Alutecnos Albacore Gorilla 20

[royboy]

After some serious negotiating with Father Christmas and his little helpers, I have been told on good authority that a Gorilla 20 will be arriving in SA on the 9th December with my Mum in Law.......... I can't wait. I believe it will have to remain under the tree until 25th December, but I can live with that.

These reels have had glowing reports from international websites - so naturally I can't WAIT!!!!

This is Phase 1 of building up my hardcore HEAVY jigging outfit...a serious piece of reel with a 4.4:1 ratio, 45lb drag, and has been designed primarily for Vertical Jigging. Will load up with PE#8 or maybe even PE#10 - (and yes Skrops, It is Shiny, so I will have to start moderating my teasing!!!!!)

Got me thinking, has anyone used them locally? Would be great to have some local feedback?

 

[tkei]

Looks like a gr8 reel. capt Brad Philips (one of the top bill fish skippers) only uses Alutechnos, so must be decent reels. Bit steep in price though arnt they??

 

[royboy]

Yes tkei, not cheap at all but we are fortunate that we still have UK bank accounts so the currency cross doesn't impact us in this instance.

£279.00 for the Gorilla 20, which is £30.00 more than a Saltiga 50.

Feel like the proverbial kid in a candy store.....

 

[tkei]

Nice. All my pont was spent on my house so offshore tackle account is used up, sod.
Would love to see one of those. must be their version of the shimano torsa. serious machinery, now you just need to find a fish wanting to play and pull string off of them for you

 

[royboy]

Yup - this will be for the biggies! Will be talking to Nepps soon about YFT progress on jigs off the Canyon.....something I have been dreaming about for a long time.

Pretty much a Torsa 20 competitor but much more powerful in the drag dept. Good Freespool at 45lb Strike (crazy stuff) because there aren't too many people out there who will ever manage that on a moving boat unless they're harnessed in. As they say, Go Big or Go home?

Interesting thing is that I have not found 1 bad report on this reel anywhere on the web (and I try to do my homework on things before spending the loot) so that says a lot about the quality.