dragon1 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 17, 2023 2:36 pm

Damn nice score!

I don't recall all the colors, but did you look on the package to see where the baits were manufactured?

Made in the USA. Crystal Glow Alabama Shad, bluegill and Bronze Back.

Does the newer ported TD Zillion Ray's spool fish similar to the old non-ported one that I have? I don't like ported spools, but I almost bought one when I bought a PE long cast spool lately. Like most people, I love the old non-ported Ray's TD Zillion spool. It appears to be the same bit with lots...

NOLRAMB wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:10 am

The Destruction also came in, it's going to make a great close quarters larger bait rod.

I'm eyeing the Destruction and Swap Surviver for that exact reel.

I remember these as a kid and I caught fish with them on pond but they kind faded away as I moved on to more modern baits over the years. Today I went to a tackle shop run by a 94 year old man that I know has ancient baits on the wall for sale. I got some old Robo worms and strike king 3x elaztech l...

OG 3 and 6 would be close. Don't overlook the Fritts designed Berkley Frittside flatside cranks. The 7 is closest to the DT Flat 7. The Berkley hardbaits in general are good. I also like the new Bomber Flat A with the weight transfer for fishing rip rap. They are cheap, have the right action, cast w...

Bumping this thread rather than creating a new topic. My rose tinted glasses tell me the 1st gen rods were better than the Elite I have now. At the time the 1st gen rods stood out to me in how sensitive and balanced they were for a sub $200 rod especially with a $100 street price. My 73MH Elite feel...

Adding the 1010 in a TD-Z to the list. I heard about this one from Hogsticker2. I've had my FX68 1010 spool in a few reels and it was a long bomber in a gen 1 Steez LTD but I had to run the mag dial super high to keep it in control and I always struggled to make short casts with poppers around the b...

Reddit is where all the young bass normies are at talking about youtube crap and kastking reels. The bass forums have their own cultures with TT being the import tackle and enthusiast online presence of bass fishing in the US/Canada. I remember reading about Keitech paddle tails, BFS and orderig JDM...

Daiwa TD-Z Small Bait Special. IMG_8749.jpeg That's a rare spool. I have that exact spool in an IP68 for pitching and skipping weightless plastics on a gen 1 PP. Does an excellent job. He believes it to be Rays which I would agree. You are probably thinking of the MB honeycomb 36 mm spool. Which in...

So Okuma has the high end one with an aluminum frame and centrifugal brake.

To me it's seems like a money grab. The cheapest baitcast reel you can possibly make is a plastic reel with a linear mag brake. This is why the lowest of the low end offerings all use this formula from good entry level reels like the Black Max to the cheapest of the cheap Aliexpress reels. To take o...

On another forum this reel is being pimped HARD. The admin of the site is making the dubious claim that St. Croix designed the reel and owns the tooling, even though it's a Chinese OEM reel like everything else Banax. Those of us that know better were quick to point out that it's a Banax with a dif...

Are you tired of aluminum framed reels with outdated dynamic braking? Do you want finally an affordable reel with high end performance! Introducing the made in Asia SevIIn GF from St Croix. https://i.postimg.cc/D0gKBcys/Screenshot-20231107-114732-Gallery.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Pr5GdY53/Screenshot-...

Can the braid bars be removed from this reel? They make fishing with big fluorocarbon line basically impossible for me. The same IP68 spool in my IP reels is fine but backlashes in the PE special. I think the flouroslinky is hitting the bars as it tries to get off the spool and shoot down the level ...

Daiwa TD-Z Small Bait Special. IMG_8749.jpeg That's a rare spool. I have that exact spool in an IP68 for pitching and skipping weightless plastics on a gen 1 PP. Does an excellent job. He believes it to be Rays which I would agree. You are probably thinking of the MB honeycomb 36 mm spool. Which in...