J&H Tackle - Hot Christmas Items

While there are still five more shopping days left in the holiday season, J&H Tackle has been very busy with wives and girlfriends coming into the store or shopping online for gifts for their significant others.  We've also had a lot of guys purchasing pink Avet SX Reels for their significant others.  Anything to make the women happy on the boat!  Here is a summary of the hot items people have been buying.

Gift Certificates top the list, followed by Shimano Trevala Rods with Shimano Tekota Reels (Mostly 600's).  Avet Reels in all shapes and colors, especially SX have been flying off the shelves. Our Van Staal Reel + Surf Bag Combo has been a winner.  ZeeBaas Reels have also been popular with the announcement that a person can upgrade to a larger spool.  Penn International Baitcasting Reels and Penn International Big Game Reels always sell well this time of year. 

Barefoot rods have been a hot seller.  Once people see the quality of these rods, they fall in love with them.  We have been pairing the Barefoot Standup Rods with Penn 50VW and Penn 50VSW Reels for great value.  Check out the Barefoot Rods.  You'll be pleasantly surprised!

Accurate Reels have been selling very well.  We can barely keep their Piranha Pliers in stock! The Accurate Boss Magnum 2-Speed Reels and the Accurate TwinSpin Reels have been hot.

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Happy Holidays!

josh

J&H

Daiwa Saltist STT20H and STT30H

Just got in our first shipment of Daiwa Saltist STT20H and STT30H.  The reels look great.  We have been waiting a long time for these reels and they are excellent.  With the smaller size, combined with braided line, it is possible to fish lighter, stronger tackle. 

If you were thinking of purchasing an Avet SX, MXJ, or MXL, it might be time to rethink.  The new Saltists are priced at $159.99, which is $40 cheaper than the least expensive Avet Reel. They also sport stronger drags, maxing out at 15.4 lbs, while the Avets max out at 9 lbs.  The Saltists also have a star drag, which for the novice fisherman is a better choice.  I've seen a lot of people break expensive reels because they do not know how to properly operate a lever drag.  

The one advantage the Avet has over the new Saltists is the weight.  The Saltists weigh approximately 2 oz more than the Avet SX, which still 2 oz. lighter than an MXL.  

Overall, I believe the new Daiwa Saltist 20 and 30 will be winners in the long run.  

Sincerely,

Josh

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Shimano Reel Rumor #2

Avet reels have been out for about 5 years or so and have become extremely popular.  It seems nowadays, everyone is looking for smaller more powerful reels at reasonable prices.  Avet slid into that category with little competition and made the good choice of anodizing their reels in several different colors (very reminiscent of the launch of the original iMac computer). 

We get emails and phone calls for pink, orange, purple and black reels on a daily basis and sell a large number of Avet reels.  As i mentioned earlier, they really don't have much in the way of competition.  There's the Daiwa Saltist, which is a nice reel, but a bit heavy, the Shimano Tekota is nice if you want a levelwind, and Penn has nothing unless you're talking about the Torque reels, but they are around $400. Yes, there are more shimano reels (trinidad, tyrnos, and torium), but they are either more expensive, or have very high gear ratios (which is great in california, but not in the Northeast).  Also, the tyrnos 2-speeds, while similar in price,  are significantly heavier than the avets.  Newell is a competitor but they have even more production problems than avet does. 

Now, to our rumor: From what i am hearing, Shimano is going to introduce a saltwater metal reel to compete with avet.  should be an anodized reel with similar capacities, and knowing shimano, should not have some of the flaws that the avets have.  just as a note, the major design flaw in the avet reels is that there is no stop to the drag setting.  what i mean by this is that you can turn the tension knob far past the point where the reel binds up from having too much tension on the spool.  You can't turn the handle and this leads to many broken reels from novice fishermen.

Sincerely,

Josh

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