The Calcutta is not a niche reel. I am just saying that most bass anglers keep something that is dedicated and do not play around with settings once they find what is right for them. You cannot compare Japanese anglers to US anglers. First of all they take care of their reels much better than the av...

On average most anglers will use a reel for a specific technique. Me personally? I never change the setting once I find the best one for that reel and rod. The frame strength issue. With the CTE reels, if it was dropped and landed on easy access side, the frame was done. You cannot close the side pl...

I have said it before and I will say it again. The cost of the extra machine work and parts would have priced the reel higher. We are getting hammered on the exchange rates right now which is why everythng continues to go up and we lose features because of it. If we kept all the features and brought...

To my knowledge we will not bring the rods to the US market. That may change, but for right now it will remain lures only.

This will not happen. Jackall will remain a premium lure brand as it was intended from the beginning. Ted Sakai used to be with Lucky Craft. He understands the lure market and will help to continue to grow the brand. The desinging will still take place in Japan. If anything we will help with color s...