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| Is/has anyone used the Shimano Torium for blades? If so, what are your thoughts? |
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| Not the Torium but I use the Tekota 500 and love it for double 10's. Pretty much the same reel but it has the level wind. |
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| The Tekota? That's very different from the Torium. The Tekota is a trolling reel. |
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| RunNGun - 11/16/2016 1:50 PM
The Tekota? That's very different from the Torium. The Tekota is a trolling reel.
Well that's a matter of opinion. Not all tekotas have a line counter. If you're looking at the new Toriums they look very different than a Tekota, I agree but the old ones were almost the same without a levelwind. I've been throwing dawgs, mag dawgs and double 10's for 4 years now with the older Tekota 500 and it's awesome. Yes, it's a larger round reel but not too big to palm and it works great. Works so well I bought a second one and others in my club have tried it and been surprised how well it does. All for under $200! |
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| OK that makes sense - yea I'm looking at the new ones. They are very similar to the Trinidad. |
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| Been there done that, threw the reel in the water. Tried the Torium as a substitution to the older gold Trinidads. Apparently there is no breaking system and the reel backlashed all the time. |
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