CrankFate

I am not a fan of marketing materials and did not want the SV TW spool. To the point that I’d get a Tatula CT fitted with an aftermarket low mass shallow spool, better bearings and color parts which was closer to the ballpark of a Steez SV TW. I got the CT because I thought the SV had the SV TW spool. I have seen too many reels with the free floating spools get water and dirt from the spool inside. I’m sure that’s why Daiwa uses a solid spool on these reels. With holes in the spool the water gets onto the short spool shaft and is thrown off of the tip into and around the pinion along with any oil and dirt or grit mixed into it. Even without holes if you overoil the bearings, that oil is thrown into the pinion splashes over the gears and gets all over the drag. With a super light aftermarket shallow spool with holes in it, you’ll be outcasting the Steez, especially if you want to fish very thin braid. My CT is the same weight as a Zillion SV TW, but it will outcast it all day, even without the free floating spool. IMO, the most bang for your buck is in adding a very low mass spool to the reel. You add a low mass spool, you have a better reel than an SV TW at about the same weight. It’s the same reel body as far as I know. I whip the rod too hard for it to be worth it for me to use a free floating spool. The best case is going to be bearing oil all over my Drag. To to answer your question. The JDM comes in 5.5 gears ?‍♂️

Sorry to hear about the chemo. It’s good you’re still out there fishing. I don’t catch a lot of bass compared to other people. But I tend to get the bigger ones. I think it’s because I’m stil throwing cast after cast after cast waiting to get a big one after everyone else who hit the water at sunrise packs it up. Or staying after the sun goes down throwing cast after cast after cast waiting to get a big one long after everyone leaves saying they don’t bite in the dark. i don’t know what it is with this cancer, seems like more people are getting it including my wife (she’s ok now) and a friend who got it in his early 30’s (he’s also ok now over 10 years later). Chemo is tough, but I was talking to a guy who has stage 4 and is doing OK nearly 10 years after diagnosis.

I use corrosionX, reelX, penn & Abu Garcia. The very old Abu Garcia clear oil was the fastest and probably the best, IMO. Way back when, as a kid, I used the 3 in 1 because we usually had it in the house, but it doesn’t last long enough. I don’t like the super thin high tech stuff, it’s usually gone by the 5 or 6th cast because I whip the rod extremely hard every cast sending water everywhere and most of the oil off the bearings. By the end of an outing, my bearings are usually practically only lubed with water.

I have used freshwater gear in the surf for most of my life. No problem. Anything decent quality will be fine. Just rinse it off with a garden hose let it dry and add some oil to the bearings.

These casted 10-50’ beyond where the small starving bait sized fish are attacking anything that hits the water and at least 4’ below the surface.

I don’t know about the skateboard, but I’ve been told that for the conditions you describe, this is the proper technique:

I’m not that smart, but if you use an iron skillet, the olive oil turns to varnish over time.

Sometimes when this happens, the guy might’ve learned how to fish by actually fishing, instead of copying what someone else wrote in a book that most people say is a must read. Realistically, nearly everything everyone will tell you is going to be wrong. No matter what anyone says, how to cast, retrieve and set a hook is going to be determined by only one thing—body mechanics. That will change the way every rod, reel and artificial bait works in any given persons hands. Those little differences are what catches the fish. Most of fishing is matching the gear to what catches you fish.

Fish through it. Everyone says early morning or the evening is best. I am too much of a die hard to just leave when it starts getting too hot or too dark. All of the biggest bass I ever caught were sometime about an hour after it got too hot too fish. My guess is that the heat makes the bait sluggish but the bigger bass take longer to slow down and they start to attack just after all the bait slows down from the heat.

I think the lights draw the fish. From what I have observed many times in places where there is outdoor lighting near the water, the bass are drawn to it and use it to hunt. At night with lights, the bass hang suspended and wait for things hitting the water (like insects) or passing over their heads. I’ve seen this just about anywhere I’ve ever been at night where there were lights and bass, especially when it is hot out.

You never know what you’ll get on eBay. The most important thing about eBay is you’re crazy if you think that the $2.00 bearings or $1.00 fish hooks they sell there will be as good as the real brands like VMC or Boca and you’re crazy if you think those $10.00 Bocas are authentic. Rods and reels? Most sellers are legit. But a lot of the goods are factory seconds, display models or used passed off as “new.” There’s nothing wrong with used reels. I have some great ones. But you never know if the factory bearings were replaced with the $2.00 mystery metal bearings they sell on eBay. If you want to be sure you’re getting the real thing and it’s really new, go with a reputable store. I’d never order a fish hook or bearing on eBay. And I’d go used before refurbished. It’s usually a better price when someone just wants to get rid of it.

Some days everyone is terrible at fishing.

If you want the best experience, your best bet is to individually match a rod/reel to the particular task. One of the biggest factors in price is the bearing quality. Also, lighter, corrosion resistant strong materials are expensive to develop. Some of these new metals are as strong as steel but have the weight of balsa wood. These things take years and experts to design.

It may depend on the line, but I have spools about 20 years old that are fine, especially my old strens that I bought a bunch of when a store closed down. But any old Ande line seems to get harder over time. Most are fine indefinitely. I keep them inside not exposed to the light or elements. I think the old Stren from the 1990s is stronger than what they make now and use it in place of fluoro leaders when I want rubber band stretch.

Maybe. Weight makes the biggest difference. If there are no mechanical brakes, IMO.

No I meant the one I posted. I see the long shaft on the daiwa website. But in this case I’m still glad I skipped the SV, since the main difference that makes it SV is just the lighter spool. The after market spools are even lighter.

Yeah, I see that schematic above is not for the Tatula. Oh well..... it actuallyshkws the long shaft on the daiwa website. I thought the SV had the short axle.

None in mine. And the part doesn’t appear in the schematic. It means that some versions had this and some don’t, I am guessing by year.

Not according to the schematics.

I see the problem is resolved and I agree with the answers that say this happens when the spool is not under a load or tension. As as an FYI, there are 2 springs attached to the pinion yoke in probably all one speed reels. They apply spring loaded pressure on the spool. Sometimes the pinion might not be aligned properly and it prevents the pinion from engaging the pinion/spool, which triggers all of the other mechanisms related to the thumb bar (and on Daiwas, the T-Wing). If if you read through all of the paperwork for the reel, there is a warning that says not to press the thumbar or spin the handle without the spool in the reel—because it could cause damage to the pinion or main gear. I dont have the exact words of the warning with me at work, but it’s in there because of this. if you click the thumb bar and then turn the handle without the spool inserted, the spring energy could cause the pinion to pop out of alignment and get damaged when you turn the handle.

I don’t know, anything I have ever fished with the separate shaft in the pinion gets dirty inside. I spent about an hour and a half getting all the dirt out of my Revo Inshore last night. I think the grooves on the shaft that seem to have no real purpose are there to keep things out. EDIT: I thought the SV spool is on a short axle with a shaft in the pinion. And that’s why I wouldn’t get one, since there are shallow spools available for all daiwa reels. If it doesn’t have a shaft in the pinion—forget it. Then I’m wrong. i thought there was a pinion shaft because all images of the spool look like these: And the non SV Tatula spools look like this: When i I see part 66 in the schematic below, I go with the CT over the SV If you look at that shaft number 66 it doesn’t have the machining the CT spool has, I think that lets particulate matter into the handle side of the reel.

I agree. I find the SV style a waste. A full axle reel usually casts better. I am certain that the space between the shaft inside the pinion and the axle shaft of the spool allows dirt and water to enter into the handle side of the reel. And I see no added casting range. Braking, maybe, but the distance casting reels are almost always a single axle, not free floating. Every reel I’ve ever opened with a floating (SV) spool (especially new Abu Garcia’s) had sand and dirt inside of it. It doesn’t happen with full axle reels with the same degree of tolerances.

All of these. I have seen fish that will not bite anything. Zillions of times. And I have seen fish that hit anything the second you throw it to them. But usually when I can see them and get bit, it takes more work than when I can’t see them. Of all fish, I have seen more small mouths not bite than any other fish. Fish don’t always eat. They spend a lot of time just sitting around doing nothing. Or organizing the algae farm in their nests. I always think that whatever factors we know, like temperature, time of year, types of baits, etc. there’s probably dozens of things we dont know. Like variations in acidity, dissolved nutrients and other water variables. Or they might just be full and we missed the bite. I assume there a lots of reasons fish just do not bite sometimes. So I try to go fishing more often so I’m there when they are biting.

If you are gonna regret rods and reels, you picked the wrong hobby.

All I can say is unless you personally inspect them in a store buyer beware. I’ve seen all kinds of defects and mistakes in the stores. Sometimes they’re even 1/2” or more shorter or taller!