Drag on Catalina 4500H

[Joey Falconi]

I have a catalina 4500H and have used it on some medium Blue Fin tuna to 25kg or so. I have put a set of carbontex washers in the reel a few months ago. What kind of additional drag will I get over and above the standard 10kg?

Thanks all

[Jon Li]

If I am not mistaken this Catalina 4500H is the rebadged Saltiga Blast 4500 with high speed gear ratio , in 2005 I broke my Saltiga Z4500 and another was broken by my nephew while YFT fishing , both reels were repaired by Daiwa Japan under warranty but now those reels sport Carbontex drag washers due to the original drag washers tend to " spike " and the root causes of the broken reel across the stem .

I wud not use those Z4500 beyond 10 kg initial drag set nowaday and mainly use it for school YFTs n mahi-mahi , the task to handle higher drag set targetting bigger YFTs n GTs is reliquished to Stella 8000FA since 2005 without any problem .

Jon .

[Mick Cunningham]

If I am not mistaken this Catalina 4500H is the rebadged Saltiga Blast 4500 with high speed gear ratio , in 2005 I broke my Saltiga Z4500 and another was broken by my nephew while YFT fishing , both reels were repaired by Daiwa Japan under warranty but now those reels sport Carbontex drag washers due to the original drag washers tend to " spike " and the root causes of the broken reel across the stem .

I wud not use those Z4500 beyond 10 kg initial drag set nowaday and mainly use it for school YFTs n mahi-mahi , the task to handle higher drag set targetting bigger YFTs n GTs is reliquished to Stella 8000FA since 2005 without any problem .

Jon .

 

jonli i knew you might say that 
as i was going to say the same thing as far i have seen this part for a long time  .

go shimano ssshhhhh  !!!! 

[Brandon Khoo]

Jon - are you familiar with the terminology of a "broken record"?      

If I am not mistaken this Catalina 4500H is the rebadged Saltiga Blast 4500 with high speed gear ratio , in 2005 I broke my Saltiga Z4500 and another was broken by my nephew while YFT fishing , both reels were repaired by Daiwa Japan under warranty but now those reels sport Carbontex drag washers due to the original drag washers tend to " spike " and the root causes of the broken reel across the stem .

I wud not use those Z4500 beyond 10 kg initial drag set nowaday and mainly use it for school YFTs n mahi-mahi , the task to handle higher drag set targetting bigger YFTs n GTs is reliquished to Stella 8000FA since 2005 without any problem .

Jon .

[Jon Li]

Hi Brandon ,.

How many big Saltiga handles have you seen broken ? We should have " Broken Record " thread to show that GT fishing is very macho , don't you think ?

Jon .

[Brandon Khoo]

well, they don't really break most of the time - the handle just goes a bit funny    Of course, you get occasions when the whole knob comes off but that hasn't happened to me yet

Hi Brandon ,.

How many big Saltiga handles have you seen broken ? We should have " Broken Record " thread to show that GT fishing is very macho , don't you think ?

Jon .