3d brakes have not been confirmed to the best of my knowledge. Folks on that other cite are swearing it will not have them. I'm not convinced. 

On 1/17/2016 at 11:35 AM, kingmotorboat said:

I love the t wing for vertical drop presentation and I think it serves it's purpose great in that. 

Care to share your thoughts on this?  I have always used spinning reels where vertical bait presentation was important.   I would be interested in how the TWS reduces the pendulum swing that you typically see with BC reels.

7 hours ago, Molay1292 said:

Care to share your thoughts on this?  I have always used spinning reels where vertical bait presentation was important.   I would be interested in how the TWS reduces the pendulum swing that you typically see with BC reels.

And this is just strictly my opinion, the shape of the t wing does give the lure a more natural fall, I use a 6'10 mh tatula rod and tat type r for my lighter t rigs and close quarters pitching. Just seems to me that instead of your standard line guide the the line has more room to play. As I said this is just strictly my opinion. 

3 hours ago, kingmotorboat said:

And this is just strictly my opinion, the shape of the t wing does give the lure a more natural fall, I use a 6'10 mh tatula rod and tat type r for my lighter t rigs and close quarters pitching. Just seems to me that instead of your standard line guide the the line has more room to play. As I said this is just strictly my opinion. 

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

23 minutes ago, Molay1292 said:

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Welcome, it's not the most popular opinion but I feel like it truly helps in that area. Maybe it's a confidence thing I don't know

Well it turns out the new Zillion TW SV is made in Thailand. If this new Steez is as well it's official, I agree, Daiwa has lost it. 

The top is the new Zillion SV TWS. 

The bottom is the Zillion TWS. 

The more I look at this picture the more I am starting to like what is going on. 

It's strange that the 'steez' has the t wing exposed a lot more. 

1 hour ago, Hogsticker said:

Well it turns out the new Zillion TW SV is made in Thailand. If this new Steez is as well it's official, I agree, Daiwa has lost it. 

It would be strange for them not to have their flagship reel be made in Japan but who knows. We will find out soon enough. 

Yeah I don't quite get the ultra exposed wing either. Perhaps it's due to the thumb bar being changed?

It's probably to compensate for the height.

15 minutes ago, rippin-lips said:

It's strange that the 'steez' has the t wing exposed a lot more. 

 

And depending on thumb placement it could be hitting the thumb or lower part of index finger. The line guide on the SV105 sticks out some and at times with my thumb across the top it gets hit, see the same happening here.

1 hour ago, 5fishlimit said:

The top is the new Zillion SV TWS. 

The bottom is the Zillion TWS. 

I'm sorry but that Zillion SV looks photoshopped to me.

Reminds me of some of the pics you find on facebook where someone wanted to be thin. 

2 hours ago, rippin-lips said:

It's strange that the 'steez' has the t wing exposed a lot more. 

I'm guessing its to aid casting distance.  The new Conquest has its levelwind stick out farther. The Metaniums is pretty far out but the top plate covers it. 

On 1/16/2016 at 1:41 PM, WRB said:

I have 3 Tatula R's that have worked perfectly now for nearly 4 years. 

Every pooh poohed the R's as not worth the extra $ and thought the 8:1 ratio was a gimmic 3 years ago.

Daiwa is dedicated to the at wing, that should be obvious and they wouldn't continue with the T wing design if it was negative to thier sales.

Tom

The tatula has only been out a little over 2 years

After reading the title and seeing the first post I can honestly say that gave me a good laugh

Somebody more knowledgable than myself might know more... But isn't there some benefit of having the line guide further from the spool? I thought this was something going on with the Curado I. I don't recall if it was too close or moved farther away. 

12 hours ago, rippin-lips said:

It's strange that the 'steez' has the t wing exposed a lot more. 

Well - it looks like it would be easier to clear the ice out of that t-wing than on the Tatula...

 

Newest pics I've see if it. 

Its also been confirmed that the reel is made in Japan. 

Kind of looks shimano-esque

Custom slp works Steez sv tw 

That thing is hideous!

I wonder if this SLP Works version will push close to $1k?

2 hours ago, 5fishlimit said:

I wonder if this SLP Works version will push close to $1k?

I doubt it will actually be available to the public. I think its too much for me. 

 

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