Dan Strain

Seems obvious - but try spinning it onto the reel in the OPPOSITE direction than you are re: counter clockwise vs clockwise many handles feel like you screw them in “backwards”

Bass just wouldn’t bite so I threw UL and caught a few massive Shellcracker - pound for pound - these guys have great pull !!

I just discovered the Popmax and have caught a ton of bass on it already !! it pops / spits / walks - and had way better luck with it than the Pop-R or Rico even a 15lb carp hit the Popmax !!

The SD is longer and more parabolic so it will cast further than the Tachyon. I’ve been using the Tachyon mostly for 1/2oz compact finesse jigs. I’m not casting far - mostly 15-20 ft from my kayak. If you are looking for an all purpose rod - the Tachyon isn’t it. The Super Destroyer will cast further and handle a wider variety of presentations

I also LOVE my Tachyon Shaft !! I have offered it up for sale several times with no takers and thought “ I should give this another try.” It’s now my favorite jig rod - at least in my kayak !! I also have the SD and it’s maybe more versatile but there’s something about the TS. I’ve yet to lose a fish on it. It sticks em good !! I have a Steez SV TW on mine and I was throwing a weightless horny toad last week - no problem - that’s probably 1/4oz

Daiwa Zillion

here’s one that I bought - 2 of mine came out of my Steez SV TW that I swapped. I bought these from Asian Portal Fishing - although I’ve just ordered another one from Amazon… Same price and nowhere near as fast 3 of mine are the 1016 - one is a 1012 which came in one of my Steez and that’s actually what I’ve ordered through Amazon. I have the 1012 in a zillion on my 842c which I throw my lightest stuff on

I use a horny toad on a 1/4 Jika rig and swim it thru cover it gets crushed

You need to TRY a zillion with a Daiwa 1016 ( or 1012 ) spool and it’s THAT much better !! Way more “free” feeling - and you can keep the breaks considerably lower also I swapped spools with my Steez SV TW and the Steez is better with the SV BOOST and the Zillion is way better with the 1016 ( or 1012 for lighter baits ) i have 4 zillions and I don’t have the SV BOOST spool in any of them anymore it pretty much never backlashes

The 2.75” Yama-Dookie was delivered today - fished it weightless like the big one but it’s too light . Stuck it on an owner blockhead 1/16 and found a bunch of fish - 3-4 fish per dookie better than a 5” Senko

It’s available- just not in the USA . I buy 131 in “ neon chartreuse “ from overseas sellers on EBay. Its def my favorite braid right now - but also like YGK for the lighter finesse stuff

just curious… Why did you swap out the treble hooks?

My eyes need all the help they can get and I typically use smaller diameter braid Sufix 131- in Neon Chartreuse

Congrats - my 844 is my favorite baitcaster

I’ve found good success with the Owner Beast twist lock - 4/0 a regular EWG works but it tears em up pretty quick - with the twist you can get 5-6 fish on a single Yama-Dookie

I fished the black / blue and GP this week and caught a few fish on both colors - and they wouldn’t bite anything else I threw so far - way better luck than the cover scat retrieve was slow with twitches - I was moving it when they hit - it wasn’t sitting on the bottom or sinking

I love 131 so much that I’ve been buying the 131 neon chartreuse from Europe / or EBay. I don’t understand why they don’t offer it in the US.

Was testing the drag on my new 23 Airity spinning reel yesterday - 6lb Tatsu leader on 10lb 131 braid…. Fish weighed 7.56 ?? I was smiling INSIDE ?

4/0 owner wide gap plus - I typically don’t have to do a massive “swing for the fences” hook set with a horny toad I guess I was just expecting the same… But I made it work

Fished this today/ weightless on a wide gap EWG - it got hammered right away !! but I was having a hard time getting a good hook set - esp compared to a horny toad . It is pretty dense and the hook doesn’t slide through very easily - even though there’s a slot re- rigged it upside down so the hook sits IN the slot and had better success - although the paddle tail is upside down ??‍♂️

Haven’t tried the Bandersnatch / Blade but just got the Super Destroyer and just love it I have a slew of Loomis rods… But there is just some thing FUN about the SD

Pretty hard to decipher with only Japanese text ??‍♂️ I JUST bought a JDM 2020 Met last night how does this differ ? Can anyone tell from the text / pics ?

The 3” plastic worms float - like Zman etc

You can also buy BULK packs directly from them on their website for a discount if you only use #297 for instance if you sign up for their emails, they send out incentives and you can actually score things quite a bit cheaper

When they got bought out I believe - saw the new packaging first on the new floating Neds