Up on TW. There are other models of this rod. Thoughts?

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Daiwa_Steez_Casting_Rods/descpage-DSTCR.html

Hopefully it’s a Steez AGS just with SiC guides. Almost got an AGS a while back but never pulled the trigger. Definitely won’t now since they’ve pretty much priced themselves out of range for most anglers who aren’t high end tackle enthusiasts. Glad to see they are at least trying to bring that blank to a more reasonable price. Probably won’t be as light or well balanced but I’m sure it’s a killer rod

44 minutes ago, PBBrandon said:

Hopefully it’s a Steez AGS just with SiC guides. Almost got an AGS a while back but never pulled the trigger. Definitely won’t now since they’ve pretty much priced themselves out of range for most anglers who aren’t high end tackle enthusiasts. Glad to see they are at least trying to bring that blank to a more reasonable price. Probably won’t be as light or well balanced but I’m sure it’s a killer rod

It’s not. Steez ags uses svf compile x while 2025 steez uses svf nanoplus.

 

The lengths, actions and specs more closely match the zillion but with better guides.

22 hours ago, woolleyfooley said:

It’s not. Steez ags uses svf compile x while 2025 steez uses svf nanoplus.

 

The lengths, actions and specs more closely match the zillion but with better guides.

As a Daiwa fan and a full-Eva grip fan, this is right down my alley. But I’m not fully convinced on the lengths and actions. I feel rods keep getting longer and longer every year. I liked it when a standard utility rod was 6’6” MHF.

I think the ISLA AGS inshore rods look sharp and are a fair deal @ $299.     

 

Has anyone tried these out?

On 7/20/2025 at 5:30 PM, Kasrkin said:

I liked it when a standard utility rod was 6’6” MHF.

so did I until I tried the same rod in a 7'6 version many years later. The extra casting distance is quite a bit. 

I haven’t seen any videos breaking down this lineup. Is anyone fishing these?

I have a solid tip spinning rod that I’m using for the good ol minnow shaking and absolutely love the rod. Picked it up when they ran a sale on used rods which mine still had the tags on it and grips still wrapped in plastic. Got it for 299

To ME, cork > ethylene-vinyl acetate.

 

So that's a deal breaker.

 

But we all have our own tastes.

There is also a new JDM AGS Steez. 

https://www.daiwa.com/jp/product/ytqhwrs

2 hours ago, Bigbox99 said:

There is also a new JDM AGS Steez. 

https://www.daiwa.com/jp/product/ytqhwrs

 

Purdy.

 

27 minutes ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

 

Purdy.

 

Agree.  It's a nice nod to the 1st gen Steez rods.

20 hours ago, sasquatch2711 said:

I have a solid tip spinning rod that I’m using for the good ol minnow shaking and absolutely love the rod. Picked it up when they ran a sale on used rods which mine still had the tags on it and grips still wrapped in plastic. Got it for 299

@sasquatch2711 you got a used one? They just came out this year. Are you sure it’s the same rod the thread is about? If it is, how does the sensitivity stack up? Do you feel it’s worth 550?

5 hours ago, Bigbox99 said:

There is also a new JDM AGS Steez. 

https://www.daiwa.com/jp/product/ytqhwrs

Now this is interesting. How much $$? @Bigbox99

@woolleyfooley it’s the new ones for 2025. They use them in videos when they first came out and then the ones in the showroom tht ppl handle they sell them as used with tags so they have been handled but not fished. I don’t have any higher end spinning rod to compare it to but I would put the sensitivity up there with my steez ags bait casting rod and my p5 rod but it’s not nrx sensitive. For the 300 I paid it was 100 percent worth it but for 550 I would probably go with Megabass p5 or spend the extra and get nrx 

I believe the 2025 steez usa rods msrp is 449.00?

On 11/10/2025 at 1:10 PM, HawkeyeSmallie said:

To ME, cork > ethylene-vinyl acetate.

 

So that's a deal breaker.

 

But we all have our own tastes.

I’m the complete opposite haha. I don’t like cork grips. 

On 11/10/2025 at 5:53 PM, woolleyfooley said:

@sasquatch2711 you got a used one? They just came out this year. Are you sure it’s the same rod the thread is about? If it is, how does the sensitivity stack up? Do you feel it’s worth 550?

Now this is interesting. How much $$? @Bigbox99

They're not out yet.  12/2025 and 2026 are the release dates