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Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus May 10 2008, 07:25 PM

Well peeps I'm itching to give this reel out for a fish, had it about a week or so now.

A bit big for the 3kg line class that I fish & it's going onto one of my 6 kg sticks & with the run of the larger snapper due to arrive outside in the deeper water I'll definately be using it & giving it a good workout.

At present only the NTM 60 size is available would've loved to have gotten my hands on a few NTM 30's suited more to the lighter 3 kg line which I fish.

Just a bit of info on this reel mine was the 1st into Oz & is the sample reel so I dont have all the info stickers on it

* Full Alloy Body
* Hollow Anti-Twist Bail System
* One way Clutch system
* 13 Sealed Bearings [you could use this reel as a Roulette Wheel, that's how smooth it is]
* Worm Driven Shaft [ love this system could'nt help myself I opened up the reel & pulled it apart just to have a looky]
* Generous Spool Capacity

16 lbs - 170 yds
18 lbs - 140 yds

* Gear Ratio

5 : 5 : 1

Yet to try out the drag system but I'm sure it's smoother & more heavy duty than the other viva reels, simply because of the over sized drag washers which can be used in this reels spool design.

* Appearance wise ???????????

Velly SpoofyLaCockassen

Posted by: poly May 10 2008, 08:08 PM

twin drag or single j.g.

Posted by: Rum Dust N Ruckus May 11 2008, 02:38 AM

Twin... Very Very Nice looking reel!

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus May 11 2008, 02:47 AM

Yep YeI had to check Potato heads pockets B4 he left here this arvo in case he accidently put the reel in there on purpose

Posted by: Rum Dust N Ruckus May 11 2008, 03:03 PM

hahaha, was very temptin.....

Nah... I know what im after next......

Posted by: poly May 16 2008, 02:15 AM

have u had a chance to try it yet J.G. it looks the goods but dose it deliver

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus May 16 2008, 02:46 AM

Haven't even spooled it up yet poly, not one of my better weeks health wise

I did get the chance to rip this paticular reel apart some 3 months back when it arrived & have been waiting since then to get my hands on it

Think one can get a very good idea about a product when one pulls it apart & this reel really looks the goods.

It's good to see the Boys @ Viva Aust finally bringing in some really good gear , have been using the not yet released spin reels for a couple of months & they also are a very good reel.

Could've done a review on those right away but I have to wait till June sometime that's when they arrive.

Posted by: poly May 16 2008, 02:55 AM

o.k. mate i will just have to wait a bit longer, i was thinking it may make a good JEW reel off the beach, and yes i do use bait feeds off the beach.
one of the thing i would like to know is just how accurately u can set the two drags and what is the max drag they can hold.

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus May 16 2008, 03:00 AM

poly when this reel goes on sale !

Only 5 shops will stock it.

As a special intro offer those shop have to retail this reel @ under 1/2 price @ $99-

The offer is backed by the factory back in china & it's a super deal after which expect to pay over $200

Posted by: poly May 16 2008, 03:03 AM

may have to get over to SYDNEY and get one at that price

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus May 16 2008, 03:09 AM

Sorry mate missed this part of your post.

OK the beaut thing about Dual Drags is that you dont have to use the free spool option but it's there if you want it & I allways use it when bait fishing unless of course the fish are dropping the bait, then the reel is set on strike drag.

The free spooling option can be set that fine it's not funny, BUT what I find if you're going to fish this way is you cant have your rod pointing directly up in a verticle angle.

It must be pointed in the direction of your line [re how I did my wittle goats rod holders] else what happens is the rod hinders the line flow & fish will drop baits if they're finicky.

Jewgong can be a real bitch when it comes to dropping baits but give me a free spooling reel any day

Posted by: boris May 16 2008, 04:25 AM

yeah, i've seen the reel, pretty good looking reel, and is really smooth. Hey jumpus, if you're not feeling well, i can try it out for you. dont get me wrong, i'm just trying to help here, hehe....

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus May 16 2008, 04:32 AM

Where did you bloody see it ?????????????????????

R U Telling me porky's ?????????

Posted by: boris May 16 2008, 04:36 AM

i saw it at your place, i think you start forgetting things???? hehe

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus May 16 2008, 04:39 AM

Dont think so

I only got my hands on it last week

Posted by: boris May 16 2008, 06:15 PM

so which one did you show me? i thought this is the one you showed me??? anyways, i can sill try it out for you....

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus May 17 2008, 01:09 AM

Most likely the Browning TB's boris allways a couple floating around here