Tatulatard

I remember when tatula cts were $75 and the fuego ct didnt make sense to buy. Now $85 for an old fuego ct is a good deal. The times. They have changed.

Its plastic. That site is full of crap. There is no magnesium on the chronarch reels even the mgl. Mgl stands for magnum lite spool which is shimano speak for "we put holes in a light weight spool" and it's these holes that allow for water intrusion into the spool bearings and reel innards following the spool shaft which is why it doesn't get a salt water rating.

Buy from Japan. Buying full retail from tackle warehouse is like that episode of king of the hill where Hank pays full retail for a car for Peggy.

If for whatever reason the knob is still tight the solution is going to be to get Daiwa knob bushings. They are a bit thinner than the bearings and can even be sanded down if needed.

If the knob is still tight after the removal of the shim when disassemble the knob to its components. Inspect the post on the handle to make sure an old shim from the old knobs isn't stuck to the handle (this happens). Check to make sure there isn't any shims hiding on the top bearing by removing both bearings and fishing around inside both ends of the gomexus knob. Reassemble with just the two bearings and knob. There should be some play. Add shims to remove play. Also the spare o-ring is a gasket for the knob caps. If for whatever reason the knob is still tight with no shims then swap out a bearing for a stock daiwa bushing. I like them on the bottom. Those are always the 1st bearings to go from water intrusion. A bushing there is beneficial imo.

The sv reel has a stronger braking profile at the end of the cast and is probably helping to keep the line taut. You can achieve this yourself by riding your thumb on the spool and using the steady application of pressure to slow and stop the bait. You can also add some spool tension to help with this.

Mine came with quite a few. Check to see if you don't have shims hiding stuck to bearings.

Does the conquest still use posion ultima blanks? I imagine you could just find the same rod in japan for way cheaper and probably no warranty but it will also look like it came from this century.

Remove a shim at a time until the knobs free up without excessive play.

Durability wise my old td-s has held up better than my tatulas. I can even drop in modern spools so the casting performance is better. I have a td-z type r plus spool in my td-s and an sv spool in the td-x. I've got some chinease tuning spools in my tatulas along with a stock spools and an elite spool. The tatulas are good workhorse reels but I don't see them going strong for decades like my old td-s and td-x have. I do like how they palm better and the ease of locating parts. I also like the twing with big plastic lines and the additional capacity the big tatulas offer over my "103" sized old reels. I am a believer in the twing. Fun fact. The tatula 200 and old lexa 300 have the same spool dimensions and capacity. The lexa is like 2" longer making it bigger and chunkier than the tatula just to get the level wind way out in front of the spool. It does cast 20 big game very fluidly for such a small level wind opening but that's because its a mile away from the spool. The tatula 200 achieves the same fluid casting in a much shorter package. That's the work of the twing.

I like something with an aluminum frame and handle side plate. Double supported pinion is a plus too but not a requirement. A light weight spool is beneficial for pitching lighter baits. It keeps the spool mass down and provides a easier start up for the low energy casting stroke of pitching 3/8 oz bait like a wacky senko. Light weight spools with strong magnetic brakes also are helpful when pitch-skipping a bait. If you are pitching heavier baits and not skipping then spool weight isn't a factor.

It used to be a thing. When the alphas sv came out it was the cheapest sv reel at the time and people were using it to skip 1/2 ounce jigs and even weedless hudds despite it having the shallower sv spool. Seemed a little weird but it was cool to see people adding carbon drags and longer handles to the reel and use it in that power application. The little reels held up real well. We even got them in the states for a while as the "sv 105". Depending on how cheap it is you can spool swap the air and come out ahead. It really depends on price. There ray's studio 28 mil spools that fit the 28 mil air reels and give you an sv spool basically. I would also upgrade the handle to something longer than 84 mil. Still I can't imagine any of that being cheaper than a tatula 70 which uses the same platform as the alphas air without the super free and already comes with an sv spool and longer handle.

You need a new reel guy if he thinks the scorpion 150 mgl is anything but a red shallow spool curado 200k.

Yep. The scorpion is a shallower spool sparkly red curado 200k. Cool looking reels.

I used to melt peices of soft plastics together to make new baits in the 90s when concepts like "creature bait" didn't exist until the brush hog came out. The idea of two curly tails on one bait was earth shattering at the time. I didn't catch anything on my freak baits but it was fun playing with a lighter as a kid.

Depending on the bait. Some baits just catch wind and cast poorly while others shoot off into the horizon. You can't force a spinnerbait or glide bait to cast any further than they want to. The sv boost spool from the zillion 1000 is considered an upgrade in the steez a and sv tw for distance casting so its worth a shot.

Yes. It drops in.

The tatula 150/200 were the 1st reels to use the flipping t-wing and are rather clunky in size most notably in the front of the reel where they are quite wide and blocky compared to a curado 200k. This was likely to accommodate the flipping action of the t-wing at the time. Remember, the modern tatula 150/200 is the old 2013ish tatula 100/150HD. They hadn't quite gotten down how to make the t-wing work in a compact shape they way they do now with the modern reels. Even then when a 200k is overlayed onto a tatula 150/200 its really only the wide and bulky in front of the reel. If you palm with 3 fingers in front of the trigger you will notice this bulk but if you palm with only 2 in front of the trigger the extra width up front isn't noticed. I palm with 3 and have adapted long ago to change how I place my hand on this platform to deal with the boxy and wide front. They are oldies but goodies of a reel. I have a few of them from. Tatula 100 type rs, to 150 HD customs, to recent 200s.

Yep. From a capacity point the tatula 150 and curado 200k are very similar. Their spools are almost identical. The curado 200k does a better job of placing that spool in a more compact reel being significantly more compact than the tatula 150/200.

You can also ditch the flouro and use braid to flouro leader with reduced brake settings. Heavier flouro is like trying to cast a slinky. It inevitably adds quite a bit of friction on the cast and has a hard time getting out of its own way and down the guides. This makes the user compensate with higher brake settings or even spool tension to get the line to behave. If max casting distance for a free rig is your goal when a steez hlc would be good but again this hyper long casting reel needs baits and line that are conducive to hyper long casting. You go spooling a slinky onto one and then throw a spinnerbait then good luck.

You can also just buy a zillion sv boost spool and drop it in the steez a. No need to replace entire reels when looking to change braking profiles. The daiwa 34 mill spools offer a lot of options both stock and aftermarket.

I've used 20 lbs braid for years on shallow spool baitcast reels. Never had a dig in unless I was trying to break off. I suspect you have too much drag pressure or are setting the hook too hard. With the tiny baits and tiny thin wire hooks they use I just sweep and reel then lip land the fish.

Those reels are pretty inline with what BFS reels used to be. The modern shimano BFS and daiwa stream/air reels are more stream orientated. If you're bass fishing with a ML rod and 10 lbs flouro then there is no need for a reel with a super light weight super shallow spool.

The mh valkaryie is a heavenly moving bait rod. I think its mostly glass. It's just awesome.

I've had great success in the emerson bay and it's back bay with rapala shadow raps a number of years ago. I now fish a shad based lake in nebraska with similar water clarity to west o and have not had the sinking jerkbait success I used to enjoy at okoboji. I'm more of a vision 110 max lbo guy now. Also that berkeley hit stick catches every walleye in my lake. I did not know that was a walleye bait and went jerkbait bass fishing only to catch walleyes.