it depends on the your style of fishing...if you fish slow using worms and stuff and dont worry about your casting distance then these type of reels are fine...i dont agree if you crank and use spinnerbaits or frog fishing at high speed...and spend lots of time on the water...i started off with cheap reels then unpgraded to calais and calcutta dcs...you cannot honestly tell me you cant tell the difference.
Hi all,i bought one of the new Loomis baitcasters,
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I agree with you on slower ratios for cranks,frogs etc. and yeah Obviously there is a differance between a R499 and R3999 reel,but not everyone has the money to buy reels like that especailly not if you have about 7 or 8 setups!!!"Another thing,even if you may be the best angler in your provnce or club,if you dont have expensive tackle its most defnitly not gonna make you a worse fisherman"!!!!
Brushhog wrote:
Why is your tackle not good enough? You can fish and you catch fish. All these hi end reels are all imported hence the reason they cost so much. Now a company decided to make stuff locally at a lot cheaper price than what the other stuff cost they say the product is crap. I wonder what they would have said if this reel sold for R2000
Why is your tackle not good enough? You can fish and you catch fish. All these hi end reels are all imported hence the reason they cost so much. Now a company decided to make stuff locally at a lot cheaper price than what the other stuff cost they say the product is crap. I wonder what they would have said if this reel sold for R2000
I wanna add to this.......
I am a Protea angler (Polishing my balls hehehehehe)- 90% of my tackle is secondhand - ask VC he sold me a whole lot of kitt not too long ago.
At the end of the day it is the ability of the angler not the tools he uses the difference is that Quality tools just makes the job a whole lot easier and I believe it is adviseable to but the best quality that you pocket can afford and keep working at it.
I am a Protea angler (Polishing my balls hehehehehe)- 90% of my tackle is secondhand - ask VC he sold me a whole lot of kitt not too long ago.
At the end of the day it is the ability of the angler not the tools he uses the difference is that Quality tools just makes the job a whole lot easier and I believe it is adviseable to but the best quality that you pocket can afford and keep working at it.
Light Tackle Hunter
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Does Gani's in Witbank stock them?