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Baitcaster. Better line slack control, allow a swift transition between twitching-jerking-slashing.

Daiwa Tatula 100 - Superb value for money.

Tatula 200HD Okuma Komodo too...

Ryobi Zauber pro.

Went fishing on a very peculiar sport, our local river canyon system. Peacock basses there tend to remain on deeper waters, inside caves in the canyons walls. Used two BFS setups, with the Kestrel Elite and Calcutta Conquest 51 Custom BFS.

I fish with 0.08mm/lb braided and never experienced it. Actually never saw line digging into baitcasters.

It's somewhat pricey, but a very decent doyo reel. Blow out any Shimano in the same price range, over build quality.

Twitchbaits are my favorite lure. They accept every single work, some of them even giving a slightly wiggling, when cranked. My basic strategies for them avries between the classical twitching, jerking and slashing. The ones are floating/topwater. Cast, twitch-jerk-slash, floating, repeat... The darting action makes Peacock basses crazy! The two lures in the right corner are a popper-dogwalker/jumping minnow hybrid and a glow crankbait.

You will need just a M/F and a M rod, to cover most, if not all, situations for baitcasting. The bottom fishing itself guide the size you will choose for each rod.

Topwater stickbait work, dog walking, twitch bait jerking / Slashing... Here we call the topwater stickbait work "Catimba". Don't know how it is called on US... Starting at 1:18. How you call it?

I like Doyo drag washers too: This is the Doyo reel I reported before. This is after it fought and won against a smaller Tarpon.

Ok. Thanks. Sorry again for unintentionally hitting you before.

How ML rods can be labeled finesse-friendly? I know Shimano underrates its ML rods as BFS... Want to upgrade? Go after true finesse rods. Major Craft Benkei, Speedstyle, Daiwa Salamandura...

Ok. Just a tip: act in accordance with your words...

Good, I was surprised since I tend to agree with you, and now over the drag washer too. Would love to know about the material of the carbon-like one.

Are you still mad about the post with ''pathetic''? Sorry! You were hit unintentionally. Why not? How it could be compared to the riveted one?

No. We are talking about people making excuses for companies lowering quality on fishing gear. Liking don't equate to downplay bad quality control pratices.

Fanboysm itself is pathetic.

And I can't stand the fanboys who defend such instances, it's just unbelievable and pathetic, in the same proportion.

Acutally which material makes the drag in OP reel?

Not only that, it is making it harder for the enthusiast user to maintain his own reels. The magsealed ***, using resin to difficult access to screws...

It's way older. It first appeared in Japan in the mid-90's. I'm talking about the CT from the Tatula CT. Another older one is the 103 frame.

The CT frame is more than 30 yr old...

And are fully right in your complaints. We could easily say it was for giving a competitive price range for the reel, but it's in the pricier side of things. We need to be more conscious and demanding over gear quality. Do you know the red drag washer material?

You're welcome. Latest update from Brazil. A friend of mine used a MH setup, with a 17lb rod and a Brazilian OEM brand (Marine Sports) reel (Lubina GTX), made by Doyo. https://www.marinefishing.com.br/produto/lubina-gtx-black-widow-7839.html The highspeed, aluminium-geared reel fought a mid-sized Tarpon. When they were putting it in the boat, the dip net teared and it escaped. Later, it fought and landed a BIG Crevalle Jack, after more than 30 min of fight. I have the picture and videos of this fight. The Tarpon was caught when trolling (he is insane!) but the Crevalle Jack was using micro-jig, lift and drop. The reel performed flawlessly, in a very unfavorable situation. I have a footage from the fight with the Crevalle Jack. Decent gear supports an occasional abuse. Dealt with it...