PE8 overhead Jig reels??

[Neale Bird]

we have one red l120 left at work, there is no australian distriburter anymore so you wont find any of the new ones in aus, you would have to import yourself,  to be honest im not a great fan of the new speeds, i reckon they were spot on with the 4:9:1 on the orignal ones

Campbells hey? i rang this arvo and inquired.. i wonder how obtaining parts will be??

[Luke Ryan]

yer, well not really too much goes wrong with them, i guess its just getting replacement bearings which you could get from plat when the time comes

[Neale Bird]

Hmmmm 

[Zac Chilvers]

Neale
Chris Lian from this forum had one for sale in the jigging section, it is the older model if that is what your chasing.
http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=1946.0

[Neale Bird]

Thanks for that Zac

[Eric Tai]

Out of curiosity what rod are you gonna pair the blue heaven up with?

I'm wondering what rod options are there for deep (300m+) jigging. Smith 44 Mariana 300  comes to mind.

[Neale Bird]

A JM 500 at this stage, max 500gm jig and rated to PE10... will keep you posted how it goes

[Josh Morrison]

I do quite a bit of DEEP jigging in NZ (over 400m) and I use a Ocea Jigger 5000P. I have it spooled with Daiwa Saltiga Boat Braid PE6 (80lb) and it holds bang on 600m without backing. Other favoured overheads used in NZ for the very deep stuff is Shimano's Torsa 20 and 30 models.

[Hon-Su Chin]

There's also the Torsa 40 with harness lugs as well.

[Sachin Chaudhry]

I find the Torsa to be a solid and smooth reel but for my liking too heavy and too wide for jigging. Has much more wobble when you crank than say a Jigger or other narrow spool overhead like say an Accurate 665N.

[Jay Burgess]

A JM 500 at this stage, max 500gm jig and rated to PE10... will keep you posted how it goes

Did you end up getting the JM Neale? I've got a Valley Hill Maori Spirits PE10 rod and it's a real sweet piece of equipment.

Did you get the new SOM L120?

[Neale Bird]

Yeah got the JM jay, havent got my reel yet (bloody customs) and i learnt my lesson with importing more than $1000 worth of gear at one time.. little did i know

hopefully they'll post it next week 

[Jay Burgess]

Yeah got the JM jay, havent got my reel yet (bloody customs) and i learnt my lesson with importing more than $1000 worth of gear at one time.. little did i know

hopefully they'll post it next week

Yeah I got stung when I bought my fisherman...