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Normalfellow
08-09-2009, 02:27 PM
havent posted in a while....fishing has beeen excellent this year so far........i got too lazy to post earlier reports in the year...

So I saw those new Shimano Tallicas in stores early and they looked pretty nice. I bought two of them, the Tallica 8 and the Tallica 10. The 8 is the size fo the Trinidad 12, and the 10 is the size of the Trinidad 14. I was very curious to see how it felt on a fish.....so went out to the 425 in search of tuna but none to be found. Weather was sloppy out there....really sloppy. doable but not enjoyable....went back to to the coronados and it was on like donkey Kong.



everyone was hooking up, but if you knew what you were doing, you would get some more.



Well the reel performed better than i had imagined. It definetly had the torque that the trinidad has been lacking. Ive used accurates too, and i might lean on accurate for just a bit more torque but it DOES NOT compare to how smooth the Tallica is. The casting, drag, and power was just so buttery smooth. Very impressed with them. planning on picking up all of them. the two speed was awesome! grant it, you dont need it, but it was nice...The yellows had no chance, brought in yellows faster, cast again, and boom on again....ended the day with 14 yellows and head back at noonish.



Lots of radio fish. but 425 to the 101 was slow....... here are the pics...



sorry if too many pics for some.





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calico killer kevin
08-09-2009, 02:32 PM
Sweet! THanks.
crizq0
08-09-2009, 02:36 PM
Wow! You guys killed them. Was this all caught at the coronado islands.

Fished on the party boats out of san diego in that area, could never catch any. Gotta give it another try one of these days.
victor101
08-09-2009, 02:42 PM
nice boat, nice gear, nice fish....

Im lovin the look of those talicas. how much???
Normalfellow
08-09-2009, 02:49 PM
nice boat, nice gear, nice fish....

Im lovin the look of those talicas. how much???

Thanks bud! Tallicas 8 and 10 are $479.99 each. $513 after taxes. well worth it...
calico killer kevin
08-09-2009, 03:11 PM
Now here's the question. Are they better than Accurates since at this price point, that's what they're targeting.
TShaffer
08-09-2009, 03:21 PM
Hey man way to go. I fished with you on the big game 90. I was the kid with the fish dope shirt. You still kick *** out there.
Normalfellow
08-09-2009, 03:22 PM
Now here's the question. Are they better than Accurates since at this price point, that's what they're targeting.

You know, I debated that with my friend for awhile. He has all accurates...

Im no expert by anymeans, but i have used a wide array of reels; including accurates. But to answer your question, I personnally think they are better than accurates in 2 of 3 catagories. my catagories would be overall smoothness, drag smoothness, and torque. I think the torque on accurates a tad better, but they cant touch the smoothnes of shimanos gearing and drag.

If you every get a chance to play with accurates, they are some what "noisy" but thats just how they are made with the gears the way they are. The shimanos is just so silky smooth....although when you are playing with it in a store it feels tight, but when your on a fish.....its incredible.
bigtuna52
08-09-2009, 03:59 PM
Were those yellows line shy at all..... what lbs test were u guys using?
DEADROOTS
08-09-2009, 05:09 PM
That last photo is one of the nicest pictures that I've seen for a while! Good job!
Oz
08-09-2009, 05:29 PM
wtg on slayin them yella's...sweet lookin reels there. good to hear some feed back on them.
JapanRon
08-09-2009, 07:59 PM
Hi NormalFellow,

Wow .... you'll never want for gear I should imagine. Excellent report and information.

JapanRon
Ifishtoolittle
08-09-2009, 10:39 PM
There is no such thing as too many pics, infact there is too little. WTG on the Yellows!
b20monster
08-10-2009, 10:49 AM
show off...!!! when can i borrow it to pull on some mean sandbass.?
mrjonez
08-10-2009, 10:56 AM
killing it out there. congrats. not to jack this thread, but how do you think those Tallicas compare to a new 2 speed saltist?
hbomb
08-10-2009, 12:00 PM
Im so jealous, :Cool: awesome job.
calico killer kevin
08-10-2009, 02:43 PM
You know, I debated that with my friend for awhile. He has all accurates...

Im no expert by anymeans, but i have used a wide array of reels; including accurates. But to answer your question, I personnally think they are better than accurates in 2 of 3 catagories. my catagories would be overall smoothness, drag smoothness, and torque. I think the torque on accurates a tad better, but they cant touch the smoothnes of shimanos gearing and drag.

If you every get a chance to play with accurates, they are some what "noisy" but thats just how they are made with the gears the way they are. The shimanos is just so silky smooth....although when you are playing with it in a store it feels tight, but when your on a fish.....its incredible.
Thanks. I have no doubt that these reels are sick as hell, but I think that Shimano is targeting the wrong crowd with this reel. Daiwa did the smart thing with LD's and 2-SD's targeting the Avet crowds, but Shimano, playing catchup, decided to go for the big dogs with this.

Well, I will just have to try them out before further assumptions. Back to the thread.:LOL:

Oh BTW, what happenned to your Trinidad DC's? Interested in selling?:Envious:
BigBass777
08-10-2009, 05:55 PM
Great day of fishing and nice catches. You guys slayed them.
fuj
09-03-2009, 02:10 PM
Now here's the question. Are they better than Accurates since at this price point, that's what they're targeting.

Better? Don't really know, haven't really put mine through a tough test. I used a Talica 10 on a 2-day recently and pulled on some 25-30 lb albies and the reel performed just fine. Compared to the Accu's I own, the B2-870 and B2-665, the Talica's fit and finish compare favorably. Drags are smooth and the handle binding at higher drag pressures is minimal. I hope to use the 10 in October on a 7-day, so I should have more info then.