Etxwormwiggler

I love my Tatula CT, and I’m still paying on my SV. I really want to try a Tat 100 because I love smaller reels, but I may just go with fuegos for the remainder of my lineup due to the value/cost ratio.

Update: sticker indicates China.

It’s MSRP is $159, so I would imagine it’s in their Korean tier, but I haven’t seen a list of which reels are manufactured in which country. Just speculation.

This was my first experience with Lew’s and I’ve been underwhelmed. They not bad by any means, but I wish I wouldn’t have bought 2. I’d still have enough cash to get my Tatula SV.

I’ve had no issues with uneven spooling on my tatula either. That being said, I’m not convinced there is any significant gain in casting distance, at least from my personal experience. I’m far more impressed with the magforce Z brakes. But with the Fuego sharing the same braking system and same frame, I began to wonder if the price difference was worth it. Either way, I’m thrilled with my tatula for the price I paid. Worth every penny.

That’s my thinking, too. I much prefer an aluminum frame. But this also makes me wonder why the LFS is $99 compared to the graphite Mach crush being like $160. I have two new mach crush’s I decided I want to sell as soon as I tried the tatula. Yeah I was kind of surprised when Daiwa had graphite reel with standard mag breaks directly competing with the fuegos magforce Z and aluminum frame.

Oh, I see. I typically run faster gear ratios and just slow down my retrieve so my reels will be more versatile if I decide I don’t want to crank with it anymore. Ok, here’s another question. Would you rather fish with a Fuego or a much more expensive Lew’s Mach Crush and why?

Can you elaborate? From my understanding, the Fuego ct and the tatula CT are the same reel other than the t-wing. Why would you gear swap?

This is what I figured. I may get some Fuegos next once I can sell one of my Lew’s. I am excited about the SV once I pay it off, though.

I recently bought my first Daiwa (Tatula CT). I loved it so much I put a Tatula SV on lay-away today. From what I’ve been reading, the Fuego CT is just a Tatula CT without the TWS. Is the tatula worth the extra cash over the Fuego? Is the tatula 100 worth it over the CT? Is the SV worth the increased cost over the tat 100?

I won’t hide them from my wife, but I won’t fight over it either. I make the money, so I also have to be considerate that she doesn’t have money to play with. When I buy myself something, I typically buy her something equal value.

The more I get used to it, the less issues I have with the J Braid. I had to adjust my brakes slightly higher than I would normally, but haven’t noticed any loss in casting distance. All of my spools and brakes are loose by most people’s standards anyway.

InvizX is what I used as well. I’ve now spooled up 16lb Sunline Sniper on my new Tatula CT and I have to say I love it. Low memory, supple, very thin diameter, and good knot strength so far. Still have the vicious spooled up on another reel but I haven’t even casted with it yet due to my satisfaction with the sunline.

I haven’t had too many issues with fluoro other than memory. I liked Seaguar but it stretches as much as mono. I like trilene 100% but it has more memory. Shop Karl’s sent me a free spool of Googan fluoro and 50% off another. Everyone hates vicious but I just spooled it on one of my casting reels to try it out for myself, so we’ll see.

?? By all means, fish whatever you like. I’m not even suggesting it’s bad, just wanted to see if anyone has had a similar experience with it. I’ve been going through and trying several brands of fluoro and braid to determine what I like and what I don’t.