Thread: Show us your Fishing gear

Originally Posted by R93

I had to get my baitcasters and overheads from overseas. Cheapish and need maintenance. I will need to get a couple more for snapper rigs. Let me know if you see any good deals.


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Will do. Have seen them in complete angler.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Will do. Have seen them in complete angler.

Haven't been in there for years. Can't remember why but we used to call that shop Complete Bastards
Next to gun shitty yeah?

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Both my fly reels are L/H wind pretty sure. Haven't used them for a while.
People do the same with baitcaster and spin reels cast with their right and then change hands. Maybe I am used to it as my old man is a lefty.

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Originally Posted by R93

Both my fly reels are L/H wind pretty sure. Haven't used them for a while.
People do the same with baitcaster and spin reels cast with their right and then change hands. Maybe I am used to it as my old man is a lefty.

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All my eggbeaters are set up lefthand wind as I cast right handed and its just retarded to swap hands especially softbaiting.
My overheads are righthand wind as mainly used for deep water jigs with no casting involved.

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@vietnamcam nah mate no charters but over the years the gear has built up. You have to have enough for all eventualities 4x 37kg and 4x 24kg outfits is never too many I do a lot of live baiting as well so you have to have some of those on board as well. Like shooting fishing is an addiction and there is always more gear to get.

Re: handedness - I'm open minded, fish however you want, but swapping hands is retarded as vietnamcam says, couldn't have worded it better!

there are increasing numbers of left hand wind reels on the market, but i really struggled with game reels. think i probably bought the last two lefty game reels in NZ! i just can't use right hand wind reels. a very helpful tackleshop owner suggested i learn to use right hand wind. for me, it would be as difficult as learning to write left handed.

Fly cast with my right, work the line with my left and swap and wind with my right, gives a better feel when netting. Same with salt water fishing. It just for me gives better control. Also dad was a lefty, as is brother, I surf as a goofy footer and not as a natural.

If anyone is looking for a lefty small/medium baitcaster, I can't recommend the Abu Garcia C3 range highly enough. Light, but incredibly resilient. Make sure it's made in Sweden though.

Maxel/Avet/Accurate make leftys suitable for mechanical jigging.

Penn make a few leftys. Shimano are finally starting to make a few bigger overhead leftys.

TiCA do lefty game fishing reels, but good luck tracking them down.

A few here: Left-Handed Reels|Left Hand Fishing Reels | Discount Fishing Supplies |

New toy. After selling my reel to @terryf I needed a replacement.
Orvis Hydros SL IV and spare spool. @Danny keen for a Rerewhakatu mission?

Originally Posted by kiwijames

New toy. After selling my reel to @terryf I needed a replacement.
Orvis Hydros SL IV and spare spool. @Danny keen for a Rerewhakatu mission?

I don't know anything about fly reels but those look pretty cool.

Originally Posted by Shearer

I don't know anything about fly reels but those look pretty cool.

I like the color too

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I like the color too

Yeah same. It’s called Citron.

I have bought a 50 buck special from burnsco rod reel and spooled with line a while back as a "kids rod" after I near shit myself when a boy I took out nearly lost my 500 buck plus jigging setup over the side when he hooked two big ol donky kahawai simultaneously.

After its first trip I took the rubber band off and I doubled its value with a spool of 20p rainbow braid instead, so far it has landed many snapper and gurnard and sharks including my sons PB snap that had him railed for a bit.

new cheap gear is pretty good.....might not last so well tho.

Beautiful as a new Blaser and yup...


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We back onto the Rakaia at our new place and the season for trout is all year this year so have decided to try my hand at trout fishing, im far too uncoordinated for fly fishing, so spin it is. Got this little setup put together the other week, yet to get it wet.
Shimano backbone elite UL 2-12gm four piece rod (wanted a four piece as easy to carry on bike without breaking it)
Shimano Sedona HD 2500 reel spooled with Shimano 6lb braid, really nice little reel for the money, the drag feels so nice on it. Hopefully spend more and more time getting it wet as the evenings slowly get longer