I'm actually surprised that TT hasn't made a jig to measure jouls of energy used to rotate a spin or baitcaster reel. And a jig that holds a reel again spin or baitcaster and measures its actual rotational noise via either noise or sensor via a worm style graph tracker? How it would correlate into ...

Daiwa says July 1st , maybe Shimano will do the same.

I bought a 3000 FL two weeks ago. It's liquid smooth , the FK 3000 I had before wasn't that smooth right out of the box but , it never got any worse. I used it inshore for a few years , snook , reds , trout , etc. btw , I had a heck of a time finding a place that had one in stock. Finally found one....

Thanks for the info fellas. I'll make sure and check all of the bearings.

Typically what else do you swap out besides the main gear and pinion after a reel gets geary feeling ? Yoke , ar bearing and sleeve , etc ? I'm gonna order some parts but , don't wanna leave anything that's necessary out. Thanks

I'd exchange it for another one.

Don't the tatula elites also have brass gears but also aluminum side plates? The side plates of the zillion sv tw are zaion right? Wouldn't aluminum frame and side plates with brass gears be preferable for heavier lures? (Kind of like how the new Zillion 10 went with metal side plates and the og zi...

Ryoga 5.4:1 , is another round reel option.

Tatula Elite 6:3:1.

Tackle Trap facebook code will save you some money.

If it's been run for 1 year and still smooth , I'd say it had some factory grease in it. Keep us posted.

I am super impressed with my Daiwa Coastal SV TW as well so far! Smootheness is def on the same level as my Steez A and Steez SV TW. Of course the later are already a couple of years old. So one would need to see how the new Tatula's behave over time. Looking forward to get my other Tatulas now and...

If you're paying jdm prices , the steez is well worth it imo.

Tatula 150 P works for me , love it.

Could be cutting back , could be getting ready for icast. I don't know anything about their financial well being.

I read that Bantam1 said no replacement for the curado 70.