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I wish these line manufacturers would stick a thin piece of paper or something for every 50 or 100yd of spool so we can easily tell how much line we're taking out of the spool. Hate being left with like 30yd of spool and going to waste.

Yea it all depends on how heavy the cover you're fishing is. I wouldn't use any BFS type of reels though

The new Daiwa Tatula spinning rods seem nice. Likely picking up a 6'10" M/XF (TTU610MXS) or 7' M/F (TTU701MFS) for the SO. I handled the new KAGE series as well but I liked these Tatula rods better.

I'm with you on this.. 19 Morethan with the 8.6 bronze gears and black/gold color scheme could absolutely just be the most perfect match. Gonna look forward to the reviews.

I was actually dead set on getting the Steez SV TW but when I went to go try both of them out side by side on the FMJ, I had to choose the better balancing A over the SV. The SV made holding the rod feel ridiculously light but it was noticeably tip heavy. The A balanced so well. I figured it would tire me out less when fished all day and make "working the bait" much more effortless. Was a tough choice.. but in the end, I went with the Steez A TWS.. Was also tempted to get the 6.3:1 simply because of the gold accents on the handle.. but knowing 7.1:1 is the better tool for this application, figured I could just get a set of aftermarket handles as an "upgrade" down the line and got the 7.1:1..

This x1000

Thanks for the reply. What are the benefits of the G1 RCS SV1016 spool and where can I get one?

Best bang for buck and still not much in compromise whatsoever... Seaguar Red but if you wanna go fancier... Sunline Super FC Sniper and if you're ballin' outta control... Tatsu rip wallet.

Yesterday I bought a Megabass Destroyer FMJ and a Daiwa Steez reel to pair with. Just want to see if I made the right decision... Will only be used for 3/8 - 1/2 oz jigs & creature baits on 20lb straight fluoro. Which Steez would pair the best with FMJ purely from a functionality standpoint? (disregard aesthetics) Steez SV TW 6.3:1 Steez SV TW 7.1:1 Steez A TWS 6.3:1 Steez A TWS 7.1:1

This makes a lot of sense. Thanks. As for the braid, I like Suffix 832.

All the different knots mentioned here are plenty strong. I like FG the most because it's the thinnest and goes through guides best imo

These work well for me as I often DS into vegetation... I can also just cut off the tag end weights, if I want to quickly switch to wacky.

FG knot!

For moving baits, probably Metanium MGL. For everything else probably Steez SV.

I've heard of braid grooving guides but perhaps the rods today are made to withstand braid. Though I've personally had no issues with braid even under heavy punching/frogging use, I've already decided to go straight fluoro when I get my Destroyer FMJ or other high-end rods. No issues with braid on my Orochi XX Perfect Pitch though. Which Destroyer did you get OP?

I'd use a proper Heavy rod for those techniques.

I'm sure there's much more right hand retrieve baitcasters floating around because that's what companies sold you on back in the day. Maybe we can get a tackle shop owner to chime in on sales data. What's more important is probably the change in historical sales volume of left vs right. What I know is my local tackle shop carries more left-hand retrieve models and don't even stock some of the right-hand models. Go ask 10 right hand dominant people who reel left handed if they can write letters on paper with their left hand. Probably 9/10 will have terrible left handed writing. That is logical reasoning and where your analogy crumbles to nothing. I've still yet to hear one concrete benefit of utilizing your dominant hand for reeling as opposed to controlling the rod. It's either just excuses of it being difficult thus making compromises or "it's just how I've been taught so I'm sticking with it".

Nah, you're just either delusional or in denial. There's an on-going poll on another forum with 945 votes, 57% being on left handed reel as of now. So your "most right handed anglers cannot reel right handed" statement is flat out wrong. Maybe it's just you or a small groupthink of similar people like you that find it SO difficult to reel with their off-hand. Also, don't be getting defensive. I never told you or anyone how to cast or how to do anything in regards to fishing lol. You're the one spewing what is "normal" and what isn't. You learned it that way, and it works for you, keep doing that. That doesn't mean new anglers need to learn the inefficient way. Also, observing these left/right hand threads, it appears that more people are starting to think that dominant hand should be controlling the rod/lure. Maybe it's the changing dynamics of modern bass fishing where baits are getting more complex and need the "fine motor control". Again, reeling is just the most menial task to bass fishing. We're not fishing 200lb tunas. Anyways, all I've done is present factual and logical reasonings while all you've managed to do is equate turning a reel handle to writing letters on paper. Just... lol.

He also thinks the best reels are the ones that cast furthest distance ?‍♂️

10# braid is typically good on spinning but I wouldn't go braid if you're not using a leader. You can just go with a high quality mono like the Suffix Advance in 8#. 30# braid is good for your MH but without leader I wouldn't. Probably go with 17lb fluoro like Seaguar red. For your heavy rod, you can go straight braid for frog/pitching. Minimum 50# braid. Braid color doesn't matter...

lol. It's all in your head man. You're turning a handle in a circle whether it's below the rod, above, beside, or on the ground. So can you turn an ice fishing spinning reel or not? Do you know what pitching is? I was talking about palming while pitching. Read my post again. All those negatives you mentioned, almost never happens. How many times does getting strikes when bait hits the water happen? A lot. You can mention all the extreme cases all you want, it doesn't help make your case in the real world. By the way, thumb the spool while the bait is in the air when punching/pitching. It's not only easier but it also stops the lure mid air and makes it drop vertically straight down so it punches through grass better and also makes less splash. You can do it while palming. It takes some skills. Kind of like reeling a baitcaster reel. lol. /s I think the original context of that was around "strong arm to set the hook". Baitcaster = bicep curls. Spinning = hammer curls with wrist tilted down. So big hooksets with baitcaster is more natural and effective. Probably should be moving the bait with the rod. But then again BFS is a category that doesn't belong anywhere in bass fishing ?‍♂️. Wrong tool for the job. Like hammering a nail with a shovel. Not that I have anything against BFS, but that's a discussion for another thread.

Haha you're right. There's differences in hand position depending on grip. I mainly use spinning for drop-shotting so that's what came to mind. I think the second grip you mentioned is what I meant though. I do hold it in the first grip you mentioned as well.

So you're telling me, you take the same spinning reel that you can reel just fine with, put it on an ice fishing rod and hold it like this: and now all of a sudden you can't turn the handle anymore because the handle is not sitting below? Makes no sense. Whatever the reason it is that you're not able to turn the baitcaster is in your head. You make a lot of contradicting points and none of it has any logical cohesion: There is a quantifiable advantage to not switching. You miss less bites when you get bit the instant the bait hits water. Matt from TackticalBassin talked about it in his video. That's why he stopped switching hands when pitching. That's a big assumption. And just because it encourages, doesn't mean it applies. Not that it encourages in the first place. That's just your own thinking.. You can actually pitch & punch palming the reel because you can just engage the thumb bar with left hand or your right hand thumb if you can reach it. On the other hand, if your throwing crankbaits, you don't need to palm the reel (and instead "hold onto the rod grip when turning the handle"). Wrong. Baitcaster is a more natural hold. Stand with your arms down. Thumb faces forward. Bend elbow and raise ur hand. Thumb faces up. And that's how you'd hold baitcaster. Spinning, you're holding with thumb pointing down. Your wrist is twisted like how you use a computer mouse. It's not ergonomic. Thats why they sell ergonomic computer mouse that positions your hand more like in a trigger grip style. Google for images if you're not sure what I'm talking about. You're contradicting yourself here. You talk about controlling the rod/bait with dominant hand for spinning gear. Yet you use your "bait finesse" baitcaster for the same application but doing it with the opposite hand. What. lol. Also, there's a lot of fine control of hopping and twitching with normal jigs too not just "small finesse jigs" as well as many other variety of baits.

lol. Let's be real. There's no difference. At all. Doesn't matter if the reel is at the butt of the rod, or on the side of my head. It's still the same turning motion. Me too man. I can turn things better with my right hand. But I'd rather use my right hand to control the rod which is a much more involving task in bass fishing. If I had two right hands, I wouldn't use my left at all ?

Most right handed people would have their right punch as their stronger/knockout punch. So that's just your own personal scenario. Nobody actually said their left hands are useless, just that that their right hands (if that's their dominant hand) do better job and choose to use it for more important tasks, reeling not being one. lol.