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Thinking about making the purchase tomorrow. Seeing as how I'm still learning about these reels have a question. I think my heart is set on the Daiwa Zillion, but what about the Type R. Are you only paying for a slightly lighter reel? If I'm gonna drop $320 on a reel it might make sense to go $80 more and get the next step up. BUT I don't want to tick money away either. Is it worth it? Thanks in advance!

I don't get involved with brand wars. I own several Shimano reels, also some penn and soon a Daiwa. If its quality its quality end of story. Congrats on the purchase!

S*** I didn't read the posts went to scroll up saw u got one, congrats. Sorry I was late to the party.

Any chance you live in CT? I have a decent Shimano rod you can either borrow/or keep.

Guys don't crucify me for this. My go to Trout rod comes in Ultra light, light and medium. I own it in 5' ultra light. Berkely Cherrywood! You could prob get it for $20 at a Walmart. The rod is rock solid I've owned and used mine for roughly 7 years now. They no longer come with the cork grip wrap around the reel seat but still have a good feeling cork. My buddy has one 6' in medium and uses it occasionally for bass using rubber worms. That's the only under $80 pole I own but I love the d**n thing!

Funny thing I thought of after checkin this thread. Couple shops near me push Tsunami saltwater poles as the step up from low end Shimano/Shakespeare rods without making the price jump to ST. Croix etc. I love Shimano reels my self have a dozen or so spinners and only problem I ever had was on a brand new baitrunner couldn't hear the secondary drag. Sent it in had a new one in 3 days no probs on this one. Although I love Shimano I won't hesitate on trying a new brand.

Hey guys thanks for all the input! Think at some point between now and next spring I'm gonna go for it and prob grab the Zillion. Wait to see what kind of deal I can get on it. Its funny this Daiwa is built like a tank but when comparing their reel that is similiar to my stradic it was night and day how much more solid and smooth the Shimano was. Anyhow, now its just deciding righty or lefty. As far as that St Croix goes. Idk about spending that much for me. The Premier I have is awesome! Thanks again guys. If anyone else wants to keep contributing go for it!

Hello all first post here. Found this site via google looking for some gear reviews and ended up on the 'show your stuff' thread. Now because of that thread I want a baitcast reel. So on that note anyone interested in schooling me on a few questions I'd greatly appreciate it. So basically I'm 29 and have never used one except for a few charter boat trips with friends. I consider myself an avid fisher and have a arsenal of spinning reels/rods fresh and salt. Question 1: The reel is on the right! I'm a righty my left hand is illiterate doing anything other than reeling and adjusting drag. So the reel I was checking out is made both ways. Is that in the fishing world considered 'cheating'. Like... Is there a right way and a hey I can do this too wrong way? If its perfectly normal to have it in both formats then I'd assume to go ahead and buy the lefty version. But if using the right handed version is the code of ethics and I must learn that way then I'm a on the fence on it. Question 2: Has anyone here who has done spinning all their life and switched to baitcasting down the road gave up on it, loved the switch or now do both? Learning curve looks like the basics are pretty easy but once you start getting into more precision casts its just a time invested way of getting good. In other words I'm willing to invest the time over my life and learn just wanna know I'm not alone if I get frustrated. Lol Question 3: Honestly, should I splurge and grab a great combo now or grab a cheap set to learn on? I'm a huge Shimano fan but I fell in love with a Daiwa around $300 price point. Was a great looking reel felt light and comfortable. My go to spinning combo for Bass is St. Croix 6'ft Premier M/F with a CI4 Stradic 2500F so when checking out the Daiwa I matched it with same pole/action but in 7'ft. Felt pretty good in hands tried casting for like 20mins in the store lol just don't wanna drop $400 if it isn't necessary. Well thanks in advance guys once I get a chance to gonna contribute to the show off thread. Happy Fishin.