jejenkyns

Complete agreement with this astute post

I have many guitars, hifi and pro audio equipment, sound recording equipment including old and new microphones and compressors. I have problems too.

I have a great setup this year. It feels complete. Still, my mind is begging for a new rod. I have no need for a new rod. I'm tossing around rods I want, as well as replacing the ones I own that don't absolutely blow me away. It's the baitmonkey. And everytime my beautiful wife ticks me off (god I love her) the baitmonkey digs in a little harder. My needs are met and then some, and yet I'm dreaming of dropping $$$ on **** i don't need. Maybe what I need is help.

Anyone have this rod? Are you liking it? Can you compare to Steez 7'6 the one? Or P5 Flyssa?

Is the Dark Sleeper really a step down in power? I've always wondered how the two rods compare. I own a DS btw, considering a Daemos

Well I figured I'd revive this thread just to let everyone know I've totally fallen for the Zillion. My hands just got used to it and I'm now just fishing with it, not camparing, fishing. And it really is a dream. It hasn't left my Dark Sleeper and I've really just been carrying around that rod and my windbusters, occasionally bringing my super destroyer out for heavier stuff. No love lost for the Met, but man the Zillion was a great purchase and I'm just loving it's consistency and smoothness. I think my favourite thing about it is just how lovely it feels to wind under load, and the smooth feeling of line coming off the spool. I'm smitten, ditch the d**n chrome thing though...

I have a windbuster. I bought it because I love free rigs and it's often described as THE free rig rod. FOr me? Not THE free rig rod, but it will do it just fine. On the other hand it is incredibly versatile and there isn't much of anything within it's weight range I wouldn't throw on it. It shines for me on jerkbaits, particularly 110 jr, but 110 as well, topwaters and shakeyheads, also paddletail type stuff within it's weight range. Big versatility is the ultimate draw for me. With regards to the handle? I LOVE the handle, it's my favourite spinning handle of all time. Many don't agree, just know, there are some of us that LOVE the p5 spinning handle.

Likely no, but maybe? I have the models from that line that interest me. I have the 7'6MML, which suits my needs but doesn't blow me away, and the 7'0 MMH which I love. Based on those rods I'd consider interesting models in a new, refreshed, lineup, BUT the added price is certainly a push towards other brands. I don't own any NRX models and this does more to push me to consider them as options, rather than nudging me towards more Daiwa. At this point, I really enjoy my Megabass rods and on a pricepoint basis, they are looking better than ever right now.

more rods. I like the rods. Reels are reels. Don't get me wrong I like the reels too, but if I had the opportunity to buy a new rod I'll do that and just swap reels.

I have to admit I'm falling in love with this reel pretty fast. I checked the spool tension today. There is just a touch of side to side play. It's just about exactly where I would set a reel on my own. Does this sound about right?

I don't particularly baby mine. I just teat them normally. No problems. I have broken 2, both in accidents that were my own fault or the dawned universes fault. I was happy to have the warrant and personally would rather pay for it.

Mine didn't, it's tight as anything I could imagine, so is the zillion. both are and were perfect out of the box. No play anywhere.

Everyone feels differently. And I think I'm in the minority based on what I've read.The point I was trying to make mostly was how positive I feel about the reel, how pleasantly surprised I am at how much I like it. So our opinions aren't that far off either It's mostly the shape of the side plate. The met side plate follows the contours of my hand. The Zillion forces my hand into a bit of an awkward position and I can feel the underside of the reel rubbing against my palm. It's also a little long for me to really hold the rod the way I'm unused too. Small hands I guess. Braid to leader. I will look into this. Didn't realize this. Might be cool to get a BFS spool. Curious, what makes the long cast spool a long cast spool?

Lol. Do tell. What spool options should I look into? I'm untrained!

hahah, I don't hate it at all. I just find it big. I have it on a p5 Dark Sleeper at the moment and it makes the whole setup feel bigger, like I'm bringing a bigger rod than I need. It's a strange feeling, clearly the rod hasn't changed in size. I'm going to move it around and see if it finds a natural home on another rod. If not I may trade it off one day, orn not. Who knows. I'm certainly having fun with it. I'm really pleased with what they have done with the brakes.