About this product
Spinning Fishing Reel – in stock at 361 Degrees Adventure in Tanzania.
The Sedona is the reel Shimano sells most of, and there is a clear reason: it is the cheapest place in their range where you get a cold-forged HAGANE drive gear. Gears in cheaper reels are machined, with the teeth cut out of a blank so the metal grain runs across them. A forged gear is pressed into shape, which makes the grain follow the tooth. The result keeps meshing cleanly for years instead of developing the slack, grinding feel that cheap reels get after a couple of hard seasons.
The 4000XG is the extra-high-gear version, returning 99 cm of line per crank at 6.2:1. That is fast, which suits lure fishing: working a popper, keeping a metal slice moving, and taking up slack instantly when a fish turns and swims at you. Eleven kilos of maximum drag gives you the other half of the equation.
Around it, SilentDrive tightens the internal tolerances so the reel is quiet and feels solid, the G-Free body pulls the centre of mass back towards the rod, and the AR-C spool gives the casting distance Shimano reels are known for. The body is graphite rather than metal and there is no water sealing, so it is a reel to rinse and dry after sea use.
One thing to establish before buying, here or anywhere. There is no plain Sedona 4000 – the 4000 is only made as a 4000XG – and it exists in two generations. The current FJ weighs 290 g; the previous FI weighed 295 g. Everything else is the same. Ask us which generation is in stock if it matters to you.
Buying a Spinning Fishing Reel in Tanzania
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the spinning fishing reel at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every spinning fishing reel is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which spinning fishing reel suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Dar es Salaam.
Spare parts and replacements for the spinning fishing reel are easier to get here than on an overseas order, which matters once the gear is in use.
Browse more Spinning Reels in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on fishing reels, see this overview on Wikipedia.
Shimano Sedona 4000XG Spinning Reel