Shimano vs Daiwa

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Expert here pls comment! Wish to get a reel for popping. StellaSW 10000HG vs saltiga6000Gt. Which one to buy ah?

[Sportfisherman]

SW10000HG/STL10000FA for me , Saltiga has weakness in bail-arm due to plastic compenent wearing off after repeated use and it won't maintain the high drag setting for long .

Sportfisherman .

[jason]

Hi Chris
I will prefer SW 10000HG also...
More smooth and got extra spool.....


Cheers
Jason

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drop the idea of getting stella. can afford reel the den rod how? spend another 1k to buy rod? wifey will kick me bony arse! i have a penn international spinning rod 20lbs class. very old rod liao. thinking of pairing it with shimano twinpower 8000HG.some guys asked me to get Ryobi Safaris 5000. hoping to use it for Spartly Takabonerate & Takabakang. Maldives in future! any comments or recommend?

[octopus]

Chris,
To go for hardcore, the line capacity & drag (smooth on high drag) are important for those giant out there. My Twinpower 8000 manage to load 200m of 65lb braided line only. Somebody tested on twinpower 8000 and said the max drag(out of box) is around 8.5kg only. My friend said that I will be lucky if I manage to catch a 30kg GT on my twinpower

Rod might need 50lb class and above with strong backbone since you are going to those monster area.

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ok thanks for all the replies! will take note of all details given. heart pain one time.