Fishing Victoria Forum

got my tax refund and I am planning to buy a new toy. I saw the 2012 Stradic 4000FJ in eBay. Cheap at $180 delivered! At 300 grams, this is not light. Anyone seen this locally, bought this, or at least played with it on local tackle shops?

Very nice! lol.. ive played wit em FC ,.. felt balanced i liked it and i was very close on to getting it but i went wit the daiwa emeraldas instead.. but am still planning to get a 4000FJ for more of my bream rod later on.

Just get that! LOl if you got your tax refund hahaha

Saltiga?.....forget it. :tongue: . Not going to spend that much for a reel intended for spinning for salmon. :roflmao: My tax refund is only good for 4 saltigas and I can buy a lot of stradics for the same money. :haha2:

Looks like a good reel , i got a couple small of older white Shimano stradics made in Japan . but i prefer Daiwa reels to be honest , i doubt it would be a bad reel "go for it"

vinhii wrote:

Just get that! LOl if you got your tax refund hahaha

Saltiga's awesome reels , can you buy some as a gift ??

I agree wit mike.. i do prefer the daiwa reels much over the shimanos .. and miker get fc to get us some as a gift haha he got enough for 4 remember :p

vinhii wrote:I agree wit mike.. i do prefer the daiwa reels much over the shimanos .. and miker get fc to get us some as a gift haha he got enough for 4 remember :p

Thats correct , he must have done a dodgy tax return to be able to get 4 Saltiga's :lol: . come on FC , buy me a saltiga & i will always show plenty of extra respect on the forum mate . :woohoo: :cheers:

I am a Shimano fan. I have the older models too. 3 x Sustain, the gold reel and 3 of those pearl stradics made in Japan - 2 x 2500 and 1 x 5000 plus 2 x Stradic Mgfa 2500.

Will visit BCF tomorrow. Might buy the CI4 from eBay for $208 delivered if I will not like this new FJ.

why buy new reel? I am a tackle rat.

MIKER wrote:

vinhii wrote:come on FC , buy me a saltiga & i will always show plenty of extra respect on the forum mate . :woohoo: :cheers:

So you are no longer going to kill me when you tell me your secret bream spots? :roflmao: :roflmao:

there are many ways to skin a cat, I mean ATO. Nah....I cashed out some of my long service leave and I was taxed at the top rate on those. So when I filed my tax return I got some extra refund than I expected. Too bad the missus learned about it. Why did I link my bank account to my wife's. :wall: