Fished ssp the other day with wor kid who hardly ever fishes as works and lives abroad, anyway he was getting snagged up as not getting out far enough. He's using a 525 mag and orion so I asked for a chuck, got the reel set up better and gave it a whack and all I can say is that the reel is very good, smooth and fast retrieve. Also the 14ft rod suprised me, easy to load up and recovered well. So all in all a canny combo i thought. I tried to give it a good whack but the sinker just snapped off as it was just 30lb straight through (don't worry I made sure there was no one down stream when I hit it) so shocker required deffo. Anyway I just put the mags on a bit for him and bingo, 40yrds on his chuck. I blanked and he got 3, HA. Good rod and reel combo.
525, not bad reel
- Thread starter g.ordon
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PAUL1971
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I use the 525mag slidey awsome reel.but you must off whacked that led out for you
to snap 30lb line
to snap 30lb line
fish fingers
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totally agree with you tony safety is paramount but years ago that is all we used to use and i,ve seen some big hitters ping a lead out and very rearly have a snap off plus it depends on the quality of the line you use infact the sylcast used to be 26lb and 28lb/30lb mind it was quite thick to the lines we use today do,nt think it is stretched or whatever they do with them
Oh well, that's me put in me place
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Darnc
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Just what I was thinking bet you feel told off now mate
Ah do mate, corner of the room for me, lines etc.
It's a slidey about 7 year old mate
Wasn't having a go m8. Simply offering a possibility as to why it snapped off... And thats all. Sounds just like maybe a schoolboy error took place.
Sounds to me yer wer havin a pop mate and me dummy is now officially out, boo hoo
lambengland
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Sounds to me yer wer havin a pop mate and me dummy is now officially out, boo hoo
Well im not a big caster and even i snap 30lb with my smooth otg so youre not alone... Clearly we need lessons
lambengland
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I also use a mk1 orion (recently rebuilt) and 525 mag xtra with 18lb & shocker for almost all my fishing... I find it to be one of the best rods ive used... Same goes for the reel... No matter what i always go for these as first choice and will have these for as long as i can make them last! I bought the rod off one of my mates for £10 about 6-7 years ago
fish fingers
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g.ordon you are a big lad you know you do,nt no your own srenghth now get in the corner or thier will be no more fishing for you lol
marco1967
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do you use traces attatched to the 30lb line ???
lambengland
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Erm.... Is this a trick question? Yes
marco1967
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do you use 30lb to make them ? if you do try 40lb or higher , knot it to a snappy of a decent size clipped to the lead. dont tie knots directly to the lead eye . the wires on leads is often too thick for a knot to form properly and pulls out when you cast. in my opinion anyways
oh and put plenty of spit on the line when drawing your knots tight.
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