![]() On the day, pickings were meagre given the discoloured water – but I managed to land a good-sized kahawai, which proved to be no match for this combo. One thing I would recommend is that you stick to the lure weight of between 60 and 100g, as casting performance began to decline when I used a heavier stick bait. The reel performed flawlessly it has a gear ratio of 5:6 which is awesome for casting stick baits or poppers. No surprise then that I wasn’t able to get quite the distance I normally do with the longer rod, but I was still able to get well out into the strike zone. Casting lures off the rocks, I normally prefer a rod around 8.5-9 feet long this one is a little under 8 feet in length. The first test was its castability, since the model is described as a stickbait casting rod. Unfortunately there had been a lot of rain, making the sea conditions quite dirty, but we were still able to give the combo a good workout. I only had a few days to get out on the water before the review had to be in so I decided to head around the coast to one of my favourite kingfish spots. Before I hit the rocks I loaded the reel with 300m of Daiwa J Braid in the 50 pound line class the line filled the reel spool perfectly, with no mucking around or leftover braid. It has 8 ball bearings and a maximum drag of 10 kilos. ![]() This componentry is normally reserved for the high end reels such as the Saltiga, but they managed to go all out on this reel too – at a third of the price! This model is designed for around 24kg braid which makes it perfect for the Hyper 792H rod. ![]() It has an aluminium body with an impressive line-up of features: Digigear II, Magseal, ATD, Magsealed Line Roller and Air Rotor all feature in this new Saltist. Straight away you could feel the weight of the reel, which screamed ‘quality’. a great-looking reel with a black body and blue trim. And I was more than pleasantly surprised when I took the Saltist 5000 out of the box. I knew straight away that there’d been no shortcuts taken with the design and manufacture of this rod, given the use of quality componentry such as this. It incorporates the excellent quality and toughness of Fuji guides, a Fuji reel seat and extra strong EVA grips. This particular model is rated at PE 5 and is suited to 24kg braid. The Saltist Hyper range has taken over from the very popular and well-tested Monster Mesh series. It’s a great-looking piece of kit great colours and extra light, due to its HVF carbon bias wrap construction. Review: Maxel Hybrid 20C & Pioneer Zion Light Jigging Rodįirst impressions are always important and when I unpacked the Saltist Hyper 792H rod I fell in love straight away. Review: Composite Developments Extra Sense Nano spin rod Review: DAIWA BALLISTIC EX 4000H SPINNING REEL Review: ABU ORRA S20 REEL AND VERITAS SP61 JIGGING ROD Review: SHIMANO CURADO 200HG AND BACKBONE ELITE COLT SNIPER 20-60G Review: SHIMANO Stradic FK 2500HG Spinning Reel Review: DAIWA EXCELER 3000DX & PROCASTER PRA702HFSE-AX ROD ![]() Review: TD SOL II FISHING REEL AND TEAM DAIWA ROD Review: Shimano Stradic FK2500 + Energy Concept Micro Jig Combo Review: SHIMANO CASITAS 150 & SHIMANO ENERGY CONCEPT INSHORE JIG O/H ROD Review: TiCA New Graphite 9’ Rod and Samira SAAT2500 Reel Review: Daiwa Saltist Hyper 792H Rod and Daiwa Saltist 5000 Reel Review:Daiwa Saltist BW 962HFS Rod / Daiwa BG 5000 Reel Review:SHIMANO TWIN POWER XD C3000HG REEL Review:Maxel Rage 25H Compact Jigging Reel Review:Daiwa Laguna X 702 LFS Rod and Laguna 2500 Reel Review:Okuma Tournament Concept 8’ Rod and Helios HSX-30 Reel ![]()
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