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More than that you get a free floating spool which is worth the price of admission.

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I could care less about how a reel looks or how it might color coordinate on a rod, but i refuse to own a reel with a stupid name. Just sayin'.?

Reels that appear to be carbon copies of Doyo reels that're labelled Lew's are easy to find. i haven't come across that with Banax/Quantum. Not saying that isn't the case, just that I haven't found them yet. OEMs in many industries do exclusives all the time, so this may be the case with Quantum.

I have 4 Quantums and my brother has 3. All have a fully supported gear trains. Double bearings on the pinion and driveshaft. The 3 Monster 300s have been great on swimbait rigs up to 5ozs. Brass main gear. The knobs could be shimmed for lateral play, but I'm not bothering. Other than that they are solid all aluminum frame and sideplates reels. They use the Banax dial type centrifugal brake, but it's been great. My only regret is that I didn't buy more when they were on sale. Our Icon PTs have been very solid on swimbait rigs up top 2 ozs. I wasn't sure at first, but since it's broken in it's been perfect. Super easy to dial in ACS 3.0 brakes. Brass main gear too. While they're still listed on certain sites, they've been replaced by the Vapor PT. Same frame and brakes, but the Vapor has a 10 gram spool. The Vapor's main gear is aluminum which can be replaced with an Icon gear if it's an issue. I'll have a Vapor shortly. My fav is the Tour S3. There's nothing I don't like about it. It's tight everywhere. Very easy to dial in and a great long caster. My Curado K has been shelved since I got the Tour. The K is a fine reel, I just prefer fishing with the Tour, especially when I'm switching baits often. For me, it has a more predictable braking profile. It doesn't fall off a cliff one click down on the dial like SVS Infinity seems to do. I also have a KVD Smoke S3, which is a stripped down version of the Tour S3. There are a few differences compared to the Tour, including the spool. I don't have enough time on it yet to spout an opinion. 100% agree. $159 list being blown out at 50$ with shipping. Stupid good deal.

I hit my local DSG/F&S with a shopping list and the same items and prices from TW saved in windows on my phone. I asked and they priced matched which was cool and I didn't have to wait an eternity for the stuff to arrive. Saved 8$ on the Gantarel and a little bit less on the rest. If you're like me and dig the Beast coast Miyagi Swimmer the Death Wish 5" is nearly it's clone and offers some different colors. The Fishlab 3/4 oz Rattling frog is a true 23 grams, so it can be chucked a mile. We'll see about the hookup ratio. The plastic is kind of stiff.

If you open up your reels to clean and lube already, then you know it's about a 10 minute job to swap the gear and pinion from one Coastal to the other. You'll get an answer to your question quickly, or at least start the process of isolating the issue. A dry or funky frame side driveshaft bearing can feel like bad gear meshing. Btw, the gear set for the CT costs $23 if you order from directly from Daiwa.

Daiwa's trick with the CT and 100 platforms uses one pinion bearing in the frame. There's no bearing to support the pinion on it's other side, the gear side plate side. Instead the pinion's inner diameter is supported by the spool shaft's outer diameter. The shaft is stepped and the larger of the two turned diameters supports the pinion during retrieve. That's the extent of the support. But because there must be some clearance to allow the spool to spin freely without lubrication during casting, the tolerance is somewhat loose. This affects the interaction of the pinion and main gear. Some samples are smooth and stay smooth and others don't. If you'd like to see an example of a fully supported gear train then take a look at the launch video for the new Kast King Speed Demon Elite 10 speed. A section of the video highlights the gear train bearing locations. That frame snapshot will help when you look at any reel's schematic. As far as Daiws go, at minimum the current Daiwa Zillion SV TW. Just be aware that it's been described as the "TaT Zillion monstrosity thing" by at least one discussion group barfly whose presence is conspicuous across fishing forums that bridge many time zones, languages, and headdress. In private he'd advise that you give up your Friday night penny-a-pot Pinochle game in service of unearthing an ancient reel worthy of it's name from a pacific rim protectorate, then pilfer your 1st born's tuba lesson fund to rebuild it. Only then will flowers bloom again. Good Luck!

Maybe, but there are no rock solid guarantees. Daiwa and Shimano have struggled with this issue in their higher end models too. There are discussions elsewhere about this problem. Plenty of tears from guys who've plunked down on big ticket reels and are unsatisfied because of their expectations and their focus on gear meshing. Sometimes it's because of aluminum main gears, sometimes it just is what it is. A good place to start is to get a reel with a fully supported geartrain. Nothing below a Zillion coming out of Daiwa offers that. Quantum gives you that in the $100 retail Accurist. The Icon PT I have is at least a 5 year old design AFAIK, and has it. Not sure why Daiwa resists. Lew's/Doyo is partially there with the P2 reels, but falls short ultimately by not employing a drive shaft bearing on top of the roller clutch bearing to complete the deal. You're entitled to feel whatever you feel and want what you want. Personally I tune it out. I have a few reels I really like to fish with like the Pflueger Supreme XT that went geary quickly. They still do everything else really well. Just fine actually, so I go with it. New gears won't change a thing because it's the nature of the beast. Gear meshing isn't like sand in the gear box or chipped teeth, it's just a lack of tight tolerances to begin with or the inability of the original tolerances to be maintained by the platform over time because of use/stresses. Gear meshing tends to plateau for the most part if lubrication is maintained. I'd swap reels until you're happy, but don't be surprised if the condition arises again. It's not fatal, and it's not always a gear issue. Sometimes it's a pinion bearing(s) or a driveshaft bearing(s) issue that feels a lot like a gear meshing issue. While it's just about impossible for even a very talented person to produce a fishing reel in a basement machine shop, they are still dumb simple machines. They aren't complicated at all. Associating oneself with their moving parts will sometimes make it easy to solve what are in fact small issues and help in diagnosing easily correctable problems like a dry, or bad, driveshaft bearing that feels like bad gears.

I've seen well known pros on vid call the spool tension a centrifugal brake, call centrifugals magnetics and vice versa. Even KVD called his KVD MP reel's brakes externally adjustable centrifugal. He's having flashbacks from his stay at Quantum. I'm not surprised. Pros are no different than most people in that a fishing reel is a mystery to them. It's either too scary "inside" or they don't care about the tech.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MSINF2I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1&psc=1 I tried these from Reaction Tackle and like them. I chose "pointed end". They offer flat ended. The weave is nice and tight and the elastic strap seems to be good. Both orders arrived 2 days after shipping during the past 2 weeks.

The Pro SP skipping and pitching reel is interesting with it's super shallow spool.

I'm with you on this. I cover everything I can with UPF 50 clothing regardless of temp. Columbia Silver Ridge pants are light and cool. I have a mix of Orvis long sleeve UPF 50 shirts, and a ridiculous looking Columbia hat with flaps on the side. My face gets a UPF 50 gaiter. My hands, around my eyes and cheeks, and my schnozzola gets Aveeno spf 50. My father had a tough time with skin cancer on his face because he wasn't diligent. He's alive, and he got away with multiple skin grafts, but it wasn't fun at all. They had to cut him quite deep. It's one of the very few times I've heard him complain about pain, and he doesn't take novacaine or gas at the dentist because he says the drill doesn't bother him. Imagine that. https://www.columbia.com/uv-protective-clothing/

10:10 mark is where he talks about the wider line guide section of the T-wing.

In the video for the 300 he claims that the line guide section of the T-wing is wider than usual.

Shimano's brakes have a tapered friction surface. There's no benefit at all to having the spool's tension set for a little side to side play. It's actually a negative. Neutral spool tension set with side to side play eliminated, but no more, is where it should be set at a minimum. The spool will be as free as when the tension is set looser and the blocks will interact properly, and more consistently, with the tapered pipe/race. If you feel that you need a touch more spool tension to get you through the day, or your learning curve, don't sweat it. Once your're comfortable with your new rod, and how it loads and unloads with certain baits, you'll probably back off on the spool tension. If not don't worry about it and just enjoy yourself. Nothing's wrong and nothing's going to break.

I hit a nice electric-only spot with my brother for a super early sesh on our trusty old jon boat. He'd flexsealed it the week before, so i was hopeful that I wouldn't be on sponge bailing duty yet again, but I was. We were skunking for about two hours when I noticed my Plano boxes were floating at my feet, so I slipped on the gloves and went to work. Meanwhile he finally caught his first fish on his Bucca Rat, but his dollar store readers fell off his face into oblivion while he was trying to free her, so unhooking her fell to me. I got to hold her for the pic as a reward. My first good one came on a black clacker Booyah buzzbait that I'd found in a tree the week before when my WP75 snagged some braid floating in the water. Then I got another good one on the Livingston Bullnose. I'm starting to like this bait! It's definitely worth a look if you have the monkey tapping on your shoulder for something different. The G2 caught some, and a few more on a Little Dipper. No bigs, but we closed the show with 9 in total. Can't complain for a windless night.

So chalk it up. No bad karma.

Almost every hook I use is an Owner Twistlock. No such issues.

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Last night I waded through swampy, bubbling, stinky, slicks of algae. Leeches are unappealing enough, but I don't need some weird paramecium swimming up into my goesouttas either. To avoid that possibility I'll deal with sweating in chest waders. Sweating's made worse by fierce mosquitoes that force me to wear heavy sweatshirts in the summer as a barrier to avoid being eaten alive. I tune it out.

I wade a bunch of local "no boats" spots. Breathable stockingfoot waders are tolerable in the heat. Thin over the calf dress socks and super lightweight Orvis shorts help with keeping cool. i use Simms. All baits are on the table. Everything. I bring up to 6 rigs that I keep at the bank and exchange as needed. Some places it's one or two. If I'm roaming down a bank the unused rigs will be propped in a tree. I wade at night more than anything. It's weird at first, and a completely different world, but a total blast. Love it. Everything changed once I started wading lakes that I was sure were fished out or devoid of bass. It's the single best investment I've made.

I think the 7'3"MHF casting is the sleeper in the line. Nice multipurpose rod. If you didn't know the price beforehand you'd never believe in a million years that it's $54 retail.

An early morning trip to a local spot got me straight after last session's short strike skunk fest bonanza. No mondos, but they were hard chargers, even the sunfish. Nothing much was happening for me once the sun came up. My buddy was popping cocktail dinks on an IKA, but I'd lost my mojo completely. I popped on my polarized glasses and spotted a bunch of Gantarels on beds, so I tied on a Gantarel Jr. Second cast and a scrappy bluegill eater obliged. A very large and angry pickerel gobbled it next, but was thoughtful enough not to steal it. I declared victory then split.

Creeps don't feel anything. That's why they're creeps.