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I've yet to hear a single logical reasoning for using non-dominant hand to control the rod and dominant hand to reel.

Hey not everyone is a Golden Gloves boxer like you and can't knock someone out with their left punch let alone a fish ?

If they can reel spinning with left hand, there wouldn't be any additional "difficulty" reeling baitcaster with left hand. Saying it's similar to writing left handed is a major stretch. Reeling is even simpler than drawing a circle on paper. It's basically just rotating your wrist in a circular motion. If you're reeling right-handed because you find that reeling is more important than working the rod in bass fishing, then there's something to discuss there. But saying you're reeling right-handed because it's difficult to reel left-handed on a baitcaster while reeling just fine left-handed on a spinning reel... makes no sense whatsoever.

A 12 year old could just as adequately turn the reel handle as any pro bass angler would. Why waste the dominant hand for such a menial task? ?

Just go with whatever feels more comfortable for you because... IMO reeling is just 10% of bass fishing. Reeling is 90% when your fighting tuna or other sea monsters. Which is probably why right-hand retrieve "tradition" was adopted into bass fishing. When all you're doing holding the rod steady and fighting the 200lb fish by cranking, that's why they used dominant hand for cranking. Bass fishing is NOT that. Probably just the opposite. I prefer to use my dominant (right) hand to do the more precision&power tasks like working the bait/rod, pitching, jerking, setting hook, even fighting the fish etc. which is why I would make the decision primarily around which hand I want to hold/work the rod, and THEN leave the less important task of cranking to the non-dominant (left) hand.

852C !

You may want to wait for and check out the new 2019 models of Megabass Levante rods. They should be available end of this month. This is the application chart for the Orochi XX but they are being mirrored for the Levante rods: The Whipsnake is a nice dropshot/finesse spinning rod and the Perfect Pitch is a fantastic frog, bigger texas/jig, pitching rod for heavier covers. Tour Versatile is a nice all around rod as well.

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I have the same St Croix Avid X 6'9" ML/XF and use it as a dedicated dropshot/ned rig rod. Fantastic rod.

I don't know much about that Gander rod but based on specs, it seems like you can use it for drop shots & ned rigs. For the other techniques, you can get something that's 7' M/F. Check out: Megabass Orochi XX Spinning (Shakeyhead) 7' rod - $299 Daiwa BG or Fuego LT - $99-119

7'2" Megabass Orochi XX Perfect Pitch 8.1:1 Daiwa Tatula SV 50# Sunline FX2 Braid

Return it if you can and pick up a Daiwa Fuego CT or Shimano SLX like others have suggested. You will spend more time being frustrated with a bad baitcaster reel.

+1 Tatula 100

1. 6'9"-7' Spinning Medium / Fast Drop shot, shakeyhead, wacky rig, weightless plastics, tubes, crankbaits, jerkbaits, poppers 10# braid with 8# fluoro leader 2. 6'9"-7'2" Baitcaster Medium Heavy / Fast (7:1 reel) Texas rigs, up to 1/2 oz jigs, swim jigs, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, buzzbaits, lighter carolina rigs 30# braid with 15# fluoro leader 3. 7'0"-7'6" Baitcaster Heavy / Fast (8:1 reel) Frogs, pitching & flipping, punching, 1/2oz+ jigs, heavier carolina rigs, swimbaits 50-65# braid

Yeah haha. Try lifting a weight with it! I'm in Canada so sending it to Tackle Trap might be a hassle. But I could try asking the shop I bought the reel if they can install Carbontex for me. Too nervous to try it myself lol. Thanks for the suggestion!

Do you have a scale you can use to measure the drag like I did? Even if we're not using the correct method, at least if we're seeing similar values, we'll know if its normal or not lol. I just really like this reel for pitching so I was hoping it would serve me well for that purpose but that particular lake I enjoy fishing just gets crazy with vegetation. If my Tatula SV's working normally, and the drag is really this weak, I guess I'll just have to use my other reels for that lake.

Measured max drag by TackleTour: Tatula SV 13.8lbs (13.2lbs advertised) - http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwatatulasvtwpg3.html Tatula Type R 17lbs (13.2lbs advertised) - http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwatattyper.html Fuego CT 14.1lbs (13.5lbs advertised) - http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwafuegoct.html Zillion TWS 18.7lbs - (13.2lbs advertised) - http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwazilliontws.html You keep preaching your own opinions on the "hows" and "should" of fishing. I never asked about how to fish. I simply asked if others have experienced similar "weak" drag from Tatula SV TWS (in my case, measuring less than 10lbs). You're telling me less than 10lbs of drag is normal for a reel advertised with 13+lb. Okay. I understand what you're saying. No need to go further than that. If there are others who measure similar on their Tatula SV TWS, I can just keep this reel. Otherwise, I will need to send it in for warranty.

All I'm asking is why my reel is measuring less than 10lb drag when it was advertised as 13.2 lbs. I'm really not here to debate how much drag one needs when fishing. To your point, if 9 to 10 lb was plenty, manufacturers wouldn't make reels with more than 10 lb drag. But they do. And to answer your question, sometimes I will need to hand-line to pull all the weeds. Sometimes the fish is still there and sometimes it's gone. With my other reels, I could just horse them in.

What does the "C" in TALT3000D-CXH represent? Confusing because 1000, 2000, 2500 doesn't have the "C" but 3000 & 4000 has the "C". Also, how is it that the deep spool version of TALT3000D-CXH (6.2oz) weighs less than TALT3000-CXH (6.3oz)? Is TTU701MFS (Tatula 7' M/F Spinning) a better choice over FR 703SF (Dobyns Fury 7' M/F Spinning)?

Yes! The handle can be pushed inward/outward into the reel! There's a fair bit of play and it makes a very audible clicking noise when I do that.

I suppose it depends on where you fish. Maybe I'm just using the wrong reel for the job but where I fish, apparently 9 to 10 lbs of drag is not enough to rip through all the thick grass and pads. I'll post a pic below to show what kind of stuff I need to pull them out of (you can actually see the line I made from the bank to the boat ripping through the thick stuff). I use Gamakatsu Heavy Cover Flippin' Hooks and pretty sure it takes a lot more than 10 lbs to bend those out. Anyways, my point is, this reel was advertised at 13.2 lb drag where I only got 9-10 lb. That's a 40% margin of error which, if true, is a little disappointing. TackleTour reviewer seems to have gotten 13.8 lbs out of it. http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwatatulasvtwpg3.html Should I should get mine exchanged?

Hi All, I got a brand new Daiwa Tatula SV TWS this past fall paired with Megabass Orochi XX Perfect Pitch and I was pitching & punching heavy cover with it on 50 lb straight braid. Had the drag all the way on max and right from the very first bite, I set the hook as I normally do, and the drag peeled. I remember thinking that the drag was pretty weak and thought maybe these Tatula SV TWS reels just have weaker drags than what I'm used to. Continued to use the reel for the rest of the season and absolutely loved the reel, minus the weak drag. Caught a ton of fish but also lost some due to the drag slipping. I also loosen up the drag all the way after each outing. Last night, I remembered about the drag "issue" so I decied to test it. Daiwa advertises this reel to have 13.2 lb drag. I took the reel off the rod, set the drag as tight as I could, with the reel on one hand and a digital scale on the other hand attached to the line, I pulled until the drag started to slip. The spool on my Tatula SV TWS started to turn from between 9 - 10 lb range. Is this normal? 9 lb seems quite far off from the 13 lb this reel is advertised at. I'm wondering if the drag on my reel is faulty. Also, on a separate matter, I hear a loud clicking sound when I push & pull the on the handle. Is this normal as well for the Tatula SV TWS? If anyone is able to test their reels for me that would be appreciated! Thank you!