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Daiwa Completes Their Suite with the Tatula Casting Rods!



Introduction: Earlier this year, Daiwa finally gave consumers what they'd been seeking from the company for countless years - a worthy low profile baitcasting reel in the hotly contested $150 price range. By all accounts, the Tatula has been a resounding success although sales have stalled a little bit with consumers anticipating the Type R version just making its way to store shelves as this article is being written. Is the Type R worth the $50 upgrade? That's the subject of another article. What we're here to look at today is the original Tatula's partner. Who could that partner be you ask? It's a fishing rod of course! Introducing our first look at the Tatula series of casting rods, the TAT721HFB (7'2" Heavy).

Complete Article: http://tackletour.com/reviewdaiwatatularod.html

The balance on the 7’1 MH x-fast rod is perfect. Just an inch or so above the reel seat locking nut.

Hogsticker, I think it is time that you give one of these a try..

Steez rod performance(non compile -X),now we are talking
13 Fishing has some mainstream competition..

This changes things.... Pretty much pulled these from my list. Definitely going to pick a couple up if they feel as good as review says.

africanbass wrote:Steez rod performance(non compile -X),now we are talking
13 Fishing has some mainstream competition..

The SVF Steez are great rods looking, light and well constructed, but the sensitivity was sub par in my hands.

My 6'7" SVF Steez had the sensitivity of a Dick''s Tech Spec rod. A real disappointment. With braid it was passable. I no longer have either. To make matters worse the Steez was my first high end rod buy. At $399, I was really disappointed especially since I had been using a 6'6" Shimano Crucial (old style) and it was way more sensitive than the Steez at 1/3rd the price.

The Steez sat in the rack for a couple of years unused before I finally traded it off with couple of others for a MB Diablo XFti.

The SVF rods may make great moving bait rods, but for bottom contact it is way less than stellar IMO If someone is looking for a good soft plastics, bottom contact type of rod, I'd suggest you look elsewhere.

At $150 for the Tatula, the sting will not be nearly as painful as a $400 sting.

From the TT Review:

Sensitivity: Daiwa's SVF Bias blanks have always performed well overall in my hands, but if there's one area of complaint I've had with the Steez rods in particular, it's that they're not sensitive enough for their price point.

and

The Tatula sticks are priced even more attractively than that of the Zillions, but with their unsanded blanks, they remind me of the Steez rods. In fact, other than the balance of the rod and the components with which it is built including the reel seat and handle, I might be hard pressed to distinguish the blank on this Tatula rod from that of a non-Compile-X Steez - especially in the area of sensitivity.

The sensitivity is very good IMO. I can feel everything from a brush pile to rocks to even gravel on the bottom, even from 30-40+ yards out. I have not caught anything on it yet, but I am sure there will be no trouble feeling for that jig thump or texas rig bite.

The review is also very accurate on the backbone thing. The rod doesn't look like it would have much backbone, but it has a very strong backbone. Very powerful, yet lightweight rod. I have the 7'1 MH x-fast, so it probably weighs right around what the 7' H that was reviewed. I am going to guess it is a bit lighter though since it is a MH, so probably around 3.7-8 ounces.

Very cool
Great looking rods
to Daiwa stepping their game up this last year.

USA-RET wrote:

africanbass wrote:Steez rod performance(non compile -X),now we are talking
13 Fishing has some mainstream competition..

The SVF Steez are great rods looking, light and well constructed, but the sensitivity was sub par in my hands.

My 6'7" SVF Steez had the sensitivity of a Dick''s Tech Spec rod. A real disappointment. With braid it was passable. I no longer have either. To make matters worse the Steez was my first high end rod buy. At $399, I was really disappointed especially since I had been using a 6'6" Shimano Crucial (old style) and it was way more sensitive than the Steez at 1/3rd the price.

The Steez sat in the rack for a couple of years unused before I finally traded it off with couple of others for a MB Diablo XFti.

The SVF rods may make great moving bait rods, but for bottom contact it is way less than stellar IMO If someone is looking for a good soft plastics, bottom contact type of rod, I'd suggest you look elsewhere.

At $150 for the Tatula, the sting will not be nearly as painful as a $400 sting.

From the TT Review:

Sensitivity: Daiwa's SVF Bias blanks have always performed well overall in my hands, but if there's one area of complaint I've had with the Steez rods in particular, it's that they're not sensitive enough for their price point.

and

The Tatula sticks are priced even more attractively than that of the Zillions, but with their unsanded blanks, they remind me of the Steez rods. In fact, other than the balance of the rod and the components with which it is built including the reel seat and handle, I might be hard pressed to distinguish the blank on this Tatula rod from that of a non-Compile-X Steez - especially in the area of sensitivity.

Steez rods left much to be desired sensitivity-wise.

I'd love to see the tatula frog rod compared to the Steez frog rod, as the specs are identical. That seems to be the most loved Steez rod from what I've gathered (and thought very highly of in terms of sensitivity).
Doubt we'll see a TT comparison of them anytime soon, or ever, but It'd be cool.