Those yellow Type-R Tatulas have been out for a long time now (see eBay, Eastackle, 7 Seas Proshop, etc.)

Christmas splake from somewhere in Eastern Ontario.

A couple of Youtube angling personalities vouch for the Daiwa B.B.B. I've never handled or owned one, but I've been wanting to get the 595TLFS for remote backcountry trout fishing. Discontinued JDM Daiwa telescopic Heartland models show up on Yahoo Japan's auction site occasionally, and look intrigu...

2500 size ABU Record with IVCB. It'll never happen but I can always dream.

Daiwa, please bring back one-touch folding handles on your spinning reels, and everything will be good again.

Well then, I stand corrected! Nice reel.

You'll likely find a Made in China sticker on the reel's foot when you receive your new LT. The reels from the 3 LT series (JDM Caldia, JDM Tatula, AUDM Sol) that I've handled so far all have that sticker.

I've lost myself a few times while going to certain Eastern Ontario back lakes; sometimes the access (including abandoned logging roads, as well as overgrown atv/snowmobile trails) is so maze-like I'll lose my bearings and spend up to a few hours trying to figure out where I am, exactly. https://i.p...

Splake caught somewhere in Eastern Ontario.

Have also been fishing the Ottawa River rapids in (you guessed it) Ottawa for ½-2 lb “gold trout” using the same lure combo.

Yes, I’ve enjoyed catching some green trout (including this 3 pounder) from the Rideau Canal in Ottawa this summer using 1 ½ inch Berkley power nymphs on 1/16 oz VMC neon moon eye jig heads. Ultralight bassin’ is fun!

Old Daiwa spinning reels had one-touch folding handles, which is great for the travelling angler, and the new Daiwas don't.

That Disney movie ROCKED.

Yes, the Goldcasts click when you retrieve them while the anti-reverse is engaged.

I think that they're good, as far as spincasting reels go. All versions of the Goldcast have an audible (clicking) anti-reverse, but that sort of thing doesn't bother me.