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It's a few years alder, but the Curado 70/71 MGL is the closest. I have both

I don't own the BPS Carbonlite BFS rod...yet. I'm gonna wait for the spring sale next year to pick up the 6'9" one. I've handled that BFS rod in store and it's similar to the Dobyns Sierra Ultra Finesse 6'9 BFS rod that I own. I've added pics of the specs for both rods.

I have one also. I modded mine for BFS with shallow BFS spool with 4 pin centrifugal braking and drag clicker. It casts 1/8oz on up lures pefectly.

Hey Eric, The Tatula XT BFS rod I have is 6'5", 1 piece. The 1 piece part is misleading, it is a 2 piece rod. The rod does not split in the middle of the shaft as most 2 piece rods do. The split is where the rod blank goes into the rod handle. So the blank is 1 piece. Daiwa also sells a 2 piece rod that is traditional split in the middle of the rod shaft. The Tatula BFS rod reminds me more of the Shimano Expride 6'8" BFS rod, but not quite as firm. I consider both these rods as a bass BFS rod because the action is very similar to a ML casting rod, not as whippy as BFS rods suppose to be. The Tatula XT BFS rod has a little bit more give than the Expride. The Tatula XT BFS rod is light in weight. I've only used the Tatula XT BFS rod with 1 Daiwa casting reel that I modded for BFS. I have a Tatula SV TW 70(left hand) modded with a drag clicker and shallow BFS spool. I have modded a couple other Daiwa reels for BFS also. I know Daiwa has the Tatula BF70, BFS reel which is technically the Tatula SV TW 70 with a shallow BFS spool w/o drag clicker. That reel came out after I bought my SV TW 70 reel, so I decided to mod that reel I have to work for BFS. This rods sweet spot is from 1/8 to 3/8oz lures. Thank you Hey FishTank, from all those round BFS reels I own; the 23 Calcutta Conquest BFS is my favorite cuz it's more refined. The Loongze B51 Air MC comes a close second.

Hey WRB, I own quite a few BFS casting rods. My (IMO) high end BFS rods are: Shimano Expride, Zodias, Calcutta and Curado. I also have a Daiwa Tatula XT BF rod and Phenix Feather Light BFS rod. And a couple Phenix Classic BFS casting rods. Also a Dobyns Sierra Ultra Finesse BFS rod. I have 4 BFS trigger rods, a couple of them have wooden trigger handles. And a whole bunch of BFS rods from Aliexpress and Amazon. My most favorite BFS rods are the Expride and Phenix Classic BFS rods. I want to BFS fish at Castaic someday...

Top left to right: Loongze B51 DBC, Loongze Airlite B101, Loongze B51 MC Middle left to right: DK100 black, 23 Shimano Calcutta Conquest BFS, DK100 gold Bottom left to right: Sabre AKS 51, YeYa B51, Lizard Boki I'd say this is a nice BFS round reel collection. Not bad for only fishing BFS for 4 years. I have way too many low profile BFS reels and regular low profile reels that I've modded for BFS use. 👍💯😁🎣🦈

Did this weight mod on a couple Nessie glidebaits. I have these Bass Pro Shops crimp on hook weights. They sell them from 1/16oz to 3/8oz crimp weights. I used a 1/16oz weight and crimped it on the treble hook, so I can have the Nessie sink a bit faster and stay lower in the water column. I like the 5" Nessie for power BFS, it's light enough to throw on a ML BFS rod. I'll test out tomorrow. I hope my idea works and glide a bit deeper. 🤞🎣

I bought 3 different colored Micro Max 3/16oz chatterbaits. Not sure which trailer to use or which length trailer. Would a 2”, 2.8” or 3” trailer be ideal?

I still have a couple Carrot Stix casting rods.

Dobyns Sierra Finesse rods, certain lengths are under $100 right now. I'd jump on the Dobyns.

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I don't get the hype of a brush tail on either bait mentioned. From expensive glides and swims to the Chad Shad, even now BPS Swerve Glide bait and wake baits are having brush tails. Is a brush tail more aesthics and just to drive the price on a glide/swim bait? I'm quite fine with a plastic tail, as long as the tail can be replaced. It seems a brush tail will wear and fall off faster than a plastic tail.

I have a Megabass Great Hunting Huntsman BFS taste, but have an Aliexpress BFS budget.💯👍 I've been eyeing the Aioushi drop handle glass rod since getting my 23 Shimano Calcutta Conquest BFS reel beginning of this year. Yes the Calcutta Conquest is a lower profile round reel than say an old Abu Garcia 4601. I've used my Calcutta Conquest BFS reel on my other rods and it sits good on the reel seats of other BFS rods I own and palms good. The Aioushi glass rod has intrigued me for some time and finally pulled the trigger during the 11/11 Aliexpress sale. I received the Aioushi glass rod today and surprised how well crafted this rod is. The reel handle is real wood and the drop reel seat is quite artistic. It has a 14mm drop for the reel seat and is 1.45m(4.8') assembled length. It is 5 sections fiberglass rod and when broken down it is 39cm(1.3') length. It comes with a nice, sturdy rod case. Lure weight is 1 to 5g(1/32 to 3/16 oz). For a CDM glass rod, this is very nice! It's a beautiful glass rod with avocado green glass blank. Nice contrast to the dark gray reel seat. The glass rod blank is quite straight and the guides are perfect, when all 5 parts aligned assembled. I mounted my Shimano Calcutta Conquest BFS reel on the Aioushi rod and the reel feels low profile to me. Also tried my Loongze Airlite B101 BFS reel and Ifishband Tender Shoot round BFS reel. All 3 round reels feels low profile on the drop reel seat while the Tender Shoot being a bit taller in feel. The Tender Shoot height reminds me of the Abu Garcia 4601 round reel in feel. The Airlite B101 is the lightest round reel I own and it feels small on the Aioushi rod. All 3 BFS round reels paired with the Aioushi glass rod look stunning and has a premium look to me. I reckon the Megabass Great Hunting Huntsman with its raised handle grip will give the same effect as a round BFS reel sits lower when palming the reel. Looking forward trying the Aioushi glass rod with the Calcutta Conquest BFS mounted tomorrow for its maiden casting session.🎣💯 Man, have I ever gone deep down the BFS rabbit hole!🐇🕳😲😳

Cast_by_fly, do have a link for the Falcon Cara BFS rod?

Curado rod in 7'3" MH or Heavy. Checks off all the boxes for you. And it's a perfect match!

Izorline XXX 4lb line is real good stuff

Thank you RW, gonna miss you on here. I'll always remember..."good night Irene..."

I bought a jar of U40 cork sealant. What is your method to clean cork grips on your fishing rods? And what's the best way to apply U40?

Thanks MN Fisher, I'm going with magnesium for the body of both Aldebaran mentioned. Both are very light in weight, I reckon it can't be aluminum.

I'm confused what the frame material is on the 2018 Aldebaran MGL and 2022 Aldebaran BFS. I thought the frames were made of magnesium, but all I can find is Hagane, which to me doesn't mean anything than an aluminum frame. Anyone chime in what the frame material is for both reels?

Top from left to right: Shimano Calcutta TE 101GT, Shimano Calcutta 51B and Shimano Cardiff 101 Middle: 23 Shimano Calcutta Conquest BFS XG Bottom from left to right: Loongze Airlite B101 BFS Ifishband Tender Shoot Kawa Sabre JKS 51 Handle mods to the Calcutta TE 101GT, Calcutta Conquest BFS, Tender Shoot and Sabre JKS 51. The Calcutta 51B is kinda, sorta BFS. That I have 80% filled 65lb braided line and top shot of 15lb Power Pro braid. It does good with 5.3g(3/16oz) lures. Trying anything lower and it's a challenge and wants to cast left. Hard to find a shallow spool for the Calcutta 51B. So a Jimmy Rig shallow spool.

70diesel, thank you for your reply. I was actually asking cuz I ended up ordering a drag clicker kit for my Aldebaran MGL 51. I wasn't sure if the 50/51 and 30/31 frames were the same or different. I'm using my Aldebaran MGL 51 more for BFS fishing.

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What is the difference from the Aldebaran MGL 50/51 and Aldebaran MGL 30/31? Are they the same reel but one is USDM and the other is JDM?

Do you have a link please?