Impulsive Folly or Bargain Buy

[Kaisemurangdai]

Went into the tackle shop to buy some leader yesterday and as I was leaving looked at the reels just out of interest. Ended up buying a Daiwa Regal 1500 X for $95 as a discontinued line.

I haven't read or heard much about them, everybody seems to be into Okumas and Tico's so help me figure out if this was an Impulsive Folly or A Bargain buy.

regards

Trev

[Rayman]

u can get a regal z 1500 at some DohDohDohDohDohs stores
for $99.

More bearings i think
dunno
not sure

[pw-bream]

I think that is pretty much normal retail for the Regal X, a regal Z at that price is more typical of the run-out prices others have mentioned.

[LakeConjolaFish]

What type of leader did you end up purchasing ?

[Kaisemurangdai]

LCF,

I ended up buying 12 lb vanish but I am worried this might be a bit to heavy.

[pw-bream]

That leader would be fine for some situations, and less than optimum in others. If you are fishing around snags, rocks, piles, etc than 12 lb is probably a good choice, but for a cleaner environment it is too heavy. you really need a range from very light for fussy fish in clear water (1 or 2 kg) up to as high as 10 kg in situations like oyster racks where you are going to get dragged over and around sharp edges, etc.

May be a good starter kit would be 4 lb, 8 lb, 12lb.
Add to that as situations indicate.