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Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 571
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Yah I'd go with the 400. The 300 is awesome but the lack of line capacity really limits the size of fish you can land. I have the 400 on a 8' Teramar and bomb casts with it. I think if I had the 300 on there I would be casting more than half the spool out.
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: SGV
Posts: 849
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Might I ask which Teramar?
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#3 |
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Join Date: May 2018
Location: Mission Viejo
Posts: 39
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I’m a freshwater guy switching over to the salt. Been a Shimano guy my whole life and I got a 400 Lexa Winn last week that I’m very impressed with. I spooled it up with 300 yards of 50 pound braid. It’s definitely big in hand but I got used to it rather fast. Also check eBay if your looking I got it for 156 bucks to my door. Sweet deal
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#4 |
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle Area
Posts: 861
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Thanks everyone, I'll probably go with the 400 and see how I adjust to it.
The next hurdle is finding a reel clamp. The Tiburon ones are $50 now which feels crazy and you cant find the older Diawa ones anymore. I'm really surprised there arent more options considering how many rod makers are going with the west coast deckhand style now. |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Fullerton
Posts: 1,361
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I was looking at the beefier low profiles last year and I think I passed on the Lexa, or maybe it was the tranx, due to lack of clicker. I wanted it to do double duty in case I wanted to use it for trolling
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#6 |
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 664
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The new Lexa CC has a clicker.
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#7 |
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle Area
Posts: 861
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Funny you posted this....
So I bought a 300CC for the clicker specifically to toss bait in MDR, and just found out they make the 400 in a CC as well. They are significantly cheaper than their HD counterparts as well. Looking through the specs online, it seems the only difference is the main gear shaft in the HD is Stainless, and presumably something less hardy in the CC. Worth saving $50? Meh, maybe in the 300 series. But looking at bigger fish in the 400, its probably worth going to the HD if no clicker is needed (it wouldn't be for my use in this rig...) |
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#8 |
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Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 571
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Shouldn't take too long. Just play with the magnetic brake on that thing to your liking and it basically casts itself.
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#9 |
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Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 571
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TMC-711MHBRA TMC-711MHBRA or something along this line.
7' 11" heavy/fast I think its a 30-60lb
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