However, when catch throws the hook, a weighted hook could pose a larger safety risk to crew than the conventional branchline weighting designwith two objects separated by about 0.75 m flying back at the vessel
Perfect for throwing slices at fast moving pelagic fish without sacrificing lifting power when needed Both Shimano Stella 4000SWB model feature a whopping 11kg of fish punishing drag (thats serious drag!) and line capacity of 210m of 20lb braid and there arent to many fish in the sea you cant catch
And thats okay too if you want your bait to kind of swim back somewhat horizontally through a school of suspended fish, like with a small swimbait or underspin
It's exceptionally ironic that since the very beginning of the Saltiga in 2001 the shimming has been messed up, not excluding even the 2014 Expedition which I highly praised overall yet still criticised its spool shimming, then finally after almost 20 years, or actually 22 years since the terrible shimming originates in the Saltiga's predecessor the Team Daiwa X of 1998, they fixed it to absolute perfection in the 2020 edition, but only for 5 short years before they reverted to a faulty shimming, as if it's their comfort zone or something