new Tatula CT

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new Tatula CT

Post by pharmboy2010 » Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:07 am

So, in the new Bassmaster mag, there is an ad for a new Tatula CT reel. Not much info (just talking about T-Wing, Air Rotation, etc). MSRP: $149.99. No clue what is going to be different, if anything.

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by Chowmeow » Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:34 am

pharmboy2010 wrote:So, in the new Bassmaster mag, there is an ad for a new Tatula CT reel. Not much info (just talking about T-Wing, Air Rotation, etc). MSRP: $149.99. No clue what is going to be different, if anything.
Hopefully CT stands for "compact".

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by MediumHeavy » Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:30 pm

Just text or did the ad have a picture? Hopefully it's a smaller frame, indeed. Otherwise, not sure what they could do to make yet another version of a reel with that same size. I like the Tatula a lot, but geez!

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by Hogsticker2 » Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:58 pm

Chowmeow wrote:
pharmboy2010 wrote:So, in the new Bassmaster mag, there is an ad for a new Tatula CT reel. Not much info (just talking about T-Wing, Air Rotation, etc). MSRP: $149.99. No clue what is going to be different, if anything.
Hopefully CT stands for "compact".
Interesting train of thought. Maybe it's the new Zillion TW SV without the SV spool?

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by pharmboy2010 » Sat Feb 06, 2016 2:03 am

There it's a pic. Looks exactly the same to me, except red highlights....but the Type R already had that, so I'm at a lost as to what it's going to be different. If it were a smaller version, I would think that would be mentioned in the ad.

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by pharmboy2010 » Sat Feb 06, 2016 4:00 am

OK, so after scrutinizing the pic some more, I believe that it might indeed be a smaller framed version (same as the new Zillion TW SV). This might be some eye trickery/wishful thinking, but the front plate looks a little narrower and the top hood resembles the Zillion TW SV.

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by Chowmeow » Sat Feb 06, 2016 4:40 am

pharmboy2010 wrote:OK, so after scrutinizing the pic some more, I believe that it might indeed be a smaller framed version (same as the new Zillion TW SV). This might be some eye trickery/wishful thinking, but the front plate looks a little narrower and the top hood resembles the Zillion TW SV.
This would be a great addition to daiwas lineup then. I wonder why daiwa would start with a 150 msrp if the original tatula is at that pricepoint?

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by MediumHeavy » Sat Feb 06, 2016 5:22 am

Post the image of the of the ad?

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by 389Maverick » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:29 am

Pretty certain this is the reel...should be a Classic release from what I've been told.

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by biggs » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:34 am

pharmboy2010 wrote:OK, so after scrutinizing the pic some more, I believe that it might indeed be a smaller framed version (same as the new Zillion TW SV). This might be some eye trickery/wishful thinking, but the front plate looks a little narrower and the top hood resembles the Zillion TW SV.
If this is true....THANK YOU DAIWA! =D>

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by IlliniDawg01 » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:36 am

389Maverick wrote:Pretty certain this is the reel...should be a Classic release from what I've been told.

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I hope you are right.

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by pharmboy2010 » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:39 am

Here's the pic:

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by 389Maverick » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:59 am

IlliniDawg01 wrote:
389Maverick wrote:Pretty certain this is the reel...should be a Classic release from what I've been told.

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I hope you are right.

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Maybe a Type R :-k

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by IlliniDawg01 » Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:49 am

That pic from the magazine does appear to be a Tatula built on the new smaller Zillion frame. The Red ported one must be a new Type R.

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Re: new Tatula CT

Post by Montanaro » Sat Feb 06, 2016 12:39 pm

Time to sell my tatulas....

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