Not sure if posted yet, but looks like the full line/specs are out:

http://www.daiwa.com/us/contents/produc ... index.html

I'm liking the new design on the glorious as the older models were pretty heavy. But, now that they look more like the Ultima and share a pretty close price, it almost seems a bit unnecessary. Either way, I'm way more excited for 2016 shimano/jackall rods then mb... Agreed on the price and look. I'...

Shimano just updated their Japanese websites, the new rods seem to be listed: http://fishing.shimano.co.jp/product/rod/3533 Ultima, we're getting a 610M and a 264/66SUL-S. http://fishing.shimano.co.jp/product/rod/4381 Glorious, they redid the look, and it looks like we lost a few rods like the wolfd...

My FAVORITE Frog rod is my Poison Glorious Rushburn. Honestly, so crisp, and has the power to haul em out of the slop here.

zodiak311 wrote:

Tim Kelly wrote:Bet it's the braid slipping on the spool. Tell him to re-spool with a couple of yards of mono on the spool first.

X2, especially with heavy braid. Monobacking, or a few layers of plumbers tape should do the trick.

X4

Nice Find Max, don't have to worry about it, just fish it!! I picked up Galaxy Red IS71HL that was kinda beat up, sent it off to Ian, gave it the full tune, an IS71 that I can actually take out and fish and not worry about it. NICE. Exactly. This one is for the boat, not the shelf. At 1/50 it's a s...

In my endless tackle search, I stumbled across a well used and marked IS79UC 25th. It had clearly seen better days....Still, it was a rare find, and I know I will have no problem fishing this one. No worries about making it less than mint.... http://s15.postimg.org/kwhyy8ux7/IMG_20160120_WA0017.jpg ...

The TD-Ito 2506 is green. You could always do a custom rod on an orange blank too. This is what I did. TD Ito 2506 + Custom Rod.... Thanks all, great suggestions. Not sure I'm willing to go with a combo rod for this purpose but definitely good to know the options. Will probably do 2 combos - one wi...

It's worth what someone will pay. These days the AOI is worth a pretty penny

mint ones are going well over 600 easily....

adam lancia wrote:The TD-Ito 2506 is green. You could always do a custom rod on an orange blank too.

This is what I did. TD Ito 2506 + Custom Rod....

Since everyone in here knows their MB, how's the Viola/Rosso paint holding? Does it chip easily? The IS Galaxy Red chips easily, the Zonda Rosso holds it fine, and I find the FX series chips easily no mater what. My 0.02 depends on how u use your gear...the few rosso we got are all pretty bad. Daiw...

silversix wrote:Since everyone in here knows their MB, how's the Viola/Rosso paint holding? Does it chip easily?

The IS Galaxy Red chips easily, the Zonda Rosso holds it fine, and I find the FX series chips easily no mater what. My 0.02

XR #4: 15.2g with bearing

Haha even though this is TT, I will arrange an intervention for anyone with 7 XRs. Part of that intervention will involve selling one of them to me. 5 will work, but the fewer samples we have, the less accurate the calculation becomes. 7 is generally accepted as the min required for any real confid...

A bit of cold also will also sometimes help a stuck rod pop apart. I rarely take my 2 piece rods apart once they're together, I just treat them like any one piece rod.... works well Thanks Max!!! The cold did the trick. I laid the handle/blank on a bath towel in between two frozen ziplock bags and ...