Another thing to consider is as braid gets soft with use it can stand up and form a loop on the spool as slack line is reeled in. This loop falls on its side and gets wound over with more line. On the cast the loop can tangle and cause a backlash or even a spool stoppage. Some lines more resistant t...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/34mm-BFS-Honeycomb-SPOOL-for-Daiwa-Steez-SS-SV-T3-RYOGA1016-ZILLION-SV-TW/123131097726?hash=item1cab2f727e%3Am%3AmjJsIrBbiLaOosZJ1adg4Xg&var=423580499887 DaveJ Thanks. Looks tempting. Price is similar to what a used Megabass BFS spool goes for and is fixed inductor as w...

Hello! I have bought couple of relatively cheap Chinese finesse spools from Ebay. Reel is Daiwa Zillion SV TWS. First one finesse spool was RAY's Studio BFS SPOOL, approx. 10 g with bearing. It is spooled with 0.12 mm Spiderwire stealh smooth (maybe 50 meters or less). It casts well more than 7 g (...

I would go for the Saltist Back Bay 3000. It is a BG with a forged aluminum gear and mag seal. It will be heavier than the Tatula LT but is supposedly a super smooth and powerful spinning reel.

Did you find the IVCB to be more difficult to dial in than other centrifugal brakes or is the thumbing of the spool and wind more of a general statement about centrifugal brakes? I've had plenty of centrifugal reels and I understand that it is normal to ride your thumb over the spool to slow it at ...

because the negative reviews all seem to focus on the ease of 'dialing in' the reel for casting to prevent backlashes. Was the reel difficult to adjust? That's a point I can respond to... the IVCB-6 brakes can take a bit of getting used to but are much more free than any of Abu's other braking syst...

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They are both 103 reels but with different braking profiles on the spool and different 103 spool platforms SV103: TD Zillion platform. Beloved old butter smooth tank modified from the factory into 103 spool compatibility. The spool is less over braked compared to the SS SV but spool swaps to a less ...

Wee bit of purple in there... Is that a Basszone handle? How do you like it? Yup. I just installed it last night, so haven't fished it yet, but based on the fit and finish I'm sure it will do just fine. Honestly, it looks just as nice as my rcs hadles. I'm impressed enough that I now have a smaller...

Wee bit of purple in there... Is that a Basszone handle? How do you like it? Yup. I just installed it last night, so haven't fished it yet, but based on the fit and finish I'm sure it will do just fine. Honestly, it looks just as nice as my rcs hadles. I'm impressed enough that I now have a smaller...

evilcatfish wrote:Wee bit of purple in there...

Is that a Basszone handle? How do you like it?

This new one is rated lower than the UL and is similar to the SUL Teton in max rating but rated lower at .3 gram baits vs the .8 gram of the SUL. SUL does come in casting though. There is also another new casting Teton with a very short handle. I think the 2pc junction is in the real seat like the M...

.3 to 3 gram rating. 1.75 meter long or roughly 5'10". I've never seen a rod rated that light. It is like a Kuying Ajing rod or would it be too soft? Weird. https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32908605166.html?trace=wwwdetail2mobilesitedetail&productId=32908605166&productSubject=KUYING-1-75m-...

Some of those Aliexpress rods have excellent build quality for the money. After owning a few it makes a lot of the rods sold on the USDM with unspecified, blank material, guide frames, guides and reels seats ect look like overpriced crap. I can never look at a Veritas again and see a $100 rod. The e...

I have seen the occasional broken pinion shaft the shaft that goes inside pinion and pushes on the spool tip. these issues are caused by operator error as a daiwa reel with magforce controls should be set so only the side to side play is removed from the reel and spool still spins free and only use...