I love my OG Zillion C.C. for fishing deep cranks.

Just received a new Bantam today. This is the most comfortable Shimano I have ever held. The reel is silky smooth. I feel like a total idiot for not buying one when they first came out. I haven't casted it yet but I have a feeling I will be buying more. Welcome to the party! :mrgreen: You can bet I...

Just received a new Bantam today. This is the most comfortable Shimano I have ever held. The reel is silky smooth. I feel like a total idiot for not buying one when they first came out. I haven't casted it yet but I have a feeling I will be buying more.

E73Bass wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:37 pm

Pretty sure this is a Daiwa Japan only reel.

Daiwa USA version will be coming later.

The Zillion 10 is on Daiwa US website.

The Yokohama fishing show starts on January 17.

poker_lamina wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:28 pm

2020 Shimano SLX DC IDC4
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Probably out later in 2020.

The spool looks like the one on the Scorpion DC. I would assume this is a JDM only reel.

I want that palm plate, but I need it in the color of the original Zillion TW SV. The protruding mag dial is it's only real wart that can't be easily remedied. I sanded the teeth on the mag dial and the ridge below it some but it didn't help enough. Sun gloves help a little but I don't want to wear...

The Reel Test on YouTube uncovered a couple shots of a new casting reel. It looks like it has a Core Solid Body.

Johnny A wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:12 am

Lure magazine 2020
Some interesting new stuff from across the Pacific

Tease!!!

Tzlure.com mentions the 2020 Metanium. They misspelled Shimano

Plat has a vid on YouTube.

Plat has a vid on YouTube.

I'd really like to hear what the haters actually want out of daiwa ? :-k It seems we have some keyboard commando engineers among us... The main thing I ask is for Daiwa to ditch the protruding mag dial. Use the Steez CT style palm plate on all there reels. I care about comfort a lot more than looks...

I've palmed the Tatula 100 at my local BPS and it actually palms really good. I hear they are Steez TW SV size but I don't have one so it is more like an Alphas to me. I have held one in the store and it's more Alphas-like then Steez TW SV-like, which is good imho. I was thinking about picking one ...

I noticed the Tatula SV's that the US pro's are casting have the chrome handle nut covers like the regular Tatulas 100's. Probably have a 90mm handle where as the JDM version is 84mm.