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For me, Spinning: rod first then reel. Casting: a never ending cycle of buying and selling JDM reels.

I fish southwestern Maine regularly. I fish 2 combos for everything bass related. I have more, but find myself mostly using two combos. A spinning 6'8" Medium Xtra Fast rod with a 2500 sized spinning reel. Then a 7' Medium Heavy Fast casting rod with a 100 sized baitcast reel. The spinning combo does the following: Tube Jigs Ned Rig Shakeyhead Senkos 5" and under Flukes Weighted plastics under 1/4 oz Fat Ikas Baitcasting combo for the following: Weighted plastics 1/4 to 3/4 oz - football jigs, T rigged craws, swimbaits like Keitechs, wacky rigged 6 and 7 inch senkos. Jerkbaits Spooks Spinnerbaits Some squarebills/lipless cranks. Flipping small grass patches. Thats really all you need for bass up north. This leaves out deep crankbaits, stuff like alabama rigs, and flipping really heavy cover. I do have casting gear for Ned rigs and tube jigs, but thats just for the heck of it.

3.5 inch Fat Gitzit in Brown Salt and Pepper. 1/4oz 90 degree jig head.

I like the Stick jackets that TW sells. The are good quality and micro guide tip tops doesn't poke through the nylon when you out them on the rod.

I'm wondering more about yanking 20 lbs of fish and slop with an SV spool, but thanks.

So I was tninking of getting a Curado 70XG for pitching and flipping 1/2 to 1oz rigs. Then when asking people about Daiwa reels in another thread, the SV103 got lots of love. I'm not sure how the SV103 palms either. I really like the Curados, but I'm intrigued by the SV103 and its spool versatility as well as it being built solid. I was also considering the Tatula SV, but cant tell if it has an aluminum or Zaion on the handle side plate. I can see using the SV103 for flipping, then as a back-up reel for weightless plastics. Is the SV103 something I could use for flipping or would the other two reels be better suited?

JDM Met MGL. Do it.

Yes you can and there is nothing wrong with it. Understand you need a baitcaster with a lightweight spool to effectively cast the light ned rig. Those are pricey. Then you'll want a ML rod with a fast or Xfast tip. Again, that is not an entry level rod in the baitcasting world. While I don't have any "BFS" enthusiast gear, I do enjoy casting a 1/6oz Ned Rig on baitcasting gear, especially for smallmouth in deep water.

The Exsence is a saltwater compatible Antares DC.

Yeah, I lobbed that one in there, didn't I...

Looks like you've put some thought into what you'd like to accomplish. You've got some sensible set ups and a couple folks have given you advice where to improve. I'm a sucker for the quality and value in the Cabela's Tournament ZX rods. I'm doing the exact same thing as some others posted. I'm cutting down on the number of combos I use. I've upgraded my three most versatile combos of which I do 75% of my fishing. Those combos are quality gear where price is secondary The other 2 combos are on Tournament ZX rods and quality but relatively inexpensive reels.

The Metaniums fish so well. Love my MGLs. I wouldn't use the Metanium and steez for the same things.

It palms different than a Metanium. Its like a wider Curado 70. The Metaniums are on MHF rods and feel great for football jigs, keitechs, flippin light cover, 3/8 oz platics etc. the Steez is going on a MF rod for 3/16-1/4oz stuff on open water.

This is my first Daiwa. Its stablemates will be a couple of Metanium MGLs. This thing is ridiculously smooth and still feels solid for a lightweight magnesium reel. The Metanium MGL put a smile on my face when I first cast it. The Steez put a smile on my face the moment I touched it.

Yo-Zuri is good stuff. Make sure you go by line diameter with them. Their magic 6lb test is the same line diameter as many 10lb monos.

The tourney Zx also have a drop shot version. Lots of value in those ZX rods. You could get a 25 sized Pflueger Supreme reel and be all set! Another option is a Japanese Domestic Market Stradic 2500 with s shallow spool. Like a stradic fk 2500HGS

I use same gear no matter where I'm fishing. If I'm bank fishing I usually just take two set ups. Caught my PB small mouth off a dock, so you never know.

From what I understand, the Scorpion DC is a 200 sized scorpion (Curado) with the DC5 unit from the Metanium DC. Its a 100 sized spool. I had two 2015 Metanium DCs. They were ok, the Met 13 and MGL cast further. But, this Scorpion should be a relatively affordable DC option. The DC 4x8 unit is fantastic, the DC5 was, well, fun but not awe inspiring.

Thanks. I'm assuming the SV spool is more desireable?

What are the differences between the New Steez A TW and the Steez SV TW besides the spool?

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3/16 oz to 5/8 oz stuff. Mostly plastois, maybe spinners. Will likely try skipping since there is postive feedback on skipping with daiwas. The 103 spool seems to be a favorite. Any difference in the US Sv103 and the JDM ss sv103? I don't mind used. Espeecially if it gets me into the Steez.

I have a 7' MF and 7' MHF Avid X casting rods. With a decent reel and line, you can easily cast weightless 5" Inch Senkos and Fat Ikas with the 7' MHF. With most reels you can toss jerkbaits, 1/2 oz Football Jigs, swim jigs, Keitech Fat Impacts, and pop the top of isolated lilly pads with T-rigged Rage Tails and the like. I don't use spinnerbaits a lot (GASP) but I'll tie them on the 7' MHF too. The 7' MF Avid is paired with a really high end reel and I'll toss 3/16 oz Ned Rigs and 1/4 Tube Jigs on it. It feels better to me with baits below 1/2 oz. The Avid Xs feel ever so slightly tip heavy when I think about it while balancing them in my driveway or the basement with nothing tied to them. Out on the water, I don't notice a thing other than what a great stick they are. I don't think people mention this enough, but the reel seat on the Avid X is one of my favorites. No exposed threads.

Get a 30 sized Pflueger reel and the Cabela's Tournament ZX rod. Did the same thing for my now 15 year old son two years ago and it's worked well for him. I feel like I got him a quality set up at a reasonable price. His combo is actually in the background of my profile pic!

Are the JDM "SS SV 103" and "SS SV 105" same as the US SV 103 and 105?