Fishing4Fun wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:20 pm

Casting distance Shimano vs Daiwa? This is a whole nother can of worms. There are some big time Daiwa distance spools that I would put up there against anything Shimano has to offer.

True - let us not go down that worm hole 🥳

I used to prefer Shimano, but in recent years I have been a bigger fan of Daiwa mostly because of the many different spool options for any given Daiwa platform (34 mm spools especially). Both brands feel great in my hand. The overall feeling of quality is what makes Shimano and Daiwa stand out and a...

Oh, and some 36mm Daiwas with aftermarket spools for the bigger fish in rough waters.

I think the short answer here is anything that utilizes a 34mm spool. Pick your platform and form factor and have at it. Plenty of BFS and mag finesse spools, tame spools for wind or target casting, max distance spools etc. Plus you have all the fun colored SV and ZPI spools. These 34 mm spools can...

I have posted photos of my two glass rods from Resilure elsewhere on this forum. I have never held or seen any rod that comes close to his rods in fit, finish, and sheer beauty - that includes any rod I have ever seen on TT. Works of art that are fantastic to fish with. ….If Bamboozle wants somethi...

Here is one of them - made for the Alphas Air Stream Custom.

I have posted photos of my two glass rods from Resilure elsewhere on this forum. I have never held or seen any rod that comes close to his rods in fit, finish, and sheer beauty - that includes any rod I have ever seen on TT. Works of art that are fantastic to fish with. ….If Bamboozle wants somethin...

I recently acquired a SDS Custom spool for the Tatula 80. I love the little 80 and 70 models because of the aluminum side plate, they are little tanks. This spool absolutely transformed the 80 into a dynamite reel for my type of fishing, which is throwing relatively small tubes and jigs for smallmo...

very pretty. those hard baits are all nice looking. =D> but if they aren't working, just throw a simple mepps or panther martin. I'd be lying if I didn't admit I've caught 10+ trout on a spinner for every single trout I've caught on a hard minnow bait. I am on the same page. Love spoons and hard mi...

28 mm spool… Translated from the website using my browser: DAIWA Bait Finesse goes to a new area Jumping evolution in the 10th year The male "SS AIR TW" of the bait finesse machine that was reborn for the first time in 10 years. The compact body inherits the fearless appearance of black x red, and i...

The Ray’s spool is the DIY spool I wrote about. It is a nice spool for the Antares. You have to install brake shoes yourself, i.e. remove two shoes from the spool you own and put them on the Rays/DIY. Do not put much more line on the spool than absolutely needed, e.g. 50 yards, and you will do fine ...

SSS wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 26, 2023 12:06 pm

Do we know if their new spools are even made in japan, or its made in china, but they'll be charging the same price as if it was made in japan?

I don’t.
I also do not know if their old spools were made in Japan.

Recent insta-post with zelos handle and a silver spool (zpi made?).

SSS wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:11 am

So is there a spool for the Pixy? I know they had one from Ray's Studio back when we first saw these chinese spools, but i can't think of any others.

Yes, search “diy spool px68” on ali…..
the spool is very good.

No, the spools are not compatible although they are very similar. There are small differences in spool/shaft dimensions. The reels cast very much the same in my hands, but I did find it just a tad easier to throw 5-7 gram lures with the Antares.