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Location: Stillwater | I don't know whether to get the calcutta 400 B or the daiwa saltist. I would use it for big blades with lots of drag soft plastics and other heavy baits. Which one should I get? |
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Location: Sw Pennsylvania | I've had them both. The calcutta is a great great all around reel and will pull big blades but you will be working to drag them, and working hard to burn them, even with a power handle. The diawa is heavy but will burn the big blades with ease, i'd suggest the levelwind models if your gonna be using other baits also. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Saltist, no question. But now which size...you'll destroy a 400b fishing blades with any speed, btdt. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Will you destroy a TE with blades? |
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| i like my satist LW 30 for dawgs and blades it works great better than my 7000 |
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Location: Stillwater | Where can I get a satist LW 30? I have been looking and I cant find them with the levelwind. |
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| esoxfly - 7/23/2009 1:51 AM
Will you destroy a TE with blades?
Absolutely! They can take alot, but not that much!
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Location: Oregon | Looks like the saltist is only in a right handed model........... |
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| take a look at the avet sx models. they only come in non levelwinds but that's no big deal. that's the direction i recently went since i use only left handed reels.
i am extremely pleased with it and also like the fact that they are american made!. you will also have your choice of one or two speed models. cabbagekeyrodandreel.com. is where i purchased mine from. talk to eddie....
Edited by STUSHSKY 7/23/2009 3:13 PM
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Location: Birch Run | esoxfly - 7/23/2009 12:51 AM
Will you destroy a TE with blades?
Over time any reel can be broken, but your 400TE is more than addequate for double 10's. I have a 400B without a power handle and I don't think dbl 10's pull hard at all. For burning though you need a Saltist or Trinidad. |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | bulldawg101 - 7/23/2009 1:03 PM
Where can I get a satist LW 30? I have been looking and I cant find them with the levelwind.
You can get them here...
http://www.jandh.com/p-1333-daiwa-saltist-levelwind-reels.aspx |
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Location: Stillwater | could I still be able to bring the big blades in with a calcutta pretty easily? |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | So lemme get this straight, for blades you want a higher or lower gear ratio? Do you want 4.9:1 or do you want 6.1:1? |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | esoxfly - 7/23/2009 9:27 PM
So lemme get this straight, for blades you want a higher or lower gear ratio? Do you want 4.9:1 or do you want 6.1:1?
It depends....some want the higher gear ratio to burn 10's, and some want the lower ratio for ease of retrieve. |
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| for example...with a 2 speed avet sx you can blow db 10's out of the water pretty easy all day long if you choose to when it's in the 6:1 / 36" per crank mode and when you switch it to low gear, 3.8:1 / 23" per crank you can't even tell the blades are turning until it's next to the boat! |
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Location: Stillwater | Could a daiwa luna be used for pulling big blades and dawgs and everything and is it more versatile than a saltist? |
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| i've used two lunas for 5 years now and greased / oiled 'em once a month and they are smoother than when new and have yet to replace a single part. great for big plastics and eveything else down to 1 oz bucks when adjusted properly. i don't own a saltist but i have a non levelwind avet and in my opinion yes the luna is more versatile overall but 5 casts with a db 10 with a luna and i took it off...it beat me up compared now to using the avet sx for db 10's... |
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Location: Stillwater | what reel is versatile enough to be able to pull double tens and big blades but still be able to use it for heavy soft plastics and other heavy baits? |
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| bulldawg101 - 7/24/2009 11:46 AM
what reel is versatile enough to be able to pull double tens and big blades but still be able to use it for heavy soft plastics and other heavy baits?
saltist |
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Location: Minnetonka | bulldawg101 - 7/23/2009 1:03 PM
Where can I get a satist LW 30? I have been looking and I cant find them with the levelwind.
Go into Thorne Brothers in Fridley and they'll get you set up with the reel and spool it w/ Masterbraid.
I know they have them, as I bought one yesterday.
Catch 'em!!!
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Location: Minnetonka | bulldawg101 - 7/24/2009 11:46 AM
what reel is versatile enough to be able to pull double tens and big blades but still be able to use it for heavy soft plastics and other heavy baits?
High end - Shimano Calcutta 700TE
Low end - Shimano Tekota 700 |
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Location: Twin Cities | Name an american reel in the $180 price range that can do what a saltist can.... |
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| if $220.00 is in the "range"...avet sx made in california |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | Real easy answer...if I feel the product is superior, that's where my money goes. PERIOD. I don't care if it's made on Mars. If I feel a product fits my needs better, that's where my money goes. If it's made in the US, even better. If it isn't, too bad. Then the US should build that particular product (pick one) better than the overseas competitors. For an example, check out any US car company and why the Japanese slapped their face in the hallway, kissed their girlfriend, and stole their lunch money. |
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Location: Twin Cities | STUSHSKY - 7/24/2009 1:24 PM
if $220.00 is in the "range"...avet sx made in california
No levelwind.
Next. |
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| from what i understand the avet levelwinds will be out soon but out of the gate they realized that many folks prefer left handed reels... |
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Location: Stillwater | What about a daiwa luna with a power handle to use for pulling big blades heavy soft plastics and everything in between? |
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Location: Twin Cities | bulldawg101 - 7/24/2009 9:52 PM
What about a daiwa luna with a power handle to use for pulling big blades heavy soft plastics and everything in between?
That depends on how fast you want to fish big blades.... |
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Location: Stillwater | well how fast could you fish them with a luna |
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| Hahahaha. Are you burning blades(10's and 13's) 14 hrs a day for 7 days a week???? I read somewhere that you HAVE to burn 'em to catch fish. Somebody better tell the fish. I really don't know where this "burning" thing started, but the reel manufacturers must be loving it.LOL. Have had a couple fish in the boat on blades the last 5 years and very few were "burned". Boatside? Now that's another story.Speed triggers 'em to eat. Calcutta 400TE with a power handle is more than adequate. Best I've used. Lunas were great until ani-reverse issues brought me back to Shimano. Leavin' the dance with who brought me. I must be gettin' old. |
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