It recently came to my attention that St. Croix seems to work with Daiwa at times. In their Legend Xtreme model they use some Daiwa components and when they have their customer appreciation sale you typically get a free Daiwa reel. Are they partners of some sort? I know St. Croix is strictly rods and Daiwa is more of a reel company than a rod company, but seems odd to me that they would work together. Any info on this? Got me wondering if St. Croix used Daiwa reels when designing their rods for balance and reel seat shape. 

18 hours ago, Cody28 said:

It recently came to my attention that St. Croix seems to work with Daiwa at times. In their Legend Xtreme model they use some Daiwa components and when they have their customer appreciation sale you typically get a free Daiwa reel. Are they partners of some sort? I know St. Croix is strictly rods and Daiwa is more of a reel company than a rod company, but seems odd to me that they would work together. Any info on this? Got me wondering if St. Croix used Daiwa reels when designing their rods for balance and reel seat shape. 

They partnered with Daiwa to use Daiwa’s patented AGS guides. I’m not aware of any other components Croix uses from Daiwa. Pretty sure it’s just licensing/permission to use AGS for the Extremes only.

I noticed they only used Daiwa reels in the Victory Promos.  They were actually selling BG combos from their website earlier this month.