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Thanks for the info. I've been using ultralight (UL) spinning gear for decades, but have never run into this problem. I use 2-6 lb mono and most of the lures I use such as UL spinnerbaits, (lipless and lipped) crankbaits, ned rigs, t-rigs, swim baits, etc. don't cause a lot of line twist. Plus I use a mix of casting types, e.g., roll casts, backhand casts, overhead casts, so I don't systemically introduce line twist based upon casting technique. So I guess I should be thankful to never have encountered this issue.

So am I to infer that this is a problem that arises from wind plus excessive line twist?

Experience plus better reel technology means very infrequent backlashes. But what are "wind knots on spinning gear?" Haven't encountered anything like that.

In the Aldebaran series, the BFS handles really light lures better than the MGL. So I agree with @road warrior.

Shimano 18 Aldebaran MGL 30HG, Shimano 16 Aldebaran BFS XG, Daiwa Steez CT SV, and Daiwa PX Type R for me. Using 4-8 lb test mono.

You can swim[bait] a drop shot rig with a short sinker line just the same way you would a tokyo rig. It's more versatile than just the way you've been using it.

Lighter, smaller, [typically] less footprint, hence less effect on the blank's natural bending characteristics - they have some advantageous use cases.

I have the Stella FI 2000 and FJ 1000 and the build quality and smoothness are beyond reproach. That said, I use the Vanford 500F and 1000F reels much more frequently on my ultralight spinning rigs because they are notably lighter and almost as smooth.

I'm lucky in that I have a lake/pond (it may have an aphotic layer during normal times, but perhaps not during this CA drought, so pond may be more accurate right now) less than ten minutes from my house. It's heavily pressured so the fishing is difficult, but I stop by whenever I can. Some days the fishing is easy, but most days it's pretty tough. Nonetheless, every visit is therapeutic and filled with optimism.

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Found these during this past week. We're having a drought in CA so the water level at my local lake/pond is down several feet. Very few people other than me using finesse baits which is why I seem to be the only one catching anything. Since I started fishing there a few months ago, I haven't seen anyone else catch a fish.

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These things, which may have been inspired by the original beetle spin, continue to catch bass in tough conditions even though they haven't been made in decades.

Congratulations! Quod erat demonstrandum.

Forget the orthodoxy and dogma and use common sense. A tokyo rig can be (and is) usefully deployed for horizontal presentations, e.g., swim baits. The force vectors on the hook and sinker attachment points are pretty much the same in a drop shot rig with a short sinker line and a tokyo rig and both are commonly used with pencil sinkers. While fishing isn't rocket science, you can use rocket science to show that the two methods are substantially similar in their bait presentation, particularly in the finesse context.

Why - it's just an additional technique that is very productive in the specific use case I described above? The more techniques you master, the better your fishing results in varied environments.

I bank fish (no watercraft allowed) a heavily pressured lake (nominally - actually more like a large pond) and the shore-fishable waters can have grass at the bottom. A DS rig with a 4" senko or TRD with a 1/16 oz pencil weight is pretty snag free and works much better than a t-rig because the drop shot rig keeps the bait above the grass. A wacky rigged weedless hook using a 4" senko also works well. The TRDs are more buoyant than the senkos, so TRD for a finess drop shot rig is a good combo. Definitely senkos for weightless wacky rigs.

The SPRO Baby Popper is about the same size and weight as the Booyah Pad Crasher Jr. and it hooks up well for me.

Shimano Stella and Vanford (all but the 500F) lines do not include the reverse/anti-reverse switch.

The Abu Garcia Zenon (which is late to market in the US but available via grey market on the large auction site) is an edgy, very light design. If they make a similarly innovative baitcaster, they might be able to find a niche in the high end.

I use ultralight casting and spinning rigs for most of my bass fishing. I have heavy casting gear for when ultralight is not feasible but most of my fishing was in the San Joaquin county delta system, where sunken trees and brush were not usually an issue. Caught panfish, catfish, stripers, and largemouth bass on light/ultralight baits. That's part of the fun of fishing the delta, you never know what you might hook. Where I fish, if you use 1/8 to 1/4 oz lures, you catch mostly bass and stripers and few perch/bluegills/crappie. Caught a 32" striper on 6 lb test and that was a heck of a fight!

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Do you get much different results vs a short, pencil weight drop-shot rig? Seems the only difference is the wire at the distal end (vs regular line in the drop shot case).

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