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Originally Posted by ChiefLinesider
Would you get a saltiga for the surf? As often as I go? Or VS?
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I've never used a Saltiga for an extended period of time so I can't really comment on it. After taking a real close look at the ones that were in the shop for a while I'd be scared to submerge them in the same way I do a VS. Bottomline is a VS can roll around the bottom of the ocean for a week or two and when it comes out be immediately ready for business.
Getting dunked while changing plugs, going under while being used as a walking stick, or tumbling across the rocks doesn't phase a VS. It's simply built for that.
The Saltiga is NOT built to be a surf reel, but obviously it works well for some. It was intended to be on a boat vertical jigging for tuna and other brutes. Serious fish to sure, but it's not just fish a surf reel has to hold up to.
The stresses the Canal puts on a reel (a spot where the Saltiga seems to dominate) are quite a bit different from what we deal with in Newport, in my opinion.
I think that's part of where reel wars come from. Just like I don't have a clue what I would need in a Canal reel, people don't necessarily see why I love my Van Staals.
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