A while ago I blogged about this new but not easy to get hold of yet Van Staal VR50 spinning reel (see here), and when I was out in Kerry the other day a lad I know took delivery of one that he had had on order ever since the reel was first announced. I offered him £50 for it there and then but for some reason he wouldn’t take it! When I can track one of these spinning reels down I will be buying one for my own lure fishing………….
Anyway, a couple of guys kindly alerted me to a brand new, out sometime soon waterproof spinning reel from the US tackle brand Tsunami who seem to be making good waves in the striped bass fishing scene especially. I have no idea what their new Tsunami Salt X supposedly waterproof spinning reel is going to be like, but if it performs as per the claims in the video below then it could be pretty interesting - and especially for those anglers who like to reel the “wrong way round!” on a spinning reel and for the time being can’t therefore use a Van Staal VR50 which doesn’t really matter anyway because they are as rare as the rocking horse proverbials!
I am pretty sure that’s the 6000 size Salt X spinning reel the bloke is holding in his hands in the above video, and as per the details here there is meant to be a smaller 4000 size coming out as well which I guess might suit a lot of our lure rods. If you want to wade through a long forum based discussion on this upcoming waterproof Tsunami reel, go here and have a read through. I was looking at Stripers Online a while back when my wife walked through my office and laughed at me for looking at what she thought said “Strippers Online”! You all have a good weekend.
