CJankowski wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:37 pm

Dealer says 18th before they can officially announce and USDM will be $50 ish less than JDM version.

Brass gears and $50 less? Something seems a miss with that to me. Still made in Japan?

Maybe a $350 price point to go directly against the bantam?

I'm basing my reading off a chart like this recent one where the finesse SB sticks have more deflection than the heavy SB sticks.

I'm reading those charts as showing that the MHXF St. Croix falls in between the two Loomis MH sticks in power. The Medium fast St Croix stick has a touch more deflection and is therefore a touch softer than the 843 (MH) Loomis stick. Its' showing the soft tip deflection early aligning with the 843 ...

I've used many of the st croix blanks and have become especially fond of their XF tapers and have used their ML, M and MH XF blanks in the legend tourney and legend elite lines. The soft tip allows for nice accurate pitches and loads well with without having to force the rod to load. Since I'm a wad...

New alphas palms much smaller than the old alphas. Similar to the steez ct in size. Capacity is similar to the sv105.

But I see it on sale now at $150!

Bringing this one back to the top so it doesn’t get lost.

Good info.

Standard ch50e set is a 6.4 ratio. It is all that is needed to the swap but a drag upgrade is never a bad idea. The core 7.0 aluminum gears are still a very smooth set of gears and seem to hold well being that they are not a micro module setup.

Your IPT will be an inch or two more than the 6.5 aldebaran. The clicking drag referenced above is the “excited drag” which is the noise you get when the drag gets pulled out, like a spinning reel. To get that feature you would need item numbers 40-45 in the schematic below. If you don’t need the ex...

They are really touting how smooth these zillions are, I'm looking forward to seeing what they bring.

uh-oh, looks like Daiwa has went down the same path as Shimano, with their take on Micro Module gearing. Lets hope this isn't the case, but it looks and sounds like it. I won't be an early adopter, but the reel is aesthetically pleasing, though somewhat muted with the lack of color. Per translate: ...

So do people now like SVS more than VBS? I'm old and stubborn; so change isn't always a good thing. The new Met seems to check all boxes I would want though. Rick The newest version of svs (all the mgl spools) is very nice. I just turn on all 4 and adjust with the dial like a daiwa. It covers short...

The guys at TTT are fantastic, they always go out of their way to help you out. Everything is shipped quickly when I go that route but being within driving distance lets me go tinker and I end up spending even more $.

My old calcutta 50 had 16 years of hard use on it before I sold it and it was still as smooth as when I bought it.

I’ve had both. The MGL spool is a step up in all models. Distance and forgiveness are improved with the MGL and the MGL tolerates shifting wind conditions better.