nastynate, I have an article detailing what you want to know. It will be published in the articles section of Bass resource in the near future. Once you read it, PM me with any other questions.

nastynate, I have an article detailing what you want to know. It will be published in the articles section of Bass resource in the near future. Once you read it, PM me with any other questions.

And the name of the article will be.........? Or would that be giving away too much at this point? I am looking forward to reading it.

I have fished extensively with the cabelas prodigy baitcasters (last years model...made for cabelas by daiwa) and the cabelas tournament zx spinning reel, again made for cabelas by daiwa.

The baitcasters sold for 99.00 bucks, though I bought most of mine for 50-60 bucks. I got the spinning reel for 39.00.

I have fished with Revo S reels, Revo SX, shimano citica and curado E series, quantum products, and bass pro pro qualifiers and carbonlites. I think the daiwa reels (cabelas) I fished with compare favorably with all except the curado E series.

I personally like the "in-hand" comfort of the E series citica/curado, but had no complaints and no problems with any of the daiwa products owned. Still use the spinning reel every time I fish.

My Daiwa collection of reels include:

2 TDZ 105H

2 TDZ 103H

1 Alphas Itö

1 Alphas Type F

1 Alphas R Edition

3 2005 limited edition Pixy

1 Revros 2004

1 Theory 2000

Excellent reels all of them. Actually, when it comes to spinning reels I prefer Daiwa over Shimano ( heresy !!! :surprised: ), can´t help it, they feel so refined and so silky smooth, so I can say that your money will be money well spent if you pick a Daiwa. I haven´t purchased new models so I can´t comment , got so many reels between Daiwa, Shimano and Abu that I can´t take them all at once.

Can´t say they are all perfect, but I can´t say Shimanos & Abus are also perfect, each brand has it´s pros and cons.

on a seperate note, I have a curado on a daiwa rod. purists 'gonna hate

-gk

Daiwa makes some great stuff. they are right up there with shimano. the old daiwa ss series is probably one of the best spinning reels ever made as far as durability goes.

My Daiwa collection of reels include:

2 TDZ 105H

2 TDZ 103H

1 Alphas Itö

1 Alphas Type F

1 Alphas R Edition

3 2005 limited edition Pixy

1 Revros 2004

1 Theory 2000

Excellent reels all of them. Actually, when it comes to spinning reels I prefer Daiwa over Shimano ( heresy !!! :surprised: ), can´t help it, they feel so refined and so silky smooth, so I can say that your money will be money well spent if you pick a Daiwa. I haven´t purchased new models so I can´t comment , got so many reels between Daiwa, Shimano and Abu that I can´t take them all at once.

Can´t say they are all perfect, but I can´t say Shimanos & Abus are also perfect, each brand has it´s pros and cons.

Good to see you here, we miss your commentary. I know you are particularly fond of the Pixy,

but I was under the impression that your "overall" preference was Shimano.

good info

Good to see you here, we miss your commentary. I know you are particularly fond of the Pixy,

but I was under the impression that your "overall" preference was Shimano.

Got a lot more Shimanos than Daiwas , still in love with my older than dirt Curados ( you´ll have to kill me before you can take them from my cold dead hands ) and about the Pixy, darn ! can´t say which one I like more, the Pixy or ........ tata !!! ( yeah right, what a surprise .... another Shimano ) my Chronarchs/Scorpions Mg, now, the reality is that the Chronarch/Scorpion Mg is a much better all around reel than the Pixy.