What was your first dedicated Bream outfit??

[Bustlinbarry]

G'Day ppl!, Only just got my first bream rod bout a month b4 xmas. Couldnt justify buying top of the range stuff so I ended up getting a 6' Silstar Crystal power tip(pc-602spm) matched with a Surecatch 9bb White Horse (WHF930) came with 2 spools, the first I loaded with 6lb Fireline the other 4lb. Not the most recognised brands around but...... I like it it! so thats all that matters. Got 2 blackies on first two casts on Atomic grubs then didnt get another bite. Also used it recently near Nannup and picked up five redfin and a very small brown trout. ... Great site and congrats on the million hits keep up the good work.
L8tr
Barry

[DaiwaFreak]

My first outfit was purchased 3 years ago since i started fishing seriously. I got a Shimano Steve Starling Squidgy 7 foot spin with a Shimano Slade 100FB. I am still using this combo today as it is a good match.

Cheers

DaiwaFreak

[Stu_000]

Man you've dragged up a seriously old thread. Some of those heads are older and wiser now

[breambuster7]

shimano stella and berkley pro tactic haha i wish umm my first was a shimano catana and shimano 1500 sonora

[Hotrods]

ya not wrong ! this must have ben one of the first posts when the site was opened...

worth a read though as to the change in gear that has taken place over the past few years...

to answer i had to think pretty darn hard but im pretty sure it was a rebuilt Silstar 2pc 6' UL rod and small graphite reel of some unknown $30 price range...back in the mid to late 90's...lol

my first DEDICATED bream outfit was a S/H Daiwa Triforce-X baitcaster on a custom Samurai 002, and later upgraded to a Daiwa CV-X 103. and that was circa 2000/01 ish ?!?!

[Dror]

Wow a six year old thread, was before I had even joined the forum.
It is funny though to read about some of the outifts that guys like Dave Welfare, Bear and Richo were using back then. I wonder if they realised how much money they were going to end up spending on chasing bream.

Cheers, Dror

Hi all i think back to the 2004 era and it was a more general polastics and HB rod a Shakespere Graphite Uglystick and a Daiwa Laguna 2000 Hardbodiez.

Now a Pfleuger Trion 2pc and a Shimano Saros 1000... not the best like me mates but it'll do, and it does...

[MeePee_99]

My first bream outfit was a pflueger president 1-3kg (nice stick) and a shimano symetre (within a week or two got a twin power)

Now its a loomis drs 820 and a shimano stella

[Shortlite]

Well, seeing as we're on bream, and my RLF stuff is exactly the same, I will say that when I got here to Australia, and finding you bream boys, is when it took off for me.

My 1st outfit that truly saw me embrace insane light line spinning was my custom Batson RX6 SB720-4, matched to my Abu Cardinal C100UL. Then the Loomis, then the All Star, and now searching for the new weapon. I have also used a Pflueger President 6025, and a Shimano Biomaster 1000.

And now I have a Daiwa Luvias 1003 in my grubby mitts, ready for a tuneup and a pimping rod. So i guess i'll just have to build 2!!!!!!

[Dave W]

Originally Posted by Dror

Wow a six year old thread, was before I had even joined the forum.
It is funny though to read about some of the outifts that guys like Dave Welfare, Bear and Richo were using back then. I wonder if they realised how much money they were going to end up spending on chasing bream.

Cheers, Dror

lol I reckon if I worked it out (without the boat costs) I'd get sweet FA change from around $10000 a year................ but you gotta have a hobby

[crusty]

My first serious bream outfit was a 7ft sic stick 1-3kg rod and a excellor 2000 with 4lb fireline.
I then purchased a shimano catana reel and a $50 tackle warehouse special 2-4kg as a second outfit. Using this outfit caused me to dislike the Sic Stick. It felt too floppy (thats a technical term).
Found the Berkley dropshots in the series 2 with the shaped grips which while a little softer than the shimano rod still had better recovery so 1 of these quickly became 2, the grips felt heaps better than the plain ones. Had to get another excellor to fit this. Then I found Shimano T-curve 7ft xl 2 piece and it made its way home and a 2nd hand capricorn 1500 needed a good home. Added a ABU cardinal 802.
My wife thinks its an obsession, but I'm pretty sure it runs deeper than that.
Then came the pfleuger trion tournament (glorious blank but prefer cork to EVA on the grip) and a Team Daiwa Advantage 2000.
Was taking a trip to NZ to basically fly fish for trout but thought should take some plastics along so quick stop at Mo's on the way to Gold Coast airport saw an extra piece of luggage, a 3 piece raider.

And now love the look of Hot Rods Swizzle sticks so had a play with some blanks at Mo's and acquired a hastings pioneer PUR70UL and all the associated bits. Its mostly put together although I screwed up on the binding, one of the guides is a new mobile variety and getting an epoxy mix right is harder than it looks so its a little tacky. Stuck at work now so fixing it is on hold until after a family holiday. Awesome Rod though, very light and responsive and the handle which I copied from Hot Rods (shhhh) feels great. The lightest taps get transmitted. I can see my other rods be slowly phased out, (although I might just modify the handle on pfleuger cause its still pretty good).

[breambasher]

Hmm first bream outfit was.... only about 6 years ago and was a shimano raider and daiwa caprice 2000. Since then have gone through 3 raiders 6'6", a wilson live-fibre texalium 2-4kg spin and a daiwa tierra 2000, but know am using a hotrods swizzlestick 701ULF 1-2kg and a stella 1000 and am absolutely loving it and dont think I could ever use anything else!

[Richo]

I just thought to myself, geez I cant remember what I was using, then I looked and seen Id already replied in 2002..... and gee how times fly, that old combo would feel like a broomstick now with a brick for a reel. God how 6 years flies..

[kevvy7]

My first was a symetre and a shimano sss rod

[BARRAkid]

my first bream rod was a penn accord 2000 and a berkley dropshot