New rod and reel - tcurve and sustain fg

[Sido]

Fellow breamsters

Looking for a heavier outfit for larger flatties and possibly jewies and like the following:

Tcurve inshore 691 4-7 kg
Sustain FG 4000 reel

Thoughts and any other suggestions circa $500.

Thanks

Sido

[_Luke_]

I'd grab a Rarenium Ci4 and then put the extra $100 odd dollars saved towards a better quality rod. Something like a GL3 loomis or a Samaki K2 if you after the latest and greatest componentry. Cheers,

Luke

[yakkindan]

I've never been a huge fan of t-curves, just one of those strange personal preference things. I also think you could go a bit lighter if Jewies are only a rare by catch. A 2-6kg daiwa wild weasel 6'10, matched to a 2500 reel of your choice. I'd say a caldia. Or a 3-6kg starlo stix and 2500

[JIM1]

Look up the shimano terez rods, there the "new" t curve apparently, look nice too. I'd go an fj. Then do some bearing upgrades, then have more play money for the rod or braid etc

[seanh]

I reckon the new Daiwa rods are a step up from the T Curves. the Gen Black or Black Label are both nice rods. Sustains are nice but you probably need go to a 4000.

[seanh]

Sorry I meant to say you may not need to go as large as a 4000 size reel.

[Spoolin]

I recently got a setup dedicated to chasing big flatties myself and was also looking at spending around 500, I ended up going with daiwa tournament specialist (762LFSOH) and matching it with a sustain fg2500,highly recommend both the rod and reel.

[Sido]

Thank you everyone for the great feedback - certainly some food for thought - will let you know what i decide.

Cheers

Sido

[MattGeyer91]

I would take a look at the samaki k2 mate they are a pearler of a rod, and reel wise either the ci4 2500 or fj 2500 would fit the bill perfectly in my opinion

[lukereneeseth]

99% of my fishing is for jewies and big flattys in the river.
id definitely go lighter. unless your planning on using it just for big baits, that's way too heavy for hards/plastics under 1oz.

I use a gary howard custom 6'10 4-8lb & Stella 1000FE, 5/6/8lb braid 8/10/12lb fluro.

I don't think the t-curves would be best suited for this fishing. daiwa, loomis, samaki seem to have better action, etc for the same coin.

i'd look more for a 4-8lb or 6-10lb rod and wouldn't go any bigger than a 2500 reel... you want to enjoy fishing at its best right. in saying that I get 150m of 8lb sunline on my 1000 stella, never been even close to spooled on it, that's 50+cm GTs 50-93cm jewies 30-75cm flatties, landbased. the lighter you go the more you catch and the more fun you have with it.

[seanh]

Originally Posted by MattGeyer91

I would take a look at the samaki k2 mate they are a pearler of a rod, and reel wise either the ci4 2500 or fj 2500 would fit the bill perfectly in my opinion

I had a look at a Samaki K2 rod today and they look and feel very good.

[_Luke_]

I agree with the above in regards to fishing lighter but don't go overly light! If you are fishing anywhere near structure (generally where jewies like to hang out) you are going to want a reel and a setup that you can actually fish a decent amount of drag over. I'm fishing a 2500 and a 6-12lb loomis for that heavy plastics work with some 14lb braid and 20lb leader. The loomis rod is well underrated and I have really given it a workout especially when thumbing the spool almost to the point of lock up trying to turn fish. Don't fish light leaders, there's no need to flatties and jewies are not leader shy. Obviously don't fish overly heavy that you affect the action of the lure but fish a sensible breaking strain for the fish you are targeting. Cheers,

Luke

[Sido]

Thanks again guys for the valuable feedback - have to agree lighter is better and appreciate the honesty.