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Christened - 31 October 2008 5:37:24   
Mark Smith


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From: Mosman Park
Status: offline 		I was begining to think my surf casting overhead reel was jinxed or something having owned it for a good few months with just one foul hooked pilch to its name

Thought i'de have another go tonight to see how it handled a serious sea breeze. Pleased to report the jinx has been broken



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Rounded the session out with a solid salmon trout and another missed tailor. In the end an overrun ended the session early but I walked off the beach sandblasted but happy.

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 5:47:04   
Ian Moore


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Status: online 		About time!

See, i told you overheads are'nt just good for looking cool in photo's....
...they catch fish too.

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 8:14:06   
russell hoodpenn


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Status: offline 		nice taylor for ya mate,

what sort of rods that mark? kingfisher?

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 9:18:31   
Brett Flugge


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Status: offline 		Well done Mark, deserved that fish in what would have been hard conditions to battle against.  It was howling down here last night but weekend looks cherry ripe as it tapers off and hopefully the weed has dispersed.

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 9:59:47   
Justin Raath


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Status: offline 		Was very windy last night, went for a drive around 10pm..

Wouldnt have even thought about wetting a line, but I think the wind picks on us, up this way...

What size weight would you use to get it past the break in those sort of conditions? I used a 30gram and tried off the rocks in the marina earlier this week didnt get very far at all was extremely windy..

The waves almost picked me up and threw me into the blue, got extremely close when i found myself crawling up the rocks with the waves hitting my back climbing up a rock.. 

Is the overhead alot easier to use in the windy conditions?

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 11:14:41   
Brett Ozanne


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Status: offline 		Nice Fish Mark!!

Looks like the sands trying to reclaim your gear tho!

Rod looks like a Posieden? Perhaps?

Curious, your spool looks seriously underspooled, is this a calculated measure to reduce rotational mass and increase casting distance, or the result of overuns associated with getting a grip on using it?!

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 14:05:59   
Ray Walker


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Status: online 		Good stuff Smithy,I am glad you persevered.I used one for 30 years ( the biggest tailor went 6.5 kg's ), but as I got older I settled for the egg beaters. I still get them (Abu 10.000 CA, Speed Master ) out of the bag every now and then.

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 14:24:20   
Mark Smith


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Status: offline 		The rod is a Poseidon Bantam 13 footer. I generally run the light tip for perth beach conditions.

Casting the overhead into a strong breeze was adding another dimension to the difficulty. I could feel the de-celeration towards the end of the cast and had to increase the thumb pressure accordingly before touch down. I didn't realise how well it was casting until I went back to the threadline after the overrun drama. It probably is quite under loaded with line Brett. It has 150 metres of braid which is top shot with at least 300 metres of 20 pound low stretch mono and it could take a heap more. Amazing for such a compact reel holds so much line. And yes it started off with a bit more on it.

My first bag limit of choppers with that reel is going to be a major acheivement worthy of a cigar ( and I don't even smoke)

The platopus low stretch seems quite brittle. I snapped it trying to unpick a tangle last night. Anyone else find it fragile?

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 14:52:25   
Gary Samuel

 

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Status: offline 		Hi Mark,
I use the Platypus low stretch 20lb on an overhead and have found that it may not be so much a poblem with the line being brittle but after an overrun if the line has been doubled back or creased it will snap easy.Other than that no problems with it.

Gary

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 15:16:35   
Tino Baiardo


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Status: offline 		Mark i was using The Pink Platypus low stretch and think its useless (beach fishing)for my purposes as i also had lots of breakages....I now use shimano technium low stretch (9%) and reckon it works a treat.....has some good abrasion resistance, quite thin and is reasonably supple

300mtr one shot spools and only from Bcf unfortunatly......30 to 40lb spools range from $30 to $40

me thinks bluewater should get their hands on this product if they can as i think itll sell well for a mono

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 17:46:37   
Mark Smith


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Status: offline 		Thanks Tino and others. Reckon I might give the technium a go.

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 18:13:51   
Neil Daws


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Status: offline 		Stiff wirey lines tend to have memory which coils on overheads. Supple lines platy pretest seem to lack the memory coil yet come with some stretch.

Were using a helicopter helicopter please come down rig Smitty or a paternoster with a sinker at the end?

Maybe 100 metres of mono would be enough top shotted on some braid?

Braid has been a real new challenge with virtually no stretch it easily laps and binds down into a spool of line below causing easy backlashes. The hardest part for me is to keep up the radical cross wraps up to stop braid bedding with the arthritic thumbs.





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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 19:24:08   
Mark Smith


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Status: offline 		Hey Dawsey

Nah no helicopter rigs for me with the overhead mate. I'm not that good. Strictly clipped down paternosters using Imp2 clips.  Got to keep those casts smooooooooth

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RE: Christened - 31 October 2008 22:17:17   
Mark Fuller

 

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Status: offline 		I reckon you'd have less problems with casting overruns with a properly filled spool...looks like you could squeeze another hundred metres+ on there and that would slow down spool rotations per unit of line distance. Especially handy when casting into the seabreeze. That's a chunky tailor well done, I'd love to get out there and get me one or 5 of those...

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RE: Christened - 1 November 2008 5:47:02   
Mark Smith


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Status: offline 		Bit of advice please overhead men.

If you look at the spool of the salty 30 in my photo you can see a machined ring on the spool about 5mm outside the current line capacity. Is this the marker for full line capacity? The manual makes no reference to where to fill the spool to. I have been reluctant to put too much on it, but at present there is certainly room for a stack more line judging by the clearance between spool and reel body.

Many thanks

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