TACKLE FAILURE - BILLFISH XTREME RELEASE LEAGUE
- Thread starter boepens
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I saw that and man was that Captain pissed off.
I then looked at the tackle being used a bit more and I believe the one who the fingers should be pointing at should be the Captain.
He was fishing a tournament where if he had landed those fish he would have won $50,000 for the day and $250,000 for the season. This is then around R2,500,000 at today's exchange rate.
They have a R1m boat, travelling thousands of km with huge prizes on hand.
They were fishing R1200 TLD25 reels with 80lbs tackle hooking 500-700lbs Marlin on on fully cranked up drags.
The eventual winners were fishing Penn Torque International lever drags at over R5k a reel with same line class for the same size fish.
Had the reels that broke been Shimano Tiagra's, which are in the same class as the Penn's and the ideal reels for the fish being caught and line class being fished with.
There is no way on earth that the Tiagra's would have broken.
The TLD has a felt washer that is notorious for snatching when getting wet (check what happens when the boat is reversed) The Tiagra and the Penn's have full waterproof Carbon drag systems.
He had one person to blame and that's HIMSELF. It's like you taking a Shimmie 20/40 with 0.60mm and trying to land a 200kg Bronzie on a locked drag and then someone alongside hooks the same class fish on a Talica 25 II with 0.60mm and 80lbs braid.
Do that for 5 sessions and something is going to give on the 20/40, probably even before the Talica is run in.
Better yet, it's like Blu Flu once put it, it's like buying a Ferrari and putting retreads on to save some money. It's not "IF" you are going to have a high speed accident it's "WHEN" you are going to have a high speed accident.
Use the tackle for the target and where this sort of money is involved I would rather go top drawer to minimise the risk of tackle failure.
I then looked at the tackle being used a bit more and I believe the one who the fingers should be pointing at should be the Captain.
He was fishing a tournament where if he had landed those fish he would have won $50,000 for the day and $250,000 for the season. This is then around R2,500,000 at today's exchange rate.
They have a R1m boat, travelling thousands of km with huge prizes on hand.
They were fishing R1200 TLD25 reels with 80lbs tackle hooking 500-700lbs Marlin on on fully cranked up drags.
The eventual winners were fishing Penn Torque International lever drags at over R5k a reel with same line class for the same size fish.
Had the reels that broke been Shimano Tiagra's, which are in the same class as the Penn's and the ideal reels for the fish being caught and line class being fished with.
There is no way on earth that the Tiagra's would have broken.
The TLD has a felt washer that is notorious for snatching when getting wet (check what happens when the boat is reversed) The Tiagra and the Penn's have full waterproof Carbon drag systems.
He had one person to blame and that's HIMSELF. It's like you taking a Shimmie 20/40 with 0.60mm and trying to land a 200kg Bronzie on a locked drag and then someone alongside hooks the same class fish on a Talica 25 II with 0.60mm and 80lbs braid.
Do that for 5 sessions and something is going to give on the 20/40, probably even before the Talica is run in.
Better yet, it's like Blu Flu once put it, it's like buying a Ferrari and putting retreads on to save some money. It's not "IF" you are going to have a high speed accident it's "WHEN" you are going to have a high speed accident.
Use the tackle for the target and where this sort of money is involved I would rather go top drawer to minimise the risk of tackle failure.
Henning Venter
Sealiner
boepens wrote:
I will only believe it if I see it with my own eyes- shimmi tiagra that popped!!! Never!! When is the tv show up again?Anybody watching the billfish extreme release league on espn
Check the two shimano reels pop reelseats and seizedrag.
Joh on the same boat the oke had some choice words.
