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People keep getting screwed by them because of a post like this

Are you talking about straight up counterfeit Conquest and Zillion? Or some cheap aliexpress reels that resemble them? We need to see some pics if tbey are counterfeits.

Alloy main gear

Just don't use that brake if anything. I think it will be fine unless you keep messing around with it.

Gammy ewg are not the strongest. For light wire i use hayabusa and owner for heavy duty.

Anything over 10ft is pretty d**n long for bass fishing. They have their time and places. The longest i have is 8ft 11inch and i use it for heavy carolina rig from shore certain time of the year. It is a lot of fun getting bit way out there with lots of lines out, reel in and hook set with a long rod.

It's always some of the newbies that just find out about these older limited and Megabass reels that are willing to drop big bucks to " collect" and after the cool facts wear off, they turn around to pass the torch (flip them) to next newbies in line. This is just some phase that come and go and been going around for some time now. Megahype was pretty crazy in 2020 when everyone was getting covid checks though 😂 I understand the personal value of ownership of the old tackles but funny i remember when some of these reels (zillion 50, type R) were out and available at the time, all i could read were people whining about how they weren't worth the money and not better than the regular zillion. Cabelas zillion was the laughing stock, everyone trashed it for its ugly green paint. Funny how the perceptions change over the years

Picked up a Mangetoola from tacklewarehouse sale. Swapped some parts, will spool it with 18 or 20lb fluoro and go on a heavy carolina rig rod. 20260529 172114 — Postimages20260529 172159 — Postimages

Tatula elite over M1 any day. Better quality components and stronger blank. Coming from someone that worked at Phenix.

That's pretty awesome. GLX 802C makes a great weightless fluke rod also. Flexible tip to cast and twitch, short rear grip for tip down and good backbone for hookset.

While not significant, shorter usable blank will give better sensitivity given the same/comparable material, guides and action.

Picked up a mint td-z 103h recently. Pairing it with Heartland Hayate 72 Type East for fast moving baits and etc.

That's something we don't see often. Congrats!

893C was originally marketed as the senko rod. Tatula elite 75mh is similar to the 89C but slightly softer and bends a lil deeper. Johnston brothers fished loomis prior to signing with Daiwa, i remember reading somewhere 893C was one of their favorites.

A2 has alloy main gear as well unless I'm missing something. Morethan PE TW has brass for 8 gear ratio, alloy for 7 gear ratio.