ReelDr

You’re not wrong. But the USDM market is such trash. If it’s not trash, it’s a massive ripoff.

The model numbers, for the most part, won’t match. However, digitaka is a reliable JDM site. Their descriptions are typically very accurate and a good way to judge what you need to buy for your application. I have bought a lot of poison, p5, and steez lined rods from Japan lure shop and digitaka over the years. I have pretty much always gotten exactly what I was shopping for. The only other thing I would add is that a lot of JDM rod models are 2-piece and you have to put them together. I am one that does not mind 2-piece rods and cannot tell a difference between 1- and 2-piece rods. A lot of US fisherman disagree with me though and only want 1-piece rods

Good to hear. Ive got an Antares on the way as well. Oddly enough, my plan is to have my Steez on my Shimano rods and my Antares on my Steez rods.

Mostly this. Not sure if anybody had told Scott or not, but he made a video saying he didn’t violate the solicitation of information rule by telling a story of him calling a guy in North Carolina trying to solicit information from him.

I just ordered a 25 Antares from them. Another thread mentioned delays in shipping recently. Anybody else seeing this?

How much smaller is the CT frame compared to the 24 Steez SV TW and latest gen Zillion? I have both the 24 Steez and Zillions and they both feel about the same to me when palmed. Is the CT frame noticeably different? And can you get a SV Boost spool in a CT?

Interesting on the delay from JLS. I just ordered my 25 Antares from JLS yesterday. I’ll let you know if I have any issues. JLS says they’re shipping FedEx.