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Picked up this surf rod at a garage sale today and noticed that it said it was made for Len Butterworth. It also has a "sea knight deluxe" sticker on it. But thats all. Im not after anything special just wanted something to use for the smaller stuff. Cheers for any help

once again what do you want to catch and where from, salmon from the surf requires a different setup to squid from a boat to sharks from a jetty and so on and so on. also if you are just starting out dont go spending heaps on your rods n reels, get the feel for what you are doing and when you have a much better of what you are doing upgrade then and notice the difference. go to a good tackle store (not big W/kmart etc) but try the directory at the top of the page and then click on bait and tackle and one of the stores there will be able to point you in the right direction give them your budget and target species and fishing method (boat, jetty, rocks, surf, etc) and they will show you a few combos.the only stupid question is the one you dont ask

once again what do you want to catch and where from, salmon from the surf requires a different setup to squid from a boat to sharks from a jetty and so on and so on. also if you are just starting out dont go spending heaps on your rods n reels, get the feel for what you are doing and when you have a much better of what you are doing upgrade then and notice the difference. go to a good tackle store (not big W/kmart etc) but try the directory at the top of the page and then click on bait and tackle and one of the stores there will be able to point you in the right direction give them your budget and target species and fishing method (boat, jetty, rocks, surf, etc) and they will show you a few combos.the only stupid question is the one you dont ask

i have that exact rod and i love it. i'm not sure what the reel is but its a 1000 shimano thing that compleat angler at wallaroo had in a bargain bit cost me $20 that i put 6lb spiderwire(i think thats what it was) on. the rod was a gift from a mate so all up it cost me next to nothing but i love the thing

those "mercedes" engines in the ssangyongs arent made by mercedes but licenced so all it means is they supplied the plans, the rest was left to ssangyong. and no they arent mechanic friendly. but still a lot cheaper than engine out to change spark plugs on a porshe, a certain former owner of a big dealership in adelaide found that out the hard way

i would have agreed on the "ask what you think of this and you'll only get a list of problems" comment earlier but my computer wasnt being helpful. i have worked on a whole heap of different makes of vehicles in the few years i worked as a mechanic, and none of them were without their own issues, there isnt a model of any vehicle on the road that doesnt have its own consistent problems. and from what i've seen there are a lot of vehicles that have more issues that are more frequent that i would avoid and stick with those that have a reputation for quality, not to say the good reputation is a guarantee of a good vehicle as even ferrari and maserati etc have lemons. regardless of how well a vehicle is looked after it can still have too many issues to want to worry about. i have seen brand new ssangyong dual cab utes come out of containers already burnt as they have/had dodgy wiring, not to say all ssangyongs are like this but i wont buy one if a number of brand new 2-3km vehicles have serious issues as it shows what the general quality is like. you get a reputation on history, the longer the history the more accurate the reputation good or bad

hey skudded,not trying to talk ur jack down, just saying all the issues i had seen (and yes most were oil related coz of the injector set up - uses oil pressure for pressure in the injectors which requires a thinner oil) but also saw 2 turbos snap in half, and after tappets are done correctly the seals around the injectors leak, no mechanic in oz has yet to fit them back in without this issue, great from factory but until that job is done at 100-150k (cant remember been 6 years since i was in a holden dealer, well since i gave up the spanners for double the income). all the holden guys think jackaroos are great right until that job is done then they blow smoke and dont run right. anyone who says they do the tappets and give the vehicle back without problems just didnt do the tappets. yes they are isuzu but that is where the issue starts with these, because they were built for a market that are more tech savvy that us australians (hydraulic injectors is the biggest thing here) and a lack of training from holden itself in regards to correct oils and service procedures they were all treated like any other vehicle and now they all have issues from hard starting to blowing smoke.i'm no holden fan (actually a ford surprise surprise) by a long shot, especially since they stopped making cars and started producing commodores, pre vb commodore they had a decent product, since then they went downhill. in saying that fords more recent american imports arent for our conditions either especially the explorer (or exploder), old f trucks are great even tho they r huge, but the new mazda fords (ranger bt50) are a good buy at a good price. personally i would recommend toyota over anything else in any class, followed by nissan in 4wd class, outside of that run your own risks.and not all jacks had issues either!!! some just are hardly driven and as a result havent done enough work to have grown any problems. at the end of the day we need to look at the availability of parts, cost of these parts, and if i got bitten by the 4wd bug would i be happy driving across australia and if i broke down would i be able to get it fixed in most towns?

Walk along Pt lincoln foreshore flicken a s/p or lure round, rocky weedy sandy sorta area, heaps of yfw & the odd lizard :whistle:

up near ski beach would be a good start