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by LowRange
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: Reels
Topic: New Shimano Caius casting reel
Replies: 8
Views: 373

Re: New Shimano Caius casting reel

Looks like a new plastic platform to replace the old Casitas platform. This particular reel looks like the bottom of the barrel version like a Bass One but at Casitas money. Hard pass.
by LowRange
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: Rods
Topic: New GLX
Replies: 29
Views: 2814

Re: New GLX

They look nice. It's not cutting edge or modern in looks but it looks nice for a Loomis rod. I like it better than the last gen. That one always struck me as someone timidly trying to make it look modern but didn't try hard enough like "let's put some carbon fiber accents on it WHOA WHOA just one li...
by LowRange
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: Reels
Topic: Shimano BFS Magnets
Replies: 5
Views: 427

Re: Shimano BFS Magnets

Thanks for your reply. From everything I've read, Shimano suggests adding the additional weights for extremely light lures. Seems ass-backwards to me. I got the reels (Aldebaran BFSs) initially because I thought they'd handle lighter baits (baisa, etc) a bit better than my Aldebaran MGLs and they d...
by LowRange
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: Reels
Topic: 22 Zillion TW HD
Replies: 171
Views: 560645

Re: 22 Zillion TW HD

I have a Zillion TW SV 1000 and a 12 Exsence DC. The latter my go-to reel for costal shore fishing 3/4-1 oz slim baits on a 9'6" -1 1/4 oz rod. Have tried the Zillion for this costal fishing as well, they cast about the same, safe and fairly good distance. The DC often feel a bit over breaked at "m...
by LowRange
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: Show and Tell
Topic: TD-Z Owners Guild
Replies: 355
Views: 253377

Re: TD-Z Owners Guild

No doubt about it. Often over looked by the newer platforms. This one has an Ian tuned TDZ 105 spool and 8# copoly. It checks all the boxes for me for medium(ish) moving baits. The spool has great control and distance for the few baits I have tested with it the one day this spring I have been able ...
by LowRange
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Maintenance & SuperTuning Q&A
Topic: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!
Replies: 1119
Views: 582403

Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

One thing for sure, look at the price increase since this thread was created. Yeah but the quality has gone though the roof. Those early spools shipped came cardboard packaging with ads featuring the spool imposed and hovering over a stock photograph of a spinning reel like a UFO. They had inductor...
by LowRange
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Reels
Topic: Red Zillion SV TW 1000.
Replies: 17
Views: 1122

Re: Red Zillion SV TW 1000.

What kind of a sane person uses a quality carbon handle with that kind of nut retainers? :laugh1: It looks like one of those cheap chinease handles that sort of look like an RCS carbon. Still the plastic nut retainer is dumb. I bet Daiwa got a lot of negative feedback from the US about the colored ...
by LowRange
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:32 am
Forum: Reels
Topic: New pixy
Replies: 28
Views: 2139

Re: New pixy

It's an Alphas Air for the US market. Daiwa doesn't call Alphas, Alphas in the US because we can't handle the name and end up calling it an Alpha. Sol, SV105 and now PX are the USDM Alphas reels.
by LowRange
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: Reels
Topic: Are you using any Chinese manufactured reels?
Replies: 17
Views: 2564

Re: Are you using any Chinese manufactured reels?

The Piscifun Alloy M reel is a solid option. I wouldnt pay the $90 full price for it, but for the $66 shipped that I paid for it, its a good reel. It was never slick-smooth, but again, still a good reel for what I paid. I suspect that the lower ratio reels would be smoother. Mine is 8.4 ratio. Have...
by LowRange
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: Reels
Topic: Aldebaran Tough to Dial In?
Replies: 11
Views: 1103

Re: Aldebaran Tough to Dial In?

^excelent post. I think another issue is people new to BFS especially from the US where a 3/8 oz 5" senko is considered a light bait gravitate towards a ML rod and then think they need a modern BFS reel because they are special reels for casting light weight baits. What they haven't realized that mo...
by LowRange
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:41 pm
Forum: Reels
Topic: Are you using any Chinese manufactured reels?
Replies: 17
Views: 2564

Re: Are you using any Chinese manufactured reels?

I have a few to scratch my budget/beginner reel enthusiast itch. I like to be well versed in the cheap stuff to recommend to new anglers and I frequently use them as loner reels and on kayak fishing trips. They can spend months strapped to the headliner of my Honda Element. Anyways the one truly goo...
by LowRange
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Reels
Topic: New Tatula is $100
Replies: 13
Views: 1511

New Tatula is $100

I wouldn't be interested but that spool looks a lot like the Elite Long Cast spool. That spool is just a standard Tatula inductor and spring fitted to a light weight G1 Duralumin spool and that apparently makes all the difference transforming it into an effortless caster and offering excellent contr...
by LowRange
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: Reels
Topic: Aldebaran Tough to Dial In?
Replies: 11
Views: 1103

Re: Aldebaran Tough to Dial In?

Modern BFS reels are heavily orientated for stream use with little UL rods. For a ML BFS rod I would use an alde 30, any of the shallower MGL spool reels or shallower spool Air Brake Daiwas. I use a 2015 Alphas SV and a 2018 Engetsu on my ML BFS rods.
by LowRange
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Reels
Topic: Daiwa Tatula 300 Question
Replies: 21
Views: 1982

Re: Daiwa Tatula 300 Question

Same handle shaft diameter but a bigger nut. Daiwa is weird sometimes.
by LowRange
Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:50 am
Forum: Reels
Topic: Daiwa Tatula 300 Question
Replies: 21
Views: 1982

Re: Daiwa Tatula 300 Question

MountainMan 83 wrote:
Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:37 am
Just a heads up- the Gomexus drag stars won’t fit a 300 without machining the nut or the star itself.
Is the 300 nut larger than other reels?