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Culcutta

Daiwa

[charles]

Left hand model
Calcutta 51B, 101B, 201B
Calcutta TE 101, 201, 401

I would spend the same amount of money (ebay) to get the calcutta comquest 401 instead of the Calcutta TE401.  Much nicer looking, lighter weight, better drag star (cut metal rather than stamp metal) and tension knob.

Shimano reel is not hard to service.  Same goes with Daiwa reel.  I have done many and done many upgrade on them as well.  Easy change to carbondex drag will beef up the drag pleasure of your Daiwa.

I used them all from Calcutta 50, 100, 200, 400 to TE 200 to Conquest 200, 400.  I also used Luna 253 and 300. 
I prefer the Conquest over the Luna over the Calcutta B.  But I do find all of them quite bulky to use at the veddar.  I mainly use my Chronarch for blade now.

[Sam Salmon]

I have been a field tester for Diawa, and Shimano for years and find many of these comments amusing

I find it amusing that you can't spell the name of the company you supposedly work for!

"easy to repair" "easy to get at"..............Now if you buy the best possible product,,,there is NO need for repair.

Again it's odd that someone with your qualifications doesn't understand the difference between 'service' and 'repair'.

[pinkwool]

as for the rod - go for Shimano Technium 11'6" - plenty of power, limited warranty and the price tag ($159 A&N) does not bite like GLoomis or Sage. It's a new technology rod with wrapped blank to give you longer life for graphite fibers. They also have new Technium2 10'6" with lure weight 2-8 oz  , which you can double as a bar fishing rod, but it's over $100 more ($269). If you go into that price range, than GLoomis would be a better choice with life time warranty.

[rhino]

thank you all for taking the time to provide the insight to a soon to be new level wind user! It seems like keeping the cost to a minimum in this river both in the rod and reel is something to consider.  What do you guys think of berkley rods?

[deepcovehooker]

I bought a Luna in February.  So far I have only had 2 or three birdnest and or line going under the spool.  I used to have 2 to 3 a day with the ABU.  I would recommend the Luna.  The tension adjustment that you can palm is great as well.

[pinkwool]

thank you all for taking the time to provide the insight to a soon to be new level wind user! It seems like keeping the cost to a minimum in this river both in the rod and reel is something to consider.  What do you guys think of berkley rods?

Most beginners start with Berkley rods to keep costs down. It's a good beginners rod, but very easy to break if you don't know how to handle it (which is true for any other rod as well). If you get hooked by this fishery and if the salmon is still around in 4, 5 years, you find yourself buying more expensive rods. The only problem with Berkley is when you break it within a year  - it's only the store who can give you a replacement for free, which was 9-10 years ago. I'm not sure what's the policy now. With Shimano you have better chances to have it replaced.

[rhino]

ended up going with the daiwa 300. thanks for the comments. gotta find a stick now

[pinkwool]

good choice. You are not going to regret it. I would recommend to carefully read the instructions on how to adjust the centrifugal mechanism and always practice with your new rod on sport's field before heading to the river if you are beginner.

[Griz]

Good choice on picking up a Luna 300. I have fished one for two years and I love i. I actually have 3 of them myself. 2 rights and 1 left hand.
Awsome reel I have around 15 Abus beats all levelwind reels hands down. Griz.

[DavidD]

Bought me a Luna 300 a while back and just got to using it yesterday.  Very nice to use.  Didn't help me catch anything  - but once I had the settings are set - casted like a breeze. 

[umpo4]

For the best all round Fraser ,,,,Spring / Sockeye rod ,,,,take a look at the G Loomis GL2 1265 ,,,aprox 200.00 . Its a 10' 6" 2-6 oz 20-40 lb line but has a good reacting tip able to handle big fish and all day casting of 3-4 oz bettys. For the low end but very serviceable big rod Shimano "Convergence" 10-6" med -heavy or heavy. 75.00-80.00 bucks..............  We are NOT talking about Vedder rods here.............   

[Eagleye]

LOL ....nothing to do with the reel!

I find that overlooping/birdsnest are quite rare with my millionaire CVZ (older version of Luna) as compared to my Calcutta.  I think it has to do with the shape of the line guide and the breaking system.