Thread: Surf casting rig

If I were to buy a new reel for surfcasting I would honestly go and buy a penn spinfisher 950ss the daiwa crossfire I have got does a good job but would hate to see what would happen to it if I got onto a big fish, when I was living in whangarei I burnt out the drag on a cheap daiwa while fighting a good sized fish from the rocks and the last run it took I watched in horror (actually feeling rather impressed) as smoke started to piss out from under the drag knob the ex brother in law stood there with a blank look on his face especially after he was going on about the area being a shit spot for fishing and the fresh lump of trevalley I stuck on the hook with big protests from the outlaw was also shit (believe me he knew fuck all I had to tie all of his traces for the dumb cunt) needless to say not only did the drag burn out I got totally spooled. Last fight with a big fish up there off the rocks I was on for a good 15 minutes gimballed up and using a kilwell bait runner reel and that stood up to the task nicely then I got bit off just as we were about to gaff the biggest snapper I had ever caught and it had been involved with many fights with good sized fish up there prior to that I really miss that reel I had it set up on a shakespeare black tiger boat rod which also made a really nice set up for rock hopping but I stupidly sold it to get gas to get out of whangarei after I got sick of living in a leaky old caravan I was renting at a holiday park after the marriage bust up.