seeing as how there is no freshwater section, and a lot of people here fish both i was trying to make a decision between 2 reels

I used the Sahara's last year, and they where reliable and consistent but the drag was a bit jumpy.
Shimano Sahara SH4000FD (http://www.tackledirect.com/shimano-sh4000fd-sahara-fd-spinning-reel.html)


I have heard great things about the Aird and i am hoping to sample one this weekend in Worcester.
Daiwa AIRD AIRD4000SH (http://www.tackledirect.com/daiwa-aird4000sh-aird-spinning-reel.html)


thanks in advance for your feedback

Skip

FYI its going on a St Croix Tidemaster TIS76MF, i am going to use it for a jigging stick in fresh water.

I fish Sahara as well, but have my jig rod as a conv. I guess my thought would be my stick for jigs is heavy and rarely if ever is the drag needed to be smooth as I keep it fairly tight set the hook and then haul them out of cover. BTW maybe its just needs some cleaning as mine worked smoothly on steelies this fall.

I will say also that my FW time really has been cut down lately so I cant say I have tried fishing heavy with my spinning stuff. Hope to get more into the LMB scene as my kids get a little older before I get them into saltwater stuff.

I like the Sahara decent amount of reel for the $,but i heard some good stuff about the aird.

Im not a conventional kinda guy.

But it amazes me the amount of pros going with 65# braid. Never had luck jigging with braid, i love suffix camo.


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I've beem using the Shimano Symetre the past couple of years and have beem happy with it.....reasonably priced too...

I've beem using the Shimano Symetre the past couple of years and have beem happy with it.....reasonably priced too...

That's the one I use as well. No complaints at all.
As for the drag issues Skip, remove the drag stack, clean and apply a thin film of Cal's drag grease.

Hmmmm cal's drag greese, im gunna look for some of that right now, this newb didnt know about it. Thanks BB.

And i have been leaning towards the shimano, just got derailed with some good stugg about that Aird, not that it matters in fresh, but that line capapcity is insane mono 12/260, may turn into a nice schoolie reel, 13.6# drag i think
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Just get the 1oz size. It goes a very long way. I believe Shimano also sells a drag grease.