Xzoga Taka Pi 7725 + 7730 Blank

Xzoga Taka Pi Blanks, which I built up:

7725 (rod name: 7708)

7730 (rod name: 7710) 

I am not an expert rod builder; guide sizing and placement might be better for you in another way. 

7725 (custom) Fuji MNSG 40,25,20,16,16 +16  -  1,25/2,5/5 kg

7730 (custom) - 10 kg

 Personally I pushed the 7725 to ~13,x kg drag (Saragosa 18000 F, max. drag with additional carbon washer and cals drag grease).

7730 (custom) Fuji MNSG 40,30,25,20,16,16 +16  -  1,25/2,5/5 kg

Thick wall of the 7730 (on the right), with a Ripplefisher GT 79H (left)

Left to right: Xzoga Taka Pi 7730 and 7725, Expert Graphite 7'10"

Tags:
Liftingtest / loadtest / deadlift/ action / aktion / rodaction

Tackle House Int + Flitz

internal wire / through wired

Tackle House Flitz (unrigged)
75: 68g
42: 34g
24: 22g

Tackle House Int. (unrigged)
45: 43g
30: 29g

(Int. 30, 45; Flitz 75, 42, 24, 75)

GT popper, stickbaits & topwater

Comparison photo of different poppers:

Ballista Bull 120 & 160

Heru Cubera 125 & 150

Heru Skipjack 90 - 180

3x Heru Skipjack 150 (150,150,153g (left to right)) 

Ballista Bull 120&160, Blaze Sraththa 180&150, Cubera 125&150&180

Temple Reef Bull 125, 160, Detonator 168, 188 and the blaze 150, 180.

Temple Reef Ballista 140 

Ballista Bull 140+160 

Cup diameter ~43,5 vs 45+48mm

 

Maria Popqueen 200 / 100g vs Heru Skipjack 90 & 120

 

 

Fast sinking stickbaits (and a Shibuki for reference); Black Hole NS Calypso 80g, 110g, BlueBlue Gachisla 180HS, 230HS, FCL HJ200, Nomad Madscad 180 deep, old Sebile Stickshadd 180 FS, Shibuki 186

 

 

Fast sinking stickbaits (and a Shibuki for reference); Black Hole NS Calypso 80g, 110g, BlueBlue Gachisla 180HS, 230HS, FCL HJ200, Nomad Madscad 180 deep, old Sebile Stickshadd 180 FS, Shibuki 186

 

 

 

Halco Max 110, 130, 190, 220

Halco Max 110, 130, 190, 220

Halco Max 110, 130, 190, 220

 

 

 

Floating stickbaits:

Maria loaded 180, 80g 

Rapido 230, 100g

Shimano Head Dip 200f, 142g

Ocea 220 F, 122g

Nambas 154g

Nambas 170g

Crazy Dog 140g

Crazy Dog 84g

Some of them came with split rings, others not.

Roberts Ranger:

Big Shot 4 oz

Ranger 3 oz

Ranger 2 1/4 oz

Whistler 2 1/4 oz

Bounder 1 3/4 oz

Saragosa SW/SW-A & Spheros SW-A

Saragosa SW-A 18000 HG with 25000 spool

18000 HG ~920g

25000 ~955g

Saragosa SW 25000 (old model)

Vs Fin Nor Offshore (OFS) 9500

400m Jerry Brown solid 80 lbs, spooled from the Fin Nor to the Saragosa. The Fin Nor was spooled in a shop and I think I spooled it with more pressure. Finally I guess that the Sargosa has maybe <10% more capacity.

Saragosa 25000 SW vs Saragosa 18000 F
1070g vs 854g (with line)

Spool diameter:
25000 SW ~83mm
20000 SW ~76mm
18000 F ~72mm

According to a seller on aliexpress:
Daiwa BG 8000 80mm
Daiwa BG 6500 73mm
Daiwa BG 5000 67mm

20000 SW vs 25000 SW

Spheros SW-A 14000 xg 678g (without line)

Saragosa F 18000 860g (with line)

Saragosa SW 20000 1035g (with line)

Saragosa

SW 20000: 240m JB hollow 100 lbs

SW-A 18000 HG: 240m JB hollow 100 lbs

SW-A 18000 HG: 375m WFT 51 kg

SW-A 25000 350m Tasline x8 100 lbs

SW-A 14000 xg Tasline 80 lbs, 200 m

SW-A 14000 xg WFT 51 kg, 230 m

Spheros SW-A 10000 PG and 14000 xg

(I never fished them as I sold them to switch to the Saragosa SW-A 14k)

Daiwa J-Braid Grand x8:

10k: 370m, 0.28mm, 58 lbs

14k: 270m, 0.35mm, 78 lbs

A blacktip shark on popper put some heavy drag on my Saragosa 14k, therefore I'm figuring out the correct drag washer as replacement and wrote a list for me and anyone who might find it helpful:

SRG14000SWAXG: 3x 16215, 1x 16280

SRG18000SWAHG: 1x 16215, 2x 16217 (<<< it's drawn like this in the schematics, but doesn't make sense to me) https://fish.shimano.com/content/dam/Shimanofish/LocalNZ/Productrelatedpage/reels/schematics/EV_OVS_SF30_20SRGSW180H_51SF30X182X.pdf

SRG20000SWAPG: 3x 16215, 2x 16217

SRG25000SWA: 3x 16215, 2x 16217

SRG-20000SW: 3x 16215, 2x 16217

SRG-25000SW: 3x 16215, 2x 16217

 

RD16215, R16217, RD16280 

 

Line roller ball bearing (inner & outer diameter & height)

Saragosa SW-A 14k/18k:  RD8741 (5x8x2 mm(?))  10K67?

SW 20/25k: RD13829 (5x8x2.5mm(?)) 104JZ?

Solid Rings; Xesta,Owner,Shout,Aliexpress...

Jenzi, 4.5 kg "Vorfach-ringe/Oval Guides"
Xesta Professional Parts, Micro Solid Ring (Size 1, 3.6mm)
Shout 74-PR #4
Owner Solid Ring #3.5
Owner Solid Ring #4
Owner Solid Ring #6.5

Countbass solid ring #5, 4, 3.5 and 3

Xesta Size 1, Owner Micro 3.5, Shout 74-PR Size 4 and 5

Xesta Size 1 (3.6mm) and Owner Micro Solid Ring 3.5mm (47 lb)

Wire quality:

Xesta (top), Jeniz 4.5 kg (bottom right), Owner with thick wire (bottom left)

Owner #3.5 (80 lb), bottom left, and 2x unknown (Shout #4 and #5?)

Countbass solid ring vs Owner Solid #4

Breaking test - Xesta Size 1
with thick braid (for easier and faster handling), which is not realistic. I bet it will deform and break a bit earlier with fine braid. I just wanted to get an idea, as there is no pound test/rating given by the company for size 1 and below. The pictures show the deformation at 7.5 kg, 10 kg and 12.5 kg. Two rings resisted 15 kg and broke at 17.5 kg.

Split rings:

Rosco split rings (according to seller)

4,5/6/7/8/10/13mm

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