5 minutes ago, Joedodge said:

Hahaha. I’ve cheapened up pretty good over the last couple years. I used to run all wild and stuff 

I’m frugal on almost everything else.

 But when it comes to fishing/hunting gear I go all out.

 

On 7/10/2025 at 4:58 PM, LonnieP said:

I don’t understand why the Zillions aren’t popular. I love mine, very light and sensitivity isn’t far behind my Steez rod. At least Daiwa  didn’t raise the price on those.

I love mine also. I think most people see them as Diawa trying to make an Expride and would rather go the Shimano route. Hard to compete with a rod that everyone has been saying fishes a couple hundred dollars above its price point for years.
I spent lots of time trying to research them before I pulled the trigger and it was crazy how little info there was about them online. 

No.  Kistler's Helium line is as high end as I'll get.  

Way out of my league...

No

21 hours ago, KP Duty said:

Steez XT 2.0?  Appears to be.  The XT shared a blank with the AGS Steez, but came with Alconite guides.

I don’t think this uses the same blank as the Steez AGS. The AGS uses SVF compile X:

 

 

The 2025 Steez uses SVF nanoplus: