I've casted the 16 aldebaran bfs with baits down to .8g and it was doable, but with my 1.3g mini cranks it was awesome. The lightweight avail spools are great in the older shimanos for casting the tiny baits. If you're wanting to stick with daiwa the ss air spool is a little lighter than the alphas ...

I fold a small piece of electrical tape over the foot and its worked for me.

Don't forget the cronos line of rods either. I have the OG tat and the cronos and the cronos is no joke. Very poison adrena feel to it.

Daiwa cronos 6'5" light powered bfs casting rod. 3.45oz

Balance point 2" in front of the lock nut with no reel on it.

I fully plan on getting a luvias 1003 eventually. I'm waiting for a few casting reels to come back from Spanky from being super tuned then I'll look to get the luvias. Planning on attaching it to the 6'3" tatula finesse rod which should make for a fun setup.

Daiwa cronos 7'1" MH xf: 4.15oz

I haven't fished them yet but I've handled over a dozen just to get a good sample of consistency and they are all very smooth and refined. I've actually preferred them to the stradics i've handled.

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Agreed! I really dig the white. Very clean and crisp.

The tatula drop shot rods may be an option. Rated down to 1/64oz with enough backbone for setting a solid hookset

Tatula finesse 6'10" medium xf casting (megatop tip)
Model tat6101mxb: 3.6oz

That air stream custom on a green sc5 blank would be awesome...

Is yours the ported spool? It looks like they went to a solid non ported design now.

Yes they do! Besides translating the page you have to click on the overseas mail order button to find out what to put in on the order form. But it was all worth it!

You could try to find a st croix legend inshore extra light powered rod. 6'6" and I've casted down to 1g with it.

Factory stock yes the aldebaran bfs is the most capable reel along with the conquest bfs which has an equally light spool. The scorpion bfs spool is a little heavier so you'll give up a little casting the lightest baits. The ktf spool is a little lighter than factory one and would be the best for th...