Picked Up The New Sustain Fg

[dam0007]

So for salt water I've been throwing Bait runner for bait and live lining and usually a Penn for throwing plugs. My girl bought me th Battle 5000 for my b day and bail would close mid cast so called Cabelas, explained and they said bring it back. So I had $116 credit and the Stella was in clearance for $600. Almost pulled the trigger. Debated for 2 hours between Stradic FJ Sustain FG and last year's model Stella. All in all I fell in live with the Sustain and considered the Stella over kill for what I'm doing. Sales guys just couldn't convince me on a Van Staal.

Any how no real purpose of my post other than I'm excited as hell to hit my favorite jetty and catch a Striper on this bad boy!

[dam0007]

Would like to add I have this paired with St. Croix 2013 Avid 9' surf rod.

[S Hovanec]

Those new Avid surfs sure are pretty! I wish they offered that color on the scv blanks! Actually, that may be something you'll see from Croix in the near future.

[ColdSVT]

I have alwaus wanted a sustain. I fished the flats or tampa quite often with a stradic FI and FJ I loved them on my st croix tidemasters.

I can only imagine how sweet the sustain is.

since I moved back to PA I havnt touched my stradics

[dam0007]

Sustain is awesome! You barely have to put any pressure on the handle and the thing just goes!!! It's like a Stradic that takes creatine! Upset I didn't get the kick stand with the 6000 model for the price. It would have been a awesome feature when I'm fishing from rock jettys. In all honesty if I didn't have the credit from the other reel I most likely would have ended up with the Stradic FJ. This reel ran me 380 and after owning so many shimano reels I feel this is a $319.99 reel. It's a tad over priced but definitely feels far superior to the Stradic. Also happy I didn't get the Stella. Not for nothing either the Quantum Cabo looks and feels like a awesome reel. No more gear for me for years now. I've spent too much the past few months. Lolol

[SirSnookalot]

You could have bought a stella sw30000, list $1419, lol.  

 

I had initially considered a stradic 5000 fj for an 8' inshore coastal rod, why I didn't buy it was the weight at 10.8 oz was lighter than I wanted and the 6000 was too heavy.  I bought a Cabo 40 at about 14 oz, nice balance on my rod, good line capacity (250 yds of 30 lb braid) and max drag of 30 lb, not that I'm going to crank it down any way.  Had I been shopping for a reel for a little lighter rod the FJ would have been a strong contender.  I'm happy with the Cabo.

[dam0007]

Lol the Stella 5000sw last year's model was on clearance for $599

Do you gave the new model Cabo or the last model?

[SirSnookalot]

New one, I also own the older one in the 30 size.

[dam0007]

Nice!

[Koofy Smacker]

That bail closing issue is common on any of the surf reels with the bigger ball power handle. Two easy remedies. 1.) When you open the bail spin the handle till it hits the trip and leave it there. The handle spinning on the cast from the weight of the ball causes it to trip, this solves it. And B.) Take out the auto trip. Very simple, all it does is cause you to have to manually close the bail which is better anyway since closing it with the handle can cause wind knots.

 

I had the same issue with my Battle 5k and I took out the auto trip after whipping a 3 oz T-Hex into a headwind and snapping it off and have had no issues since then at all.

[SirSnookalot]

That bail closing issue is common on any of the surf reels with the bigger ball power handle. Two easy remedies. 1.) When you open the bail spin the handle till it hits the trip and leave it there. The handle spinning on the cast from the weight of the ball causes it to trip, this solves it. And B.) Take out the auto trip. Very simple, all it does is cause you to have to manually close the bail which is better anyway since closing it with the handle can cause wind knots.

 

I had the same issue with my Battle 5k and I took out the auto trip after whipping a 3 oz T-Hex into a headwind and snapping it off and have had no issues since then at all.

I can't seem to figure out what you're saying.  Of the 10+ inshore and surf outfits I own I have never had any premature closing of the bail in the last 30 years.  I do close the bail by hand most of the time, but not always.  Closing the bail by hand does not prevent windknots, more windknots are created when casting, not retrieving.  Whipping the rod is exactly what should not be done, line coming off the spool too fast then hitting the first guide is a major cause of windknots.  There is a video on the Spanish Fly website illustrating that and why some of the rods are using K guides to help prevent windkots.  A long flowing cast with a follow thru like a golf swing letting the rod load up does work out much better than a snap cast.  In golf they say " swing with ease into the breeze", it applies in surf casting too.