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Why is the new Zillion smoother than the new Alphas?

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in Fishing Rods, Reels, Line, and Knots

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The capacity is greater than Daiwa lists, really a perfect spool for 20-lb braid, especially Varivas PE#1.  

Last October redfish rodeo, 5 days, pretty much caught everything on it.  

Very good casting 1/8 oz.  Will cast lighter, and will also cast much heavier without any adjustment.  If you've never used Daiwa SV, you set the mag brake for light lure and wind backlash, and the SV takes care of all the heavy stuff.  

LW pitch is increased so you can go to really fine threadline braid without ever a line-dig worry.  

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      This puppy is stunning smooth.  @Tail Slap got his a few weeks ago and says the same.  (He's buying more.) After the lighter-weight handle swap (esp. knobs), I can't tell it from my Steez,

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      Yes you may set Zillion platform as higher class, better tolerance (but not craftsmanship) than Alphas since the price set always higher. To me, I separated both platform as power house (zillion) and

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    Hyperdrive is apparently legit.  My Tat 80's I picked up from JLS are the smoothest reels I own...even smoother than my '16 Steez sv tw's.  

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