Thanks for info! I think I'm not suggest that Kingdom for him, if it needs maintenance before get used and Magnetic brake needs customization before it's good

Fuego sv it is. Or Fuego ct. Or used sv tw Zillion.

Yes ... Messing with sv brake needs to be dial down and dial down and dial down, but then in some point there's no brake at all It's not distance casting brake, but still casting distance with it is OK.

OK...I thought that Kingdom reel like that, in Pike fishing, set enough centrifugal brake and then adjust by magnetic brake. In case of Perch fishing, if there's enough power in magnetic brake, then use only that. If not enough, then apply centrifugal brake until there's enough braking power. But if...

I still think the Aliexpress Fuego SV is the reel to get. When he wants to upgrade to something more free casting he can get a Magforce Z reel or branch out to the Shimano offerings. Also if he ever wants to go the BFS route for perch he can spool swap the Fuego SV. Yes. I think in some evening I s...

It's my bombarda+fly reel. I cast 60 and 80 g bombardas with it. It's spooled 0.20 mm Trabucco Super Cast. I think it's 24 lbs line and long 0.50 mm ( I think it's 60 lbs) shock leader. Fantastic reel for that purpose:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA5bRF_K0Oo&t=45s

I have OG HLC Zillion with deep spool. https://japantackle.com/reel-archives/casting-reel-archives/daiwa-zillion-hlc.html I spooled 0.35 mm mono to it and it didn't take too much line. And for pike less than 0.35 mm is too thin mono for pike. So in my opinion it doesn't has enough capacity for pike,...

My vote would be for an original Zillion, I've bought several for $125 and unless you need sv for light lures that's hard to beat for the money. Actually good advise! I have one Original Zillion and sv tw Zillion. Those are under $170 budget as used in Ebay. :) Great reels. Original one is a little...

Looked that Kingdom Speedshot. I think I suggest him to buy it, because Aliexpress reels that I have tried has been worth of those cost and actually much more worth, because those are cheap. I also believe that Kindom Speedshot will serve him a long time. A lot of bearings and reel seems well manufa...

Yes, only expensive products are worth to send to here Finland...

Thanks for replies! A lot of good choises! Yeas, I think castability of lighter than 3/8 Oz lures is not important in this point. (Because those are quickly needing a special light rod.) I just didn't know how 10 g converts to Oz's :) But I think 3/8 ... 1 (1.5) Oz is pretty much lure range covered.

Hi, A friend of mine from my workplace said that his has looked baitcasting fishing videos and hi likes to begin fishing :D Hi asked from me which baitcaster hi should buy. Price shall be under $170. Hi currently don't fish, but hi has sometimes fished by borrowing rod and reel and hi has some own l...

Got mine Kuying Teton TTC510S. Blank feels very good for light lures. It's a little long for most bushy places, but rod length is what I consider what's ideal for lightest lures with baitcasting reel. In my opinion decent cast is needed for lightest lures and a little longer rod helps with it. I got...

I really like the Roro AX24. Daiwa has been releasing some very great and innovative BFS reels lately. I am getting this reel regardless. Can be my dedicated stream reel and the Gekkabijin can be for open water. Yeah, that way those are supposed to be used :) But I think difference of magnetic brak...

I think I'm not going to buy this reel despite of nice color of it. I have GekkaBijin with Roro AX24 (and Chamelleon) spools. But I might buy spool of Air Stream Custom. But probably there's not much difference from AX24.

Yes ... It allows to dial Magforce ~2x stronger than Original spool so it allows to adjust Magforce ~2x more precisely. And that's very good, if person likes to adjust Magforce presisely

Video of testing AX 24. I like it, and I like it a lot: