:doh: - I just bought an Alphas CT to go with my orange KTF spool. That's alright, since I really like its "Presso" like color scheme. I couldn't justify spending that much money on a Steez Air and an aftermarket KTF spool. I'm up for purchasing the Alphas Air TW. Guessing KTF will offer a lighter ...

This is really interesting reel!

But is it made with spacers?

Frame is a little bit bigger than Steez Air, but that is OK I think.

Is line guide further from spool in Alphas vs. Steez? Or is it just in casting position?

If you have metal bearings, they may be dry. Clean and reoil. Dry metal bearings will do that noise, vibrate laterally and decrease casting distance. My z spools the whole spool of 40lb jbraid on 2.5oz musky lures. Easily one of the furthest casting reels i've had. Looks like those are original ste...

Short trip to flooding small steram after work. SUL is nice rod but attention is needed when casting forehand. But this is so soft and even 'shooting' can be performed with baitcaster. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlfiM2RvR4zNy2SYj_BnM7hgZ5KzNNeU5 There's now added new video at first in pl...

My Z2020 casts decently but vines something like need a little bit care or something:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfVD7GJS5dc

Reel is perfect for casting bombarda + fly. And this rod is good as well. But I need to educate me more: https://youtu.be/fd_JV4tzBx0 Replaced vide by nicer one from same trip. After long fishing day I liked to play a little and try how it flies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA5bRF_K0Oo And it fl...

We are lucky in Finland because local post is that slow that all Corona's are dead when they arrive to destination :-)

RCS2014 weighted 24.2 grams: RCS2014 full.JPG and RCS2020 (near full) weigted 25.2 grams: RCS2020 full.JPG I local store was on sale GoPro Sportsman mounts, which was cheap as GoPro product. Mount is very sturdy. Sportsman mount 1.JPG Sportsman mount 2.JPG It was hard to find place for GoPro in rod ...

I had a problem to decide of what line to put to RCS2014. And therefore made comparisons. I was sure that I have good line to it and not needed to buy. But it wasn’t so easy. ‘0.17 mm’ / 35 lb Stealth Smooth was a little bit too thick and ‘0.16 mm’ 31 lb Morethan was way too thin for my intended use...

Fishing with OG HLC Zillion. It works perfect in this combo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgrERJpsDsE

Very nice reel for this purpose indeed.

Z2020H is really nice reel. Maybe a little cold in sub 0 degrees, but gloves can be used... Original spool is big capacity. I like to use this also for seatrout and maybe for Toutain: https://www.fishinginfinland.fi/toutain and therefore I ordered shallow spool to it: RCS2014 paino.JPG RCS2020 ja RC...

I was thinking could GoPro1 be mounted to Teton SUL by Hama bicycle handlebar mount. Yes, it could. I protected cork by rubber not to crush. Balance of setup was quite interesting... And sun was set when I begun to test. And there was strong winds. So it happens... But I could test and video is arti...

I have used only Spiderwire Stelth Smooth 8 for BFS.

I haven't yet tried Morethan 12 for BFS, but it feels smoother and more slippery and I'm thinking try that next when I have used my Spiderwire's.

Fishing in winter in Finland. Now it's record hot during winter in here. Svartzonker was nice to cast by regards of it's spinfluga rod. Nicest one of that type I have tried. But 12'3" long rod + 2 Oz weight + slippery slope was not combination to perform power casts. It felt that rod has much more p...

Makes me wonder if it will cast better than a KTF Steez CT? Spool weight is important but, can be misleading sometimes. The spool shaft being made of titanium vs stainless steel can make a bigger difference on the scale than on the water. Weight is not only one factor of momentum of inertia. And it...