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Cheap reel: Daiwa Procaster

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This is a cool reel I discovered a while back.  I've seen them for sale for as little as $20 in great shape.  What makes them unique for their price is how modern they are even today.  They have modern Daiwa features like:

 

Alumimum, frame, handle side plate and set plate ( called armed housing concept now and normal back then)

 

34mm free floating Magforce V spool.  The stock spool has a dynamic brake that is functionality identical to Magforce Z.  The spool dimensions and fee floating spool shaft mean you can drop in any modern spool for a Zillion, Steez ect.  You could BFS spool it of you wanted.

 

It has, for its time, a large crank case with a large main gear.  I have other reels from this late 90s period and some will have main gears the size of a quarter.  The larger main gear helps with winding power.

 

It's pretty well built on the inside with metal clutch components and a metal yoke to lift the double supported pinion.

 

You can also use other common Daiwa parts like spool tension knobs, drag stars and handles to update the reel and remove the ugly, riveted on plastic knob handle and plastic drag star.

 

They came in a few variations but are all the same reel.  The Procaster-X, Procaster-V, the Walmart and other stores exclusive black and gold TD-V (these may have been combo only) and the JDM TD-S that gets an updated TD-Z like appearance with thumb screws to remove the non-handle side plate.  As an old Daiwa, all casting models are right handed and the lefties are all "flipping frame" models meant to be used while palming the reel flipping or pitching.  Daiwa didn't switch to mirrored version of righty reels for their lefties until a little later.

 

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My TD-S pics below.  The TD-S are kind of expensive because they are rare and JDM but you can get an excellent Procaster-Z for next to nothing.

 

Keep in mind, they are big and heavy reels.  That is one way in which they are still quite old.  

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Also, you want the Procaster 103 or 105.  The procaster 153 or any of the other Procasters are different animals that I can't comment on. 

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I bought the Procaster 100HN on closeout from TW.  Paid $30 for a $70 reel.  Excellent at full price.  Terrific at my cost.  Here's a review of the reel.

https://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwaprocaster.html

Mine's still like brand new.  Has seen vey little use.  Not because I don't like it, but because of where I lived the only thing that kept me from quitting fishing...again...was buying different gear to try.  It's a very solid reel.

 

Not light at 9 oz., but if you can't handle that weight, then maybe you should be at home on the couch watching TV.  :lol:  I enjoy a light combo as well as the next person but it doesn't bother me to fish a 13-14 oz. combo all day.

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