ska4fun

Nice!

I don't like mu conquest BFS. But these 101 looks like built like the older cq series. the 100 size is ideal for big bait fishing and M/MH one.

It's on my M/H duty rod. Good value for money.

I would love to see how the other reel was set-up, since it wouldn't be the first time I saw a reel being intentionally misconfigured, to show how ''good'' is the DC system. DC for light lures? The Cardiff 50s DC was took of market after a short time.

Usage in windy conditions is a very subjective matter. A centrifugal brake system can be tightened to be used in more windy conditions. A system based on magnetic braking / counter-emf shoud be flexible, over lure weights, what DC system isn't in any way or form. DBS, Linear mag and centrifugal brakes still more eficient than any DC-based system. Daiwa Magforce showed evolution in every single incarnation. How much time took to DC become zero-adjustable?

Flouro for cranks, minnow and jerkbaits, anything shallow/deep swimming. For topwater lures, nylon.

This is just... Pathetic?

I always tend for the worm-gear based spinning reel. Yet Daiwa's transverse cam system has the same line-laying capabilities and with improved robustness.

Really? People brought gear because of KVD signature thing?

DC - worse than linear mag and centrifugal braking. But Shimano needed something to put against the versatile Daiwa Magforce. Just makes the reel and spool overall heavier. Yet I give some credit to it's most recent incarnations, since they are ''zero-adjustable''.

Indeed.

I'm really impressed how the drag washers performed flawlessly.

They are made by Banax as for now. Very decent reels. My Icon PT landed a 110-pounder Araipama in this last easter.

I have the Millionaire CT SV. I'm a old Conquest 51 series fanboy, deeply disappointed with the newer ones like the Conquest BFS (how someone call this reel a workhorse???). The Millionaire CT SV has a astonishingky refined built, a real workhorse, one step above my beloved CQs51. Concerning gearing, it's the acclaimed Alphas CT SV in a round profile Body, and a all-around finesse and M/L - M/H capable reel. With a shallow spool, easily found in the market, it becomes a full-fledge BFS reel. The Mag Z dial has less steps than the Alphas CT SV. The reel superbly buttery, showing that a decent CNC machining and brass alloys is better than tiny micromodule gearing, in this matter.

The standard Tatula elite is a all-round longcaster, one of the best in daiwa portfolio. As always, its build is stronger, higher quality than any modern curado. Maybe gearer, but way more reliable.

I came from a surfcasting background, using spinning reels all the time. But migrated fully to baitcasting and can't bear using them, because of the subpar accuracy and control. Of course, there are those who boast about having baitcasting-level accuracy, with them. Usually just empty bragging.

I never saw 4x braided slipping in the spool of bait casters. Take the line off, it will allow you to test both the line slipping and drag discs problems.

Ryobi Zauber in all incarnations.

My cheap Lurestar C9 Air, who landed pretty decent fishes and is smooth as hell, after 2 years of intense use. In a morey pricey range, Alphas CT SV >>>> Any Steez.

Banax. The same one making Quantum reels.

It so Shimano to make a boastful name to these kind of thing. Shimano trying to save money and boast about it as innovation? Never! LOL! It's just so Shimanoish. Doyo owning Shimano again? Nothing new in the front. Ryobi Zauber.

I like them for use in a fishing technique, a vertical jigging style, brazilians dubbed as pindoco, and for BFS fishing. Pindoco:

Calcutta Conquest 51 and the Daiwa Millionaire, side by side.

Backing? A BFS spool usualy gets no more than 80m of 8lb braid.

Billings, Ray's studio and Momo Studio/AMO have very good spools too.