Thread: Show us your Fishing gear

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

Bait and burley dinosaurs still roam the open seas it seems

The A-team:

- Mechanical jigging: Jigstar rod + Avet reel
- Heavy slow jigging: Shimano Revolution + Abu Garcia 6501
- Light slow jigging: Ocean Angler Bender + Abu Garcia 4601
- Microjigging/softbaiting: Explorer XT rod + Shimano Stradic Ci4+ 2500



Plus a shit load of game fishing gear, bottom fishing rods, surf rods and freshwater gear that rarely gets used.

How do you rate the Avet? They look very nice.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

How do you rate the Avet? They look very nice.

It's a good solid reel, more of a Land Rover than a Porsche, but it does the job. It's predecessor was an Accurate, that was something else! Sadly it went to Davy Jones and it wasn't my fault

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

It's a good solid reel, more of a Land Rover than a Porsche, but it does the job. It's predecessor was an Accurate, that was something else! Sadly it went to Davy Jones and it wasn't my fault

So want a DFS Slammer. Tougher than Chuck Norris

Originally Posted by kiwijames

So want a DFS Slammer. Tougher than Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris is an actor like Whisky with Joff

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

It's a good solid reel, more of a Land Rover than a Porsche, but it does the job. It's predecessor was an Accurate, that was something else! Sadly it went to Davy Jones and it wasn't my fault

Unlike a reel to leak oil?
Bugger.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Chuck Norris is an actor like Whisky with Joff

Yeah. And the Accurate is tougher.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Unlike a reel to leak oil?
Bugger.

If it only leaked oil that would be bearable.

What I have never understood about so many people that are right handed is why they would fight with there left and wind with there right.

I am right handed everything and wind with my left. Pain in the ass buying baitcaster or overheads with left hand wind.

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Originally Posted by R93

What I have never understood about so many people that are right handed is why they would fight with there left and wind with there right.

I am right handed everything and wind with my left. Pain in the ass buying baitcaster or overheads with left hand wind.

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I'm with you on that one Dave. I find a RH reel is perfect for a true lefty. Fly fishing looks awkward the supposed right way. Cast, swap hands, retrieve, swap hands, cast again.

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

What I have never understood about so many people that are right handed is why they would fight with there left and wind with there right.

I am right handed everything and wind with my left. Pain in the ass buying baitcaster or overheads with left hand wind.

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You are weird and against what is considered normal.





However in this case, I also agree with you.
Hold the rod with right hand and winding with the left hand just makes sense.

As with KJ, I also have a lefty father, and he winds with the right hand.

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.