Matching reel to rod

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Gatiepie2

Member
What an incredible website Sealine. Always fellow fishermen with stacks of useful advice.

Question

What reel would match an Elbe 14 foot rod with a heavy and medium tip? What line to put on the suggested reel?

Gatiepie 2
 
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strandloper

Senior Member
Hi Gatiepie2,

Any specific target species in mind?

I think some of the edible and in-eds experts will be able to comment if you give slightly more information.

Are you working within a price bracket?

Looking at your current equipment, I suspect that you might be looking at in-eds?

I will leave it to the experts to give more advice, but I would think that a great reel would be either the Shimano Torium 30/Trini 30 (my choice) or the Daiwa Saltist/Saltiga 50 with 500m backing and some .50 or .55 topshot
 
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Mussle Cracker

Sealiner
it all comes down to your budget...a very good all round reel is a diawa sl50 it will cost about R900 but if you are going for bigger sharks i would go for the torium 30 which costs about R1300 ..

as for line it comes down to what you want to catch ..if you are going for edible fish then i would go for a liter set up .4 line should be ok but if you are going for sharks then i would use .55 with a 1,2mm leader...

another thing you could also use a braid backing which will allow you to fit more line on your reel...

hope that helps

tight lines
 
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Gatiepie2

Member
Thanks guys.

I fish mainly for edibles. I have used this rod with an SL 50 with 35 lb braid and .45 giant abrasion. Handles edibles like a charm. Caught a beaut mussel cracker with it.

However I want to match it up with a reel that can handle a shark etc. The Trini 30 was suggested. Does this reel take enough line to cope with a big shark? Also does the reel have enough power to handle big in eds?
 
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misguide

Senior Member
Gatiepie2 wrote:
What an incredible website Sealine. Always fellow fishermen with stacks of useful advice.

Question

What reel would match an Elbe 14 foot rod with a heavy and medium tip? What line to put on the suggested reel?

Gatiepie 2
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I would suggest a SHIMANO Speedmaster 4. If you can afford it then a Torium 30 would be better. Or if you can afford a Trinidad 30 would be even better.
 
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misguide

Senior Member
0.47mm Mono will be sufficient for most applications.

0.52mm or 0.55mm if you gonna fish where there is "structure" etc.

I use XX Hi Vis Hi Abrasion Mono.
 
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Gatiepie2

Member
Does this reel take enough line to cope with a big shark? Also does the reel have enough power to handle big inedables?
 
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misguide

Senior Member
Gatiepie2 wrote:
Does this reel take enough line to cope with a big shark? Also does the reel have enough power to handle big inedables?
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You refering to a TN30?

This reel is sufficient for 95% of in-ed fishing.

For the other 5% of in-ed fishing you will need a TN40 or TN50

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