Hook2Jaw

The Daiwa Tatula Elite I got for Christmas slings baits farther than any reel I own. It is an absolute machine for covering water. I want a second one for jerkbaits.

Try the Lake Champlain Lures Swimbait. You'll thank me after.

Spoons. I've never caught a fish on one.

If you're anything like me, you'll never use the reverse.

I switched from Hobie to Old Town and will never look back, but that doesn't mean Hobie doesn't make a good boat. My Predator PDL is just plain faster than both the Outback and PA14 and the instant reverse is a blessing for fishing tight spots.

Berkley X9 is the bee's knees.

I think a lot of the folks here would put an arrow over the top of a deer almost every time considering their yardage estimates, but that's just my opinion. I'm between 20 and 50 yards depending on the rod and the tackle tied onto the end of it. ¹/¹⁵ Nedlockz and a TRD are at the bottom of the casting range, and big cranks, swimbaits, and lipless are at the top. I might be able to hit 60 yards with a ¾ ounce Yo-Zuri Vibe on the Tatula Elite, but that's a reel on my Texas rig and jig rod.

1. Roboworm Straight Tail 6", Aaron's Morning Dawn and Bold Bluegill. 2. YUM Dinger 5" in Watermelon Red Flake, Green Pumpkin, and Black Blue Flake. 3. Netbait T-Mac 6.5" in Green Pumpkin and Okeechobee Craw. 4. YUM Ribbontail 7.5" in Watermelon Red Flake, Green Pumpkin, and Black Blue Flake. 5. ZOOM Ol' Monster 10.5" in Green Pumpin Magic and June Bug.

I've been using a VMC Touch-Lok Snap, size 1, for most of my crank baits and jerkbaits. I normally remove the split rings, but they often stay on the jerkbaits depending on how they've been performing. It's been a quick method for dialing in color for me as of late. So, no, I normally have one rod per technique.

I did 14 miles this past Saturday, mostly graphing on Lake Murray in preparation for a KBF Open this coming weekend.

Squeak some extra coin out and get a Feelfree Moken 12.5 V2 or a Crescent Litetackle.

Since this thread has been revived, I've journeyed farther down the 6th Sense rabbit hole. I stopped by an Academy on the way to the Hobie Bass Open Series on Lake Seminole to grab a few baits and couldn't not grab them. I chose the Shad Burst for clear water, Live Shiner for sunny days, and Threadfin Shad for dirty water. They all slowly rose on the pause, but clipping a VMC Touch-lok Snap in size 1 has them suspending nigh perfectly. They walk beautifully, and often turn all the way around on a snap. They also get snapped up by bass.

1. YUM Dinger, weightless Texas rig. 2. ½ Ounce BOSS GK Flipping Jig with a YUM Craw Chunk. 3. 6th Sense Crush 50x Squarebill 4. Dropshot; Roboworm 6" Straight Tail, Missile Baits Bomb Shot, and the discontinued YUM Kill Shot. 5. 3.5" YUM Pulse Swimbait

I like the BOSS Finesse Flip in ⁵/¹⁶ with a Dirty Jigs 50 strand skirt.

Berkley X9 is great. It also sinks.

I think the SV reels have a place for squarebill cranking in laydowns where precision is of the utmost priority. I plan to add one to my shallow cranking rod soon, which currently has a Fuego on it.

Seven. Three on the rear of the crate, two on the front to allow me to access the crate easily and two flush mounts with rod holder extensions. My core rods that are almost always with me are; 7' M Spinning for weightless Texas, Wacky, Neko and Shakeyhead. 7'6" H Casting for jigs. 7' M Casting for squarebills. Those are my confidence sticks and techniques, and the other four are up in the air.

13 Fate Chrome spinning rods. The casting rods were great sticks for moving baits, but the spinning rods were absolutely dead in my hand when I needed sensitivity. They did not deliver.

In my opinion, a frog rod is no place to skimp on cost. You need a stick with some tip, backbone, and you need it light enough to constantly twitch it to impart that walk the dog action to your frog. I feel a fifty dollar heavy at the end of the day. I even feel my one hundred dollar Tatula XT at the end of the day. The absolute bargain bin option for frogging and lighter swimbaits, in my opinion, is a Shimano SLX combo from *** Fishing. On the opposite end I would start looking at the Tatula Elite, Shimano Exprides, Champions, and Fred's Magic Stick from iRod.

I own the 6'9" Tatula Elite Heavy and I love the rod, but I'm also not the biggest fan of the silver.

Fine. I bought it. I'll be the go-to man on the Rebellion since Daiwa has seemingly sold 3 and all of them are owned by folks in this thread.

Well, thanks for the input, @RTipton. I think I might get the 7'3" today and give it a good workout. I'm hoping to use it for Texas rigs and jigs.

I own Fuego CTs and my brother owns SLXs, and they're both excellent reels. I feel the SLX wins in a distance battle and the Fuego CT does a better job of controlling the cast. I feel the Fuego CT is built tougher, but that's probably just opinion. It feels like a more solid offering than the SLX. On the flip side, the SLX palms exceptionally well -- so well, that as a Daiwa guy, it feels foreign to me. The CT drag feels better, but the SLX feels like the smoother reel of the two. Rather than offer you an answer, here are my thoughts about both reels. I hope it helps you make your own informed decision.

I'm about to grab one or the other and I'm pretty undecided on which to get. I've got my eye on both 7'3" Medium Heavy Fast models. Which'un?

Four alternating half hitches.