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When switching to braid.... What is the reason for using braid over mono or fluoro? How do you match it with your reel if the manual says to use 12 or 14lb test?

I use the list below when I use a worm and they all seem to be good! St. Croix Avid E21 Carrot Stix Daiwa Zillion

I have one of these and for the price it's pretty awesome! It was my first baitcaster and I have since purchased the td sol and the high speed steez, Daiwa products are awesome.

I went fishing this morning with the Steez and all I can say is WOW. I noticed a difference right away and I didn't backlash not once. Awesome reel, if I would have know I wouldn't have bought all the low line reels I have and gotten a reg steez and the high speed. This stuff just keeps getting better!

I am going to stop buying gear for a while and learn the techniques and how to use them. I need to learn what rods go with what actions and what bait to use. I have a lot to learn and I think I have a great start in terms of gear. I got all that stuff today and I was fortunate to have enough time to put the SOL on the Carrot to try out. I went to the reservoir and casted for about 45mins, I didn't catch anything but I did notice the day and night difference in between the SOL and the Exceler. I also noticed I could feel more with the Carrot than I could with my low end St. Croix rod. Tommorrow is play time with the Steez on the Zillion, I can't wait!

I pulled the trigger thursday and made some purchases. I actually found a high speed steez, first one I have seen for sale. I bought the high speed steez, daiwa sol, e21 rod and a daiwa zillion rod. I have a guy that makes me rods and he is working on a set of st. croix's for those reels but I had to try other things ;D

d**n, hate when that happens! Wouldn't take anything for my baitcaster though.

I'm confused???? I am trying to learn something here not troll,omg!

I have been looking a lot into rods lately. I know everyone seems to favor g.loomis but I cannot see paying that much at this time. I love my st. croix rods I have now and I have a guy that will custom any of their blanks for me. Is there something wrong with St. Croix? What kind of rod should I be getting? I don't know the different techniques yet so I am still in the dark. I caught a 2-3lb. bass today on my spinning reel and I will admit, I hated it. The fight was horrid and aweful, I missed my baitcaster today, it needed re-spooled and I was lazy!

I like the looks of the Daiwa stuff and I love the smoothness of my exceler now. I think I would like to stick with Daiwa! I guess the best thing for me is to learn what specs I need for what technique and then choose based on my research. Could you help me with techniques and what speeds and specs you need for each in a reel? I don't know what each technique means either. Right now all I mainly do is fish at the local reservoir, 4" Senko's are a bass's best friend here! So I mainly use 4" senko or 4" berkley spiral tails. A friend that is really knowledgable says top water season is about to come also. So I guess if I had to buy two combos right now it would be for worms and topwater fishing. We just got a little john boat to get us through till spring, took it out the other night and I have to say it's different. I cannot for the life of me cast my baitcaster when I'm sitting down or when there are weeds behind me, spools up everytime :-/

get two nice combos instead of one high end one, trust me you are at a disadvantage fishing with one baitcaster. You need to cover techniques get a 200$ reel and a flipping stick then another 200$ reel and a 7' mh fast action to cover a lot of fishing. Could you give me some guidance as what to look for? I like the Steez but as a poster above said some of the reels are not out yet, I want to wait on the high speed steez. Maybe I will splurge a little and get two high ends for combos, you never know about me 8-) Last night was the first night I have caught anything bigger than small blue gill, croppy or sunfish. I caught 4 largemouth bass at about 2lbs a piece. I was hoked before but I gotta say, there is something awesome about catching a bass and having it fight and jump 2ft out of the water. Wow, this just keeps getting better!

I already have rods, reels, bag, tackle and storage. I just love my baitcaster, now that I know which reel I liked between the spinner and the baitcaster I wanted to get a really good one. I am saving for a bass boat in the spring so this would be it for a while. I just don't want to get less of a reel if I'm paying over $400 for it. I have read some reviews on all of those reels and most of the time the Core gets the highest but most favor the Steez. This makes it confusing to me! Thanks, Ryan

I started serious fishing about a month ago with my dad. He had me buy a little walamart ultralight to start out with, weeks later the bug bit me! When I decided to get serious I order what I have now but I'm looking to upgrade already but I need some input. I have two setups now, a spinner and a baitcaster. Everyone I talked to said to play with the baitcaster and use the spinner because a baitcaster was harder to learn, I never use my spinner! The spinner is an Abu Garcia Cardinal 304 and the baitcaster is a Daiwa Exceler, they are both on St. Croix graphite rods 6' and 6' 6". I really would like a nicer baitcaster but still being new at this and so many products I can't make an informed purchase, I got lucky the first time!! I am looking at the shimano core and calais and the Daiwa Steez. Any input is appreciated. Oh, it's Bass I'm after Thanks, Ryan