Ah.... I see Thanks for the reply, now I have a rough idea on how to go about. Rather than listening to the tackle shopkeeper. I currently have a 5000 size reel but I don't think my rod will be able to stand up to offshore fishing. Is it a good idea that I just change my rod and continue using my current reel? Or should I just change the whole set? Thanks.

I would like to share with you and others whom are reading this.
I use to buy cheap average reels and I'll throw out their ball bearings and replace them with good ones and I will use them in the sea. Those are spinning reels for jigging. I have ever bought Daiwa Capricon and never used it yet, it's so call branded but not so expensive but still cost around Rm500.00 because those cheap reels didn't break down or fail me till now so I didn't open my Daiwa yet.

If you have a good budget you can land up paying as much as RM3k or more for a spinning reel, these are top notch.

I begin to fall back on cheap average reels, usually made in China or Korea (I can't afford also la) I will reel in big catch out in the wild when some of my friends who can afford it using Penn, Shimano and etc.... bla bla bla. Important thing is the end results.
Also you may not have heard of this, some of my friends were fishing in some remote areas and were robbed of all their equipments and valuables. Even they were 4 of them fishing, the robbers are 8 of them on 4 motorcyles. How sad...

you are right. what's most important is not the gear but rather the enjoyment we get from fishing.

try to go in bigger group and avoid those places that is prone to robbing...

Fishing been hard

morning all anglers,
wjich would u prefer to buy

penn spinfisher 5500
banax gt extreame 5500....

or u guys got other suggestion....
need a reel soon...ajiking wahoo fails me!!!

How much is ur budget?
I would go for penn sumhow is a international brand.
And btw penn spinfisher V is actually 2012 icast saltwater reel winner

This post has been edited by vioxmonsta: Dec 5 2013, 06:33 PM

talking about icast. malaysia got fishing convention one ah?

Unfortunately, no

only got those exhibition right? like the one in shah alam.

Well its almost the same.just that malaysia punya not that happening gua.

This post has been edited by vioxmonsta: Dec 6 2013, 07:55 PM

thx...ive bought the spinfisher v 6500...

How much didya pay for it?

hey guys,
i have a rod which i bought last time
a 2 piece rod though.
the piece to hold the second piece is broken.
is there anything i can do with it?

Need to be clear on which part broke or where it broke.
based from what you described, sounds like the joint or the ferrule is damaged
You can find some Rod builders to replace the Ferrule for you, else if the black is damaged then you may need to shorted the rod a lil
Shortening the rod will definitely change the rod characteristic

hye anyone can teach me flyfishing? thinking of going to shah alam this wednesday.

i think it's the ferrule bro.
the rod is still good man just the connection part though.
Do you know anywhere good to repair?
In KL or PJ area.
needy to fix it man. no rods to use anymore. hahaha

Try getting a quote from kepong tackle.

can someone enlighten me bout megabass? why is their items soooo pricey compared to shimano or daiwa. is it just the brand? or it's the quality?

Megabass reels are based on Daiwa reels. They supertune, lighten and do whatever they do to make them perform better.

Not to forget, you are paying for the name too.

Hence the price.

It's like the M3 of BMW.