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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Joey Falconi on December 03, 2008, 02:55:10 PM
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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
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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 .
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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 .
:D :D :D
jonli i knew you might say that ;D
as i was going to say the same thing as far i have seen this part for a long time ::).
go shimano ssshhhhh !!!! ;D ;D
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Jon - are you familiar with the terminology of a "broken record"? ;D ;D :D
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 .
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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 .
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well, they don't really break most of the time - the handle just goes a bit funny :D 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 .