What is your warranty policy (including whether you will reimburse customer shipping within the warranty period if a returned broken rod is determined to have had a factory defect)?

I heartily endorse both posts from Randingo. It was very nice of him to put in all that effort to his clear explanation and its supplement.

Those are some beautiful handles!

Thanks!

Interesting info. Since the deep-spool 2500 size holds considerably more line than the shallower 3000-CXH (the one without the D), those two different sizes are probably even closer in weight when spooled with line.

bronzefly wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:30 am

I'll be happy to share published weights once the shop opens back up on Monday.

I'd love to read those weights and where you're getting them from (the reel boxes?)!

DarkShadow wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:50 am

I looked at the end of my line and it looks like it had been cut clean with a pair of scissors. No pig tail at the end, no knot failure.

Happens all the time in waters containing muskies, pike, or pickerel, but you probably don't have them in CA. A big turtle with sharp-edged jaws, perhaps?

Daiwa seems to have had a major bungle with releasing reel weights on this model. I have seen three different weights listed for the same size of this reel model on varied sellers' charts. Some, as you found, no longer list the weights at all, perhaps waiting for a definitive statement from the manu...

Strikes me as a "that's what she said " moment... :lol: I don't own a Vanford. My interest was dampened upon checking out display case models of the 1000 and 2000 Vanford last fall. With both, I could feel the gears meshing as I turned the handles--not really roughly a rough sensation, but unexpect...

Hobie-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:12 pm

Frigging is another area where fast is nice to have.

If you take a kid fishing, this reel could save you a lot of headaches! Fishing writer Stan Fagerstrom used to do casting exhibitions with spincast reels, showing how one could achieve impressive accuracy and quiet lure entry with them. One aims slightly above the target, feathers the line by pushin...

You've got a lot of balls!

Very cool!

Goodness gracious--great balls of flare!

They look meticulously done, but I do wonder whether the thick balls of strands will provide too much resistance to side-to-side movement to let the blade give the lure shimmy. I hope to see some fish pics in a month or two to shame me over shimmy concern!

dragon1 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 04, 2023 2:10 pm

I sure am grateful that we don't have to wait for A.I./digital processing to clean our rear ends after doing-da-doody.

Yes, with a healthy diet and good hydration, that should always be anallog output with no digital assistance.

I can comment on early results I've had with three of these baits using lighter tackle (2 and 4 lb nylon mono, 4 lb Nanofil with leader, UL rods). LarvaZ : Surprisingly effective for crappies, somewhat so for bluegills, on one outing. Last October, an unseasonably warm day inspired an evening outing...