Gavin.Ange

I tried out some 30# seaguar in stealth grey and it was the absolute worst line I have ever used. It did nothing but break from the very first cast and continue to fray.

I have an Aldebaran BFS and its truly amazing, it can cast such incredibly light lures very far and it weighs practically nothing while still being super smooth.

The zodias is actually the rod I was looking at believe it or not. But when you say the 7' do you mean the glass?

I wanna hear from you guys, what is your ideal rod for throwing keitechs, more specifically the 3.8 and 4.3 size on weightless and 1/8oz swimbait hooks. Thanks!

I have the 7'2" legend glass and couldn't be happier throwing 5-12 ft cranks on it

I own 5 LTB's and couldn't enjoy them more. I have the 7'1" medium power fast action and i think that for throwing cranks it would work fairly nicely, produce very long cast and it has a soft tip, but you also may want the forgivingness of the moderate action

I use my 70 for a lot of the purposes you listed, such as t-rigs, light jigs, topwaters, small keitechs and of course flipping and pitching. The line capacity isn't minimal, you can still cast extremely far and have plenty of line to spare.

Dont believe there to be a difference between JDM and US Aldebaran 50 spool, but there is a difference with the JDM Aldebaran BFS, having the FTB magnetic braking system

Ive been fortunate to fish and own some high end reels such as the Met DC, Met MGL, Aldebran BFS, Core 50 and so on. I can say that each one of those reels performs amazing but each one does at least one thing better than all the others. IMO the Met MGL performs all the task of everyday fishing the best, I've gotten it to throw very light rigs exceptionaly far for not being a BFS reel, And of course heavier rigs far. But the US aldebaran 50 is an incredible reel, it can throw light rigs and up to 1/2 oz jigs very nicely.

I just received my 16' shimano aldebaran BFS from japan I did the conversions and it holds about 50 yards of 8lb line. I purchased the new seaguar finesse fluro in 6lb and the sufix nano braid in 6lb. Im going to be using it for light applications like ned rigs, shakey heads and wacky rigs. Should I go with the fluoro, the braid or the braid with leader? thanks for the help

The stile or aldebaran 50 would be your best bet. I own the BFS 6:5:1 and the line capacity is veryyyyy low. And there's nothing wrong with that... I just don't think that reel would be suit for your applications.

Should be able to find some on ebay

Hmmm... not what I was wanting to hear... Its like a weird tick/ grinding Is it the Anti reverse ratchet that would need replacing? http://fish.shimano.com/media/fishing/shimano/sac/images/schematics/Low_Profile_Baitcasting/Current_Models/Metanium_MGL/16METAMGL_OVS_HGR_v1_m56577569831025913.pdf heres the parts list if you could tell me what I need to replace Thanks -Gavin

Mine kicks in as well you just have to pitch it far enough or fast enough

I love my met DC, its only .5 oz heavier than my MGL so no big deal for me. Only downside in my opinion is you have to get the spool rotating fast enough for the DC to actually kick in (no super short pitches or cast) But I find that I can cast very light lures just fine, I have mainly been throwing a 3.8 inch keitech on a weightless screwlock hook very far... just my opinion though