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Shields are not seals - they let the muddy water in. What they don't do is let the dried mud out. Next drop of oil in unshielded bearing with flush it.

The day I took this photo, I cast 3 different 34-mm Daiwa frames, Steez, Zillion, Silver Wolf (improved LW pitch), and swapped bearings in 3 different spools, 1000S SV Boost, Ray's SV, Roro-X, casting 3-g JH (nominal 100' to 135'). On the 1000S in Zillion frame, between stock CRCC, both Roro and KTF/IXA doubles measured 15% distance improvement. The results are posted in the board archive. I also measured that day, the increased LW pitch on Silver Wolf cost 10% cast distance. Jun Sonada reported 7% improvement casting 1/4 oz between shielded and unshielded spool bearings.

um, they're rated 7 g

I have - 1/4-oz plug to 200' 2-oz spider weight rig to 400' Spreading grease around the inside of a reel is a really bad idea. Spreading viscous oil is worse.

I would Not Pass Go on that purchase - it will be the best upper limit you ever busted.

Drive bearings get grease and should be shielded to retain the grease and prevent contamination. Spool bearings should get oil, and will perform better unshielded, adding a drop of oil about 1/mo.

Lew's builds a fine reel - I have a pair of Super Duty G that aren't going anywhere. But Daiwa has a decade improving the most simple and brilliant casting brake ever devised (and everyone else tries to copy its function). SV is for casting 1/8 to 1 oz. MagZ starts at 1/4 oz, and is the best at heavy weights, all the way to 2 oz. You set the Daiwa linear mag scalar the same as casting Lew's linear mag, and the automatic non-linear start-up response eliminates start-up backlash - nothing to adjust there. Bought my '21 Zillion the month it was introduced, fished (hard) only in salt, and here's the drive after 5 salt years.

That's dealloying corrosion of the plated brass beneath. I would try cleaning it with vinegar, rinse, soap, rinse, followed by metal polish (Wenol). However you clean it, finish rubbing with Boeshield, which leaves a wax residue of corrosion inhibitors. Worked for me on this plated Alps guide on my first salt-finesse after 7 salt years - it's still going after twice that long.

SV will cast 1/8-oz loaded jighead to 150'. MagZ won't cast it. SV brake was invented by KTF for Kahen BFS spool, and in their collaboration (KTF Zillion), they let Daiwa copy it. Since spool swaps came up on the thread, the biggest advantage to Zillion is swapping 34-mm floating spools, MagZ for heavy weights, SV for light end, and fixed-inductor aftermarket spools for UL. SV Boost that comes with Zillion improves heavy end cast distance, up to 1 oz.

Silver Wolf wearing new ZPI pentagram star drag and Studio Ocean Mark CBlack AH30-105C offset carbon handle. 105 mm is my favorite handle length on 8.5 gears, and 30-mm is my favorite knob dia. hmm, I think they wanted it to look like Hot Wheels.

I use long leaders on rods with full-size guides (rod-length+ on surf rods), 6' on bass rods. On microguides, I use an 18" fluoro shock leader. Generally, I don't consumer leaders. I put a perfection loop on the terminal end and loop on micro-swivel snap, which should be fished on spinning tackle, anyway. (titanium-wire micro-swivel bite trace for toothy salt fish, paper clip on b/c)

It's not personal - it's physics. Here's a little more on Daiwa brake profiles (all the way down the page that links)

If you want to cast 1/8 oz to 1 oz, you want SV If you want to cast 1/4 oz to 2 oz, MagZ. Distance - stock SV 1016 spool, 12-lb fluoro, 6'7" MM bass rod. 1/8-oz loaded jighead past 90', which is farther than most people fish. See if you can understand this post, and no offense meant, but the smoother you accelerate Daiwa MagForce, the more you're rewarded with cast distance. For me, the distinction is natural, because I've cast fly rod and baitcaster with left arm for 50 years, and spinning rod with right arm for a little longer. The muscle memories are separate.

'24 Steez is 32-mm SV spool, magnesium body, alloy hyperdrive main gear (new clutch, extra LW BB) Steez A2 is 34-mm MagZ spool and aluminum body, brass (?) hyperdrive main gear. '21 Zillion SVTW is 34-mm SV Boost spool and aluminum body, alloy hyperdrive main gear. (can swap-in Zillion G/ '22 HD brass gearset) The important part in all these gearsets, they have stainless pinion.

@Hulkster in theory, every 20% increase in rod length should double cast distance (purely ballistics). It would be true if every rod loaded the same, and you swung a longer rod at the same rotational speed as a shorter rod. But it completely depends on rod taper, rebound, and how much of the rod length loads. I have two exceptional M/ML short para distance tapers that cast shocking distance. My 6-1/2' Smith SPX will 2-hand cast 3 g to 150', just slightly better than 8'2" Yamaga Blanks BCIII. Same weight, Abu 8'3" L Prototype Baitfinesse nominally casts to 120' - less than the Yamaga, because it doesn't load quite as deeply into the fast mid. (The fast mid fishes better) But 5'9" M Kuramochi Synapse duplicates the 3-g, 120' cast. Neither of these para pocket rockets seem like they should be able to cast these light-lure distances. Think about them casting target weight of 7 g (1/4 oz). What you give up with these short distance tapers, compared to the progressive tapers I show in post above, is the ability to cast off the tip, for magic-wand accuracy, and they won't skip-cast for beans. Neither is useful in a kayak, but they're killer shore rods, and the fast tips also strike well at distance.

Looked back to December. Digitaka paid 11% duty, and I pre-paid 10% on Digitaka invoice - $457 delivered FedEx in 3 days.

The forum always lines up in 2 lines - half says they cast farther on their Shimano, and the other who swears their Daiwa out-casts their Shimano. Everything else equal, the difference is wrist snap, and it plays out in the physics. It's often a bad habit brought from spinning tackle, because spinning cast rewards wrist snap with extra cast distance. Cast jerk comes from spool starting up with big cast weight - it can also come from wrist snap, even casting light weights. Centrifugal and non-linear mag (SVS and MagForce) both subtract jerk energy from the cast - whatever excess jerk energy the start-up brake can't subtract from the cast becomes start-up backlash. Subtracting energy from the cast subtracts spool speed, which also shortens cast result. People who cast with more wrist snap will get less distance from Daiwa SV, may see an improvement with SV Boost and Shimano SVS, and most everybody will see better distance casting heavy weights on MagZ especially vs. centrifugal braking. Instead of adjusting the reel, try adjusting the cast. Let the rod rebound and lure weight carry the cast, not the jolt you add to the rod. If you already have baseline mag set at the light end of your rod, the one time you may want to change Daiwa mag scalar is casting into the wind - add 2 notches. And remember to take them back later. I can count on one hand the number of times I've changed Daiwa mag setting when on the water.

@Randy Price Answering out of turn, you'll have 14 different model choices with different gear ratios and spool capacity (depth) vs. 5 choices in USM Stradic FM Chart below Japan Fishing and Tackle NewsMost Sold Spinning Reel from SHIMANO Has Come Back Renewe...This is the mid year new fishing products season as we have already introduced you DAIWA 23 LEGALIS, SHIMANO has also revealed some renewal of products. And we assumed this is one of the biggest news

@Randy Price C3000 sizes in Stella worm-drive series (through Stradic) come with 55-mm tee handle. It also comes on large-frame 4000 model.

River kayak is why I went to short Japan Underground rods with offset grips and round reels. I have them covered from weightless 3" senko to frogger. Rod lengths are all 5' to 6', rod power 1 to 5, letting me skip-cast under cypress overhang and bomb distant lily pads.

All braid made in Japan is made by Izanas, but that doesn't make anything YGK rebranded. They all buy their bulk drums spec'd from Izanas menu, available fiber grades, weaves, dyes, coatings. It's made in a run on a drum-sized spool to their spec from the menu, then repackaged into reel-charge spools marked for the brand. The one spec it all meets is JAFTMA for consistent diameter, but the bettter lines made with higher grade fiber and tighter weave will exceed JAFTMA breaking strength for diameter, and the toughness of the coatings can vary considerably. For me, the life of the braid is gone when coating peels tying a leader knot, and the better lines last longer than 3 years. Japan Fishing and Tackle NewsInformation: Japanese Line Size “Gou” and Pond Test Stren...Japanese original line size Gou and pond test strength matching table is here. Check the list and see what line you can buy / use for your reels.

@FishTank The purple meter marks look cool, too. Those two lines have the toughest FEP+Si coatings out there. The coating on YGK BornRush is supposed to have a distance advantage on spinning cast. It has also held up well for me here.

Opposite of OP post, my Ryogas are both on short rods for close-beast-sight-fishing. The silver '26 100 is on 6'4" 3-power for Spook Jr. My black '18 1016 is set up on 6'4" 2-power S-glass for skip-casting 1/8-oz bunny shrimp under mangrove overhang. The beast need is controlling big fish at the boat. Other 34-mm Daiwas, shore BFS w/ 3-g plug casting 130' Inshore flats kayak drift-fishing down to 1/8-oz JH No need to futz or guess - the tuning has all been done with a couple of back acre 3-g casts. All fishing threadline, none has ever backlashed. Fixed internal mag + centrifugal, 2 oz to 120m (can't afford BL, and mag costs less distance than end tension). Mag set is for light end and mid-cast. Light end set doesn't affect heavy end, especially with SV Boost. On Daiwa, MagZ and SV covers heavy end, and there's nothing to adjust - pick the right spool.

On topic, Daiwa has always been set and forget, especially with a reel properly dialed in to a single niche. Set it up right casting high arcs on your light end, and you're done. Pretty much the same as setting fixed internal mag on bench Ambasssadeur, but has external dial if you need it, e.g., windy day.

My best buzzbait caster is bench-raced Ambassadeur 4500C. no centrifugal, tuned with fixed mag brake to 3 g. Though I always got a kick fishing buzzbait on 1914 Talbot.