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I was on this girl one night when the rooster tail was taller than the flight deck. Noteworthy, she held the sea trials speed record - fastest city of 5000 in history.

@Jigfishn10 If we didn't ride those bicycles, you could roll us all down the NWR macadam.

A couple more from last weekend 4-day trip to far s. Texas. The palapa with Stevo's solostove fire pit was a hit for entertaining the girls on the cool nights. Stevo also had a griddle top for the firepit, with a stovetop pizza oven and 700-degree stone. No one is ever going to out-do Susie in the kitchen - her star for the trip was a lemon buttermilk pie.

sounds like Hedgehog - they're always lightning out the door.

still not delivered in over 50 hours. My record result was the beginning of this month, 40 hours door-to-door.

You can go crazy with this stuff. Any Shimano A or Daiwa S knob will swap onto your handle. Shimano technical support will not take you very far, they do have I-knobs and T-knobs, and limited Yumeya choices - they all swap. Answering your exact question, yes, it's as simple as swapping the T-knob for the I-knob. Here's my TwinPower with a Livre counter-balanced handle and my favorite EF30 knob. Not suggesting this, but showing the crazy part.

One of the 10 best things you can do on a bicycle, Laguna Atascosa NWR. All the one-lane macadam roads in the 38,000 acre preserve were closed to motor vehicles more than a dozen years ago to protect the ocelot population. Now they belong to pedals. The front bag has an ice mule and beer for this stop.

Some trips can't be messed up, even into the teeth of a beating north wind upper-slot speckled trout, 20" and 22-1/2"

actually both of those reels have titanium H/C handles - the 6.3-geared reel has the long one with the torch finish.

The parts made today for old reels can make them better than today's reels.

The Most Important thing switching from spinning to baitcast is getting spinning out of your head. Casting spinning tackle, jerk in your cast is rewarded with distance. Jerk with baitcast is start-up backlash. If your cast is smooth enough, it pretty much doesn't matter which reel you begin with. If you bring bad habits from spinning, then a reel brake that compensates for bad habits is important. You might do better changing casting arms to keep the two casts separate. Coming from old school, I cast fly and bait with my left arm (jerk w/ fly rod is a tailing loop), and I cast spinning with my right arm. @07Rapala I'll add this point about Daiwa's Mag-Force and SV brakes. They are the most reliable and simplest to set up. Adjust the mag for the lightest thing you're going to throw, and the moving brake rotor takes care of the rest. They also have the best aftermarket spool options for switching to light braid.

Plat orders from OEM once/wk, so it can take 1-2 weeks before they ship. https://www.plat.co.jp/shop/catalog/optionparts/language/en/?manufacturers=1&siries=69&search=105 For a single parts order, likely the lowest-cost JP Post (vs. $28 FedEx), which takes longer to get here.

optional A/R is for sissies ?

Here's his website, US-based https://www.nslookup.io/domains/https%3A%2F%2Fjdmfishing.com%2F/webservers/ Considering his limited selection, inventory, and the fact that he's onshore (VT area code), if he had something I wanted, especially needed, I would risk it. But to be sure, call him first JDM Fishing (802) FISH-JDM ( 3474-536 ) info@jdmfishing.com City: Enosburg Falls State: VT County: Franklin Carrier: Telcove Of Vermont, Inc. - Vt Type: Landline I've only borrowed his archive for drooling over Isuzu benchmade reels. https://jdmfishing.com/vault/isuzu-x-headhunters-『bc-720sss-bc-620sss-head-hunter-de-luxe』/ When they make up a batch of these, they sell them by lottery. https://isuzu--reel-com.translate.goog/category/products?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

@newapti5 seriously dated info, since the referenced Shimano '17 model has been replaced by the '21 Vanford in Shimano's worm drive line-up. Not to mention, they managed to post all that without an analysis or showing us inside for any their their reasoning. Even Tackle Advisor's truncated YouTube channel is updated by a few more years.

@GregN Hi Greg, they sure stack up side-by side at the same price point. My thought, the Daiwa will be tougher, both will have similar line management and, as always, the Shimano will be smoother. If you're fishing light, you'll probably like the Shimano better. If you're fishing hard, the Daiwa will likely keep its performance longer. I fished this little Tica - smaller than anything that Daiwa offers - in salt finesse for 7 years of hard fishing. However, I have the same niche filled now with Stradic 1000S for threadline braid. @newapti5 I think you should cite a reference for that screen shot. Otherwise, we don't believe them.

@jigheadworm yeah, I haven't been in that market over 2 years. My buddy has the last Ultegra and has fished it hard in the salt that long.

@GregN Whether Miravel is a good buy depends on how hard and long you use the reel. It has broached wrought alloy gears, which is a step up from die-cast gears in this class (though not fine-teeth "micromodule II" gears). It has the same labyrinth seals plus longer spool pitch used in Shimano worm drive reels. If you're bowled over by out-of-box smooth and light weight, it has composite frame, which adds to the cost. Interesting that the short/sharp stem/knee people complain about on Shimano CI4+ reels has gained a marketing name Shimano added needed geometric stiffness; otherwise, the intrinsic MOC comes up short, but they're able to market it as a bonus. JDM Stradic at $150 gets you alloy frame and worm drive. Since I fish the salt, and come from long-use Tica in locomotive drive with long spool pitch, and Tica also makes Daiwa's reels in this class, that's where I lean for tough (and better line roller). But even TackleAdvisors, who's a self-stated Daiwa fan, gives the edge to Shimano in worm-drive reels.

this is the part that matters..........................vs.

@GregN line roller

Well of course any spool and line will line dig if pushed too hard. Our OP, @PressuredFishing, already described how he was pushing too hard. While the old Spiderwire copolymer has its nostalgic fan club on BR, I was never one of them. The only time I spooled it was 10-lb on Penn 4200SS on my daughter's inshore Falcon Open Hook Special. Heck of an opportune kayak-to-tide-pass day. My daughter caught 3 sheepshead on the flat, which become UPS trucks trying to get back to deep water. The copolymer extruded to a smaller diameter and dug deep, jamming the reel and ending our morning. It was ok, we took home a nice dinner of schoolie specs. Also noteworthy, at the fillet table this day, I recognized she was going to become a surgeon. All grown now, Biomed Engr degree, and applying to med schools.

Miravel is the next-step longer spool pitch on locomotive drive. You see the same progression in Shimano worm drives - '16/FK was shorter pitch than '19/FL. The trick with longer spool pitch is having the spindle stiffness to keep the gears and rotor bushing from wearing over time. The new '22 Stella and the next '23 Vanquish squeeze that a bit farther. But if you're in the $200 reel market, '19 Stradic still shines above the rest.

Stradic is the entry-level Shimano worm-drive. Here's how they manage threadline braid (1000S). It's the same design as the Stella using lower-cost materials - all the parts interchange. When introduced in '19, TackleAdvisors dubbed it "The Best $400 Reel You Can Buy." (because you had to spend more than $400 to get a better reel) Noteworthy, Stradic has forged alloy frame, only part of what keeps it properly aligned under load. Marketing suckers many into composite frame for weight, and uselessly large drag numbers.

those big reels are set up with stout magnets and soft SV springs for extra centrifugal effect casting heavy weights. I suspect you can tune your mag brake number lighter for more distance.

I've been shopping Japan 20 years. I always considered Japan shopping to be a good buy when it was more than JY 100 to the dollar. The current exchange rate is JY 132 to US$. All Japan is still on sale for 20% off.