Anyone gotten their hands on the new Daiwa Tierra spinning reel yet?  They look good, but I haven't seen one in person yet.

ive played with it, nothing special.  Seems like a regal with a matte finish.

I played with one at BPS yesterday and I like them more than the Shimano Stradic for the price.  I think its supposed to have a sealed drag, but i hear people saying the rotor is graphite and not aluminum so that might deter some.  Might buy one next week and see how it holds up.

Well, the monkey got me on this one.

My wife got me a St Croix Avid 6'6" ML spinning rod that I promptly took to BPS to swap out for a 6'9" ML XF version (my fault, I told her the wrong one).  I have a new rod, I guess I need a new reel too

I just happen to wonder over to the reel counter and there are no Tierras, Sols or Fuego spinning reels out on display.  Crap.  But wait, what's that blue Daiwa box on the bottom shelf behind the counter?  Tierras!  Nice.  I checked out the 2000 and the 2500 for my new rod, and ended up with the 2000 since it balanced much better.

I think it's first test may be this weekend fishing for sea trout in Jacksonville

I guess I'll answer my own question

Took my new St Croix Avid 6'9" ML X-fast spinning rod and Daiwa Tierra 2000 on an inshore fishing trip off Amelia Island, FL.

Light tackle + saltwater fishing = FUN!

I handled 8 nice sea trout and one exceptionally fiesty 4 lb redfish with no issues at all.  The rod and reel both operated like champs!  What a blast!  I think I could have fished for largemouth for a year and not had a single fight that good!

On a side note, I think I may now be addicted to redfishing...after 1 fish

If you run across a 30 lb bull, I don't think you're going to have enough rig to get him in!

I sure like catching the red fish, but those trout are wussy.

I'm glad you like your new rig. Congratulations!

Yeah, the boat captain said as much as well...But in my defense, I did have a spool of 20lb braid  Yeah, the trout weren't terribly exciting, but the light tackle made it more fun.

I'm confident this rig will do just fine split shotting, drop shotting and shakey-heading.

Tierra is real four, the 2000 size loaded with 150-200m of 8lb braid can do a lot of carnage... These reel have about 4kg drag on the spool and at 4kg it is still smooth drag!!! I have pull GT's on my last realfour and the tierra is upper the range.

WOuld suit light salt water fishing but has the capability to land some decent fish! 8-)

30lb shark, it will pull it but you might have some difficulty if you use the wrong tackle. But I can't say they would be durable?!?!

i've seen two of these broke already!