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is it a good top water big bait rod? Im looking to see if it can throw a 3 oz top water plug? thx

The Zillion doesn't impress me that much but I love the audible drag

Great vid of seeing the adjustable nose piece

Why do these comparison always exclude the Pflueger and Garcia reels ?

Mine broke in 30 min. Just received my replacement see if it last this time.

The older St Croix Legend Xtreme casting rods were ahead of their time. I'm talking 15 years ago. They had split handles, sc5 blanks and titanium recoils. 7 foot, Medium Heavy rod (actually closer to heavy since it's 3/8s to 1 oz) came in at 4.2 oz. All of the fancy torzites didn’t do much except reduce noise with braid when casting. This is the reason why most of the freshwater GLXs and NRXs today still use recoils. Amazingly light guides.

I have to know, why your using 3k and 4k size spinning reels for large and small mouth? I'm not poking fun, I legitimately would like to know if it has a advantage? I live in coastal n.c I fish reds and trout and various other inshore species, but I predominantly use 1k and 2k sized spinning reels. For both. I absolutely love the ballistic mq 2500 ant the kage mq 2000 . That being said, iv never had a red spool me , is it a distance thing on the casting end for the reason of using a 3k and 4k sized reel?

Can you do a on the water video with the tatula

Would you take this or St. Croix 7’1” MF versatile for all around finesse? I like Dobyn’s but I hate their grip on spinning rods

That’s a Texas rig with a drop shot weight

Hi! What line do you use? How much lbs?

you should've thrown the 2023 vanquish on it.. I think it'll look badass with that reel although the exsence isn't bad looking

Could u compare the casting perfomnce between curado mgl 150, old D sv 103 and this one?

Ok for jigging JWR or CRR?

Would this rod work in saltwater?

Is that just the medium or the medium light?

You making me want one 😂 but the price 😢

That’s a weird and long way to say “Steez SV is better than Met DC”. 😹👍🏽

Showing off gears is basically Mall Ninja stuff, in the end, bringing more fish to the boat is more satisfactory, but having good gears is definitely beneficial, I have Stella, TP, Ultima, Glorious, Expride, TS destroyers.

Sensitivity is snake oil trick, if something can't be scientifically defined, measured and quantified, you should be very skeptical, but there are a lot of people in fishing industry that don't have basic college physics 101 knowledge, so it makes sense a lot of people believe it, it's like HIFI industry, people believe using pure silver cable is better than pure copper cable, because it sounds more natural LOL>

That gammy jig looks good for skipping for sure!

Daiwa is trash. Garbage. Throwing money after Daiwa in hopes it is better than the real reel companies is moronic

Please update us on how the Great Lakes Minnows works out & which one you prefer. I have been getting into mid-strolling & moping also. Good luck tomorrow.

I almost feel like a rep for this company at this point but…I like my steez ct, met dc, zillion, bantam, and I love my bates hundo. That reel palms better than others and can do everything other throw large swim baits and it’s just because of the spool size. It feels old school and new school at the same time. I’d trade the met dc all day long for one. You should try one. Nice video as always.

My opinion for the met dc vs steez sv debate. Met DC: more refined, feels sturdier, smoother, and casts further in any condition. Steez sv less refined, in addition to feeling hollow I can feel the gears more and the reel just isn't as tight as the met dc. The performance isn't better, but is easier to dial w/o having to adjust spool tension knob. Steez sv also doesn't have over spool when you have the reel in free spool, the met dc occasionally does. Steez also casts with less effort but still feels choked. IMO Met DC wins this round quite easily especially once price is factored in.

I like the alphas air reels better than the tatula

Good vid dude! But man, I've gotta disagree with you on the Steez 24 on some aspects. I find it so good, in fact, that I sold my Met DC to buy another one. I'm up to four purchased now and HAVE been buying them direct from Japan for basically $300 less than what the US market is selling them for, which is nuts; no clue why they're charging this. Anyway, it throws further than my Zillion21...SLP Works Zillion AND Steez reels which was the first thing i noticed out of the box. Against the Met DC they were both throwing far and basically the same distance which is cool, but I'm more into accurate shorter casts these days equating to more times into the water...increased odds...etc... I'm skipping with it just fine but you might have a point with the SV Boost spools not skipping as well since they're a little more open after startup. I completely disagree with you on how it handles wind. Even on big lakes here in Texas on WINDY days it was considerably superior for me over the Met DC with regard to handicapping either reel too much with the braking. The Steez 24 boost spool is a new spool design from Daiwa with regard to size and width, just wanted to mention. The braking dial on the Steez 24 though...horrid...just horrid! You are right though, nobody should pay $750 for a reel...so there's that for context. And I do mirror your sentiment in a prior video where you basically preach a Zillion 21 or Bantam 22 is as far as you should look from either camp; spot on with this. Now onto the new Tatula...I actually like the way it looks minus the graphics and "Tatula" flair they kill the reel with. My first thought with regard to the design was it looks like it'll be comfortable in hand, especially resting your thumb onto the spool.

I get why they upped the price of the Steez SV. They want to take all your little left hard earned money in our current miserable economy. On that, I am guessing the older non boost SV spool maybe is why the old steez skips better ? Boy it seems that the Tatula SV may now kill the momentum of the Zillion SV for the price unless it's not so solid after using.. Thanks for the updates on the soft plastics and Met DC..! interesting..

I wish you could do a video just on the best skipping reels out there it would be awesome video that alot of guys would watch

The Spider 🤢

is the news geez nicer than the old one?

So what Megabass rod is that?

great video thanks for sharing

Hey Brian can you do some videos on schimino curado DC reels and some of the other high end schimino reels. I'm one of your subscribers and I absolutely love your channel. Brian there's no u tube channels out there that talk about high end stuff. I'm really enjoying your awesome channel. God bless you and your family your pal fisherman Mike from Missouri.

Thought on the Tat sv 150. Personally I feel as if they went backwards using the old 2017 tat sv frame but it does look better than the old model.

Finally a 100mm handle !!!

Is the tatula as smooth as the zillion? Since Tatula now has hyperdrive and sv boost, I feel I can save money and get the same performance of the zillion

Brian WHAT happened to You Daiwa STEEZ SV goes out of the window 😑🥱🤔 Shimano Metanium DC enters the Room 🤩🥳🙃 🙄🤔😳😁😂😂😂I remember you uploaded another Metanium video in the past. 😅😅 About reading the dials. FYI Price SV: 600----650€uro for European anglers (or buy JDM) Price Met DC 540€

The new Tat has the new gearing too. You should have mentioned that.

I just bought several packages of the Great Lakes Finesse Hover Minnow and can't wait to try it out on my highlands reservoir that has a lot of suspended spotted bass. Have you tried the US made Trika rods that claim to be very sensitive?

Oh yeah, the javelin! I love mine too!

Are you buying the new kage rod?

The Steez SV is $750 MSRP. I kept saying the incorrect price!

St Croix rod's JUNK , TRASH, GARBAGE schimino expride B superb , outstanding, best rods in the business. If someone gave me a st Croix rod to use I would throw it in the lake. And after I throw it in the lake I'll take out my bamboo pole and use that .

Got a 903c haven’t done anything but mount an Antares to it

Hey Brian I have a question for you what expride B spinning rod would you recommend for tube bait fishing. I live in Missouri and I have similar structure no weeds alot of rock pea gravel and a lot of wood lay downs .god bless.

Hey Brian thanks so much for the great reviews . Next week I'm going to start purchasing the expride Bs . I've had it useing cheap 100 dollar rod's you seem to have the best video's on the high end equipment.

Hey Brian can you do a video on the schimino poison adrena rod I did subscribe to your channel. thanks for the honest reviews. God bless you and your family.

Love it

Hey Brian expride B baby poisen adrena, zodious. I think that company is the best rods company on this planet. They have better technology than anyone. Personally I don't see what is so great about meganass rods. But to each is own we all have our preference.