Thread: Show us your Fishing gear

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Those of you who are old enough may remember the Snapper and Kingfish secrets by old mate Geoff Thomas. As an impressionable young man I had to buy the Shimano Speed Master TSM IV as used by the legend himself. Mail ordered straight from The Fishing News many years before online orders. It was stripped down, drag washers all hand lapped and the Shimano fibre washers chucked out for Smoothies. This real is the Fighting Star version with near lever drag speed to wind it up. On the Calstar custom made by Leon at Rodworks (now no longer) it's a combo I love. Kings and big snaps no worries. Best snapper I ever caught went 22lbs and I horsed it all the way to the boat as I thought it was just another rat kingi.

Ha!

Same videos (actual VHS) were responsible for my Penn 45GLS lever drag. I thought I was the man rolling that badboy!!!!

I can't remember what rod it was matched too but the combo must have weighed in the region of 4.5 million kgs.

Caught my biggest snap on it when I was about 14. 24 lbs Took over a decade to beat that PB.

Edit: just remembered. Penn Powerstick. Glass blank. Similar feel/sensitivity to a length of stainless steel. And about the same weight