John E Powell

Before you decide to go through with it, run a Q-tip through each guide and the rod tip. It is highly unlikely a diver rod of that age doesn't need a new set of guides. If you decide to proceed, consider spiral-wrapping the guides.

That depends on your rod lengths and if you run holders at the same or different heights and/or angles. All you need is room for them to work independently without interfering with each other. You can run them closer to each other if you have the proper tip separation.

If you don't find a buyer through here, you might try contacting Joe as there is probably a waiting list.

As mentioned earlier, the expo was held last year and is scheduled to be held this year from February 15th through February 18th, 2024 at the Niagara Falls Convention Center. This year, there are over 250 seminars planned for the four-day event. Additionally, new this year is the availability of free parking in nearby municipal lots.

I wasn't aware that the long-planned redesign of the Saltists are finally available. Looking at the specifications of the new models, I can see that Daiwa was listening to our feedback and has indeed relocated the line counter to the top of the frame, and lowered the retrieve rate on the size 30 to a more moderate 35" retrieve per turn. It looks like the new Saltist 30 should be better suited for diver rod duty than the previous model. Based on the new model's specifications, I think the size 30 is worth considering.

I'm going to presume you're looking for a reel to pull magnum-size divers since you wrote that they will be inside diver rods. A magnum diver rod is the heaviest loaded rod on the boat. For that use, I'd prefer a moderate-speed higher-torque reel to a high-speed reel like the Saltist. Also, I'm not a fan of the Saltist's line counter location and size, I find it gets in the way of my wrist and I have to hold the front grip in an uncomfortable and less-than-ideal manner to reach around the line counter. My friend replaced his Saltists with Shimano Tekota 600 for the same reasons, low on torque with magnum-sized divers and awkward for him to use. I went with Okuma Cataline CT-305Da. I think both are better reels for inside magnum wire diver use.

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