though may have to look further than the local shops.

Those new ones are nice though, depends how much you want the latest gear. 

cheers,

steve

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