Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
10000 FA vs 18000 SW value or not
Jon Li:
In my opinion , better spend the money on good GT rod rather than new Shimano SW series .
Jon .
Ben Rutkin:
Ok so Ive decided to pick up a 10000FA on their way out - but what I have noticed is that everyone seems to be buying the 20000 spools and putting on them on the 10000 reel? Are they identical reels with a different spool sizes?
What is the difference and is it just a question of line capacity?
Cheers lads.
Jon Li:
Hi Ben ,
10000FA n 20000FA differ in gear ratio , the former is high geared while the latter is low geared , for popping 10000FA is better but if one needs more line capacity , 20000 spool can be used and vise versa .
Jon .
Ben Rutkin:
Yeah ok, for some reason I considered gear ratio in terms of line retreived and not revolutions of the spool to revoultions of the handle. Obviously with a larger spool diameter (10000 has a greater diameter with line excluded) you would retrieve more line per spool revolution. I mistakenly attributed the difference in gear ratio to be a reflection of spool circumference and therefore line retrieved.
In actual fact, the gear ratio and the larger spool diameter will result in significantly more line retrieved in the 10000 than the 20000 on a per handle wind basis. That is assuming the average distance over the number of winds, because once the 20000 was fully spooled it would be the same.
Long story, get one of each so if you need the capacity for jigging then you can just switch spools and rods and you're away?
Brandon Khoo:
Ben, I wouldn't want to be jigging with a high gear ratio reel. It really comes down to what the primary use of the reel is. If you do about equal part of popping and jigging, I'd get the 20000 rather than a 10000.
If you're prepared to shop around and buy second hand, you'd get a 10000FA and 20000FA for around what you'd pay for a new 18000XG.
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