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General Angling Topics => Shore Angling => THE GRINDER REVOLUTION => Topic started by: Nemesis. on October 19, 2011, 08:57:24 PM
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Finally received my new grinder, Daiwa Windcast Z5500 today!Loaded it with 600m 48lb Braid and 120lb leader, going to match her up to my Assassin Heavy that was rebuilt specifically for a grinder :clwn Can't wait to give them a go tomorrow!
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Ain't she a beauty! :hnthnt:
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Congrats on your new setup Darren and may it bless you with many sizer fish. (clap)
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Zirconium Flip up
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Thanks Rods! w;k
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Eish that rod looks the business my bru. :corrct:
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nice bra. looks gorgus. atleast now you can throw further than 50m.
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Congrats on the grinder bro! Where we gonna fish tomorrow? lol JJ im writing exams at the moment so we will meet up after i write exams and settle our competition we had last time at the grey smash w;k
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nice bra. looks gorgus. atleast now you can throw further than 50m.
hahahaha that made my day :hyst: :hyst: :hyst: :hyst:
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Sweet !
Should be a sick to pull a big Johnny with a Grinder .
keep us posted !
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Congrats Darren.The outfit looks jobs.I'm also contemplating converting my S6 for the grinder.I'm finding the P6 from Gremlins a little on the soft side.Can you give me some feedback with respects to casting with the S6?
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Congrats Darren.The outfit looks jobs.I'm also contemplating converting my S6 for the grinder.I'm finding the P6 from Gremlins a little on the soft side.Can you give me some feedback with respects to casting with the S6?
Thanks Guys@Donsa,Thats the reason why i never buy a P6,also felt it to be abit on the soft side. I had this Assassin Heavy for years, then decided to convert it, and boy does it throw well. Went for some Greys today, was throwing a 5oz and bait atleast 140meters. Still getting used to the setup, but i'm sure my distance will improve soon, and the pulling power is much better then the P6 :win: You won't go wrong if you convert you're S6 bud
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nice bra. looks gorgus. atleast now you can throw further than 50m.
haha ja ja you tinfish :clwn
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Hi Nemesis
Can you please advise which tip your using on your S6 ? As i have the short heavy and long heavy and considering having the rod customed for grinder as well...
thanks
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you guys cant be telling me now , that the t flex is not the business! duh have i know bought the wrong rod , i am sure Waly Watt said T flex /6 and he has caught some raggies on them how can the pulling power required be more than the t-flex has oh nooooo!!
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Hi Nemesis
Can you please advise which tip your using on your S6 ? As i have the short heavy and long heavy and considering having the rod customed for grinder as well...
thanks
Hey bud,do the Long Heavy tip, the short heavy tip will be to stiff bro
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you guys cant be telling me now , that the t flex is not the business! duh have i know bought the wrong rod , i am sure Waly Watt said T flex /6 and he has caught some raggies on them how can the pulling power required be more than the t-flex has oh nooooo!!
Hey Don, you know the saying, different strokes for different folks, the t/flex is by all means a machine rod, but i always loved my Assassin Heavy, and i couldn't justify spending R2500 on a T/flex, which i don't really like when i already had a great rod laying around
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true dat !, i am so far enjoying the rod , havent caught anything to brag about yet , just a small 3kg kobbie ! but the experience was electrifying , i have a waft musselcracker being built up for a grinder a nd a 10000gx sceptre spinning reel , the musselcracker has a similair feel to the t flex , maybe alittle stiffer so i cant wait , got the rod for next to nothing brand new and the reel is on trial paid 700 buck , butits solid , aluminium frame and has a long cast spool and a drag of note will post the trial results and our finding s its a nifty little reel this !
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true dat !, i am so far enjoying the rod , havent caught anything to brag about yet , just a small 3kg kobbie ! but the experience was electrifying , i have a waft musselcracker being built up for a grinder a nd a 10000gx sceptre spinning reel , the musselcracker has a similair feel to the t flex , maybe alittle stiffer so i cant wait , got the rod for next to nothing brand new and the reel is on trial paid 700 buck , butits solid , aluminium frame and has a long cast spool and a drag of note will post the trial results and our finding s its a nifty little reel this !
Yep have to put this windcast to the test, it hasn't proven itself like the Ultegra. Ay those Waft Rods are machine, saw a bally from Zululand throw with his(not saw what model) and a Saltiga 40 +bait, 180meters plus easily! Everyone just stands and looks when this owe gooi's!
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cool, yeah , i thought the short heavy might be too stiff as well. thanks
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i was looking for a medium sort of set up , a mate of mine had a musselcracker , when felt the rod ,man its was the perfect blank, for a sort of lighter than the t flex set up , i ordered the rod and when it came i realise dammit , this is heavier than my , tjomiies one, so turned out that my mates rod was indeed a garrick that was mismarked musselcacker for some strange odd reason , so now i have two set ups that are pretty much the same lol , so i decided to go with the slim look,the waft highlander series is a slimline blue marlin hmg blank anyway , and with the t53 its slightly stiffer maybe by an ounce than the t flex - reason - the t flex tip section is t 24, so lets see how this unfolds , i wanted to use "this lighter rod " for sandies blue rays and kob , but now its HEAVIER ! ANYWAY to cut to the chase i have decided to keep the rod and make do with what i have just bought , so what if i have two of the almost same rods , at least i have a back up lol! its the only way i can convince myself that i havent made such a big blunder lol! i decide to go with standard NLG guides by fugi - 30-25-20-16-16-12 -12 tip , do guys think this would wor?k or should go with the 16's right to the tip , , i did not want the rod to look too odd with the slm blank and mega big eyes!
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Don I would try and return the rod. Explain the situation to them and see what they say. I don't think you will be happy with having 2 almost identical rods however if you do keep the rod I don't see why you shouldn't go with 16s all the way through. With the size of the flip ups and first guides grinder rods look wierd anyway. I don't see how big guides could cause an issue but small guides could. Then again I know squat about rod building
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just got back from the rod builder , we took the leather grip of and true as hell its a 390 / 5 hmg, so now just to remove all the other gunk they unecesarily put on , and it feels light as a feather . i spoke to Rob he said someone gave hi something to think about the other day , that is tapering the guides down instead of a uniform size all the way through, because the braid comes off i a helical pattern you would want to break down the spiral gradually , i thought of the amount of fricton but hey im gona try it any way , its only 4 mm anyway i doubt it would make a hell of a big diffferenece , im using 30 lb power pro on this set up aswell. rod will be ready in about two weeks the guy is caught up with work !