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Daiwa and Korean OEM guy here. Shimano noob. What exactly is this shallow spool in Daiwa terminology? A 1016 Daiwa type spool? What's the deal here? Looks like a Core 50 MG spool in a Curado. Whats the excitement? Is a 50 MG spool in a Curado I this exciting to the Shimano crowd?

I used Sensi Thin years ago which is a precursor to Sensation. IMHO, if you want a low stretch mono with good handling, go with a fluorocarbon line like Seaguar Invizx or Sunline Shooter

Nope. Not yet. I plan on purchasing the frog rod and paring it to a used Megabass Zonda 68. I like the materials and balance of Abu Veritas rods and love the balance, materials and sensitivity of the Veracity rods. Fully expect the Ike rods to be technique specific rods that are somewhere between Veritas and Veracity in materials, balance and fit and finish. I plan on purchasing the frog rod to fish frogs/toads primarily with the rod serving overtime tossing jigs, T-Riged plastics and wacky Senkos.

Glass + #30 braid is a match made in heaven. Hard to go wrong with a Powell Diesel Glass Crankbait. I throw 90% of my cranks and topwaters on a MH Powell Diesel Glass Crankbait and it serves me very, very well.

The only Lews thing about a Lews reel is the name on the outside. Lews reels are re-branded OEM reels and as such are subject to OEM changes. These changed include things such discontinuing a platform (remember those great Bionic/Extreme/Rick Clunn BPS reels that vanished) or Lews could jump ship from Doyo to say Banax as BPS seems to have done and Lews reels could become a different Korean OEM animal entirely. What LEws does very well IMO is stick with the right Korean OEM, Doyo and order reels from them with good bearings resulting is a smooth reel.

Sounds like this isn't your 1st rodeo so it's fair to assume you know how to cast a baitcasting reel. Based on the description of the problem you having, I'd hazard a guess that you may be missing some shims from underneath your spool tension knob AKA mechanical brake. I'd locate a manual, disassemble your shim stack in you knob and compare. I had baitcaster that behaved exactly as you described and it trued out that a shim or two were missing.

The Abu Ike power rods come in a frog/toad variant which is 7'4'' MH and rated to throw between 5/16 and 1 oz. I'm looking at getting one for frogs and skipping plastics as well as pitching but I'm unsure how good the rod is going to be with bottom contact baits. Worth a look IMO.

Couldn't agree more. The SV spool with its light weight and strong braking profile seems to be more about skipping small plastics and jigs rather than bombing small plugs for max distance in open water. I bought my Alphas SV just for pitching and skipping small jigs and unweighted salt impregnated plastics, but if I was looking for a small plug finesse baitcaster like OP I'd probably get the centrifugal braking Liberto Pixy SPR or a yumeya spooled Shimano product.

If I was in the market for a finesse cranker then I'd be buying a Daiwa Liberto Small Plug Revolution (SPR). Excellent condition used can be had for less than $250.

What difference does it make?! Well, all the difference former secretary of sate. While a number of reels on the same platform means that the same platform is in use, this does not mean that the specs are identical. Reels of the same frame, ie platform have very, very similar appearances but often differ in specs and quality of components. Considering this thread was originally about the appearance of the Titanium 8 and its striking similarity to a Lews reel, it was important to point out that both reels are based on the same platform as a little known reel from rarely mentioned reel manufacture, hence their same appearance.

That is EXACTLY what you have been doing this entire thread. It's too late to back peddle now and change the narrative to "but I actually meant identically the same" Nope.

Yes i can. A Doyo Urano doesn't cease being a Doyo Urano just because it's painted a different color or the spool is slightly different. I've been inside many a Doyo and I can identify one when I see it no matter what color it is painted or what badge is on the outside. This new BPS Titanium 8 thing is a Doyo Urano. End of story.

You are either delusional or in denial. I take it you like Lews reels and this revelation that they are in fact Doyo reels is somehow upsetting to you and this is why you have gone to great lengths to dismiss this fact . There is no need to be upset. As I stated earlier my favorite Korean OEM reels are Doyos and many others feel the same way. Doyos are great and re-badged Doyo with a different drag star and other slightly different pieces of exterior plastic is still a Doyo and still great. No, I would argue that it is a Doyo Lubina, because that's exactly what it is.

Well, actually it is. Lews BB1 and BPS Titanium 8s are Doyo Uranos and what I posted was a Doyo Urano. The point of my post is to help you identify the OEM Doyo reel from which both the lews and BPS reels are made from considering you expressed difficulty in identifying the BPS Titanium 8 in not one, but two posts in the thread.

One of my favorite squarebill cranks. Highly buoyant bait with great rolling, wide tail kicking action. I've caught significantly more fish with these than KVD squarebills or any other squarebill for that matter. The downsides are that the bait is light weight, the hooks are poor and the the plastic is more brittle than other plastic baits.