Captain PartyMarty
Crew Member
If I wanted to order a Spinfisher 6500 in Canada where would one do that. Google only shows me us sites.
Penn Battle 2 vs Spinfisher
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MadJigga
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Amazon.ca
$255
Captain PartyMarty
Crew Member
I saw it on amazon but if you look closer it says ships from the USA which usually means you on the hook of brokerage fees....
Captain PartyMarty
Crew Member
They also want 40 for shipping
cracked_ribs
Well-Known Member
The 2500 is pretty tiny - only holds around 140 yards of 10lb mono...unless you're asking about a compact big reel? The 4500 is a small-big reel, if you know what I mean, I think it holds more than twice the line of the 2500 but it's still a fairly compact reel.
Good luck getting one now, though...supply chain is getting pretty weird these days. It's playing hell with ammo manufacturers which is more my area of expertise, but I hear that fishing gear is also all getting harder to come by. I don't think Harbour Chandler is having much luck getting stock out of some manufacturers and my suspicion is that it's the same problem ammo manufacturers are having: even the stuff built here, needs raw materials from overseas, and that's all garbled at the moment.
So anyway I'd like a new SF6 myself but am too frugal and living off my old diawas...but even if I felt flush I'm not sure of the supply. Happy to be wrong; there may be stock of higher end eggbeaters as a lot of guys seem allergic to them; maybe this is a product that's been unaffected. But I'm looking at stock of rods and reels in a few places starting to look a little thin, and I suspect that's why.
Good luck getting one now, though...supply chain is getting pretty weird these days. It's playing hell with ammo manufacturers which is more my area of expertise, but I hear that fishing gear is also all getting harder to come by. I don't think Harbour Chandler is having much luck getting stock out of some manufacturers and my suspicion is that it's the same problem ammo manufacturers are having: even the stuff built here, needs raw materials from overseas, and that's all garbled at the moment.
So anyway I'd like a new SF6 myself but am too frugal and living off my old diawas...but even if I felt flush I'm not sure of the supply. Happy to be wrong; there may be stock of higher end eggbeaters as a lot of guys seem allergic to them; maybe this is a product that's been unaffected. But I'm looking at stock of rods and reels in a few places starting to look a little thin, and I suspect that's why.
MadJigga
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I’d just call around then
Rain City
Crew Member
I was one of those guys. But on our last trip up the coast I brought along my old Osoyoos carp rod. A $30 (including tackle) Shakespeare. I was casting around docks and jigging up bait with the sabiki on it. Even had a few kids playing with it and they understood how to dump line no problem. I underestimated them. So after that I've now realised I would like to get something small but big enough to yank up a 20lb ling or feisty coho or something.
I was wrong.
You were right.
cracked_ribs
Well-Known Member
Oh, well, I don't claim to have been right about spinning reels or anything, those are just the reels I grew up with. I believe my dad read Charlie White's "Drift Fishing" and decided the spinning reels and light tackle described within were his favourites and I just grew up thinking they were normal. I do use other stuff now a lot of the time.
Although I will say that I was out in rough conditions at Thrasher earlier this week and when it was a bit hectic, I couldn't run anything as well as an old Diawa spinner I had on a backup rod. I ended up using the backup rod just because the reel on it was hardwired into my hands. I couldn't believe how smoothly I could run it, just from a lifetime of using them, even though for two years now I've mostly been using single action reels.
And that's why I too want a Spinfisher.
Although I will say that I was out in rough conditions at Thrasher earlier this week and when it was a bit hectic, I couldn't run anything as well as an old Diawa spinner I had on a backup rod. I ended up using the backup rod just because the reel on it was hardwired into my hands. I couldn't believe how smoothly I could run it, just from a lifetime of using them, even though for two years now I've mostly been using single action reels.
And that's why I too want a Spinfisher.
Dirk Diggler
New Member
I've used Penn Battles, Penn Spinfishers, and Diawa BG's and caught a boat load of San Diego tuna and yellowtail with them all. Do yourself a favor and google "Diawa BG reviews". I think you will find the Diawa BG comes out on top in almost every head to head comparison with Penn Battle 2 and is pretty much on par with the Spinfisher.
This Diawa BG 5000 is a bad butt saltwater reel for sure....
https://www.amazon.ca/Daiwa-BG-Spinning-Reel-Master/dp/B01JH8FHFI?th=1&psc=1
This Diawa BG 5000 is a bad butt saltwater reel for sure....
https://www.amazon.ca/Daiwa-BG-Spinning-Reel-Master/dp/B01JH8FHFI?th=1&psc=1
cracked_ribs
Well-Known Member
Yeah if you don't have a specific obsession with high-end reels which can also be reeled backwards, the BGs are pretty legendary.
Captain PartyMarty
Crew Member
I couldn't resist and ordered the Spinfisher from amazon. I got the 6500 which I would like to use for jigging bottom fish and tuna fishing. Anybody have rod recommendation to complete the combo? I was going to go with a trevala but maybe there are some better options?
That new spinnfisher deserves to be matched with a new Carnage 2 in the length, weight and style you intend to use it as. Many new styles about to be released, not sure of availability during the world madness.
HM
