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I'm looking for a very light baitcasting reel to pair with a Dobyn's Champion Extreme 733.  I use it for weightless and light weight soft plastics.  I searched some older threads and couldn't find anything very recent.

 

I'm pretty open but have been mainly looking at:

 

Shimano Aldebaran

Lews Team Lite

Daiwa SS SV 105 - I can't find any solid reviews on this one

 

Please let me know of any experience or recommendations you may have.

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No personal experience with any of those, but my uncle uses an SV103 for weightless plastics, that reel bombs them far with ease, I think any SV spool Daiwa would be perfect for this

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I use a Shimano Chronarch 50e. The newer 70 series

will handle light lures, soft plastics.

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Just now, Darren. said:

I use a Shimano Chronarch 50e. The newer 70 series

will handle light lures, soft plastics.

Thanks, I have a 70, and they do work really well with lighter lures.  I'm looking for something a little lighter.

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3 minutes ago, npl_texas said:

Thanks, I have a 70, and they do work really well with lighter lures.  I'm looking for something a little lighter.

Physically lighter/smaller?

 

You could supertune the 70...

 

hedgehogstudios.co.jp for some juicy upgrades.

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1 minute ago, Darren. said:

Physically lighter/smaller?

 

You could supertune the 70...

 

hedgehogstudios.co.jp for some juicy upgrades.

Something in the mid-low 5 ounce range

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I have a Pix68, JDM Brenious, and 103SV. All three toss Neds on a 1/10 oz. head nicely.  I have two ML casting rods, a Kistler and *** that I mix and match the reels with.  I can just about spool out the Brenious

 

A++ for all.

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I've got the Ald. 50. Just got in from some lively UL lipless action. Absolute pleasure fishing in combo with Loomis IMX 722.

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What to use that is under 6 ounces?

 

Daiwa Steez 100/103

Daiwa Pixy variant

Shimano Core 50

Shimano Alde 50

 

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I found my limit today on my Tatula CT100 - I tried a 4" Berkley Powerbait worm weightless and the first cast made a mess that took 10 minutes and a missed fish to untangle.  Two more careful attempts, adjusting the brake each time and couldn't get a decent cast with no backlash.  Maybe it's mostly my inexperience with a baitcaster, but even my spinning outfit didn't exactly throw that one over the fence.  I couldn't use it at all on the baitcaster, even though I've had no problem with any of the larger weightless plastics I've used.  I started out today with a plastic fluke swimbait and it cast perfectly every time. 

 

I'll just stick to the spinning rod for the lighter finesse baits.

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New:

Lew's Hyper Mag 5.1 oz.

Lew's Team Pro Magnesium 5.3 oz.

Lew's Team lite 5.6 oz.

Lew's Custom Pro 5.8 oz.

Revo MGX 5.0 oz.

Pinnacle Primmus Xi HS 5.8 oz.

Pinnacle Producer LTE 5.8 oz.

Okuma Helios Air 5.6 oz.

Pflueger Patriarch XT 5.8 oz.

 

Used:

Megabass Alphas ito Ai 5.8 oz.

Pixy 5.7 oz.

Pixy Airy Red 5.6 oz.

PX68 5.6 oz.

 

I haven't been around baitcast reels as long as many.  Probably others can add to this list.

 

EDIT:  Of those I have the Primmus, Helios Air, Alphas ito Ai, Airy Red, PX68L Type R and Patriarch XT.  I like them all.  :teeth:

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If you already have curado 70 and wanna go with even lighter lure, how about scorpion BFS. I watched reel advisor compare between scorpion 70 VS BFS and seem like a ticket for BFS set up. 

I don't have SS SV105 but own Alphas SV105 which is good for controlling light lure but distance is far less than curado 70 (lure weight 1/4 oz). I can cast 1/15 oz jig plus Zman grub on SV105 about 10yds with no over run but no way I can do that with curado 70.

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1 hour ago, npl_texas said:

Picked up a Daiwa SS SV103SH NIB from the flea market

That's the exact same one I got, still new in it's box; now you only need the SV shallow spool, the 105 was the shallow spool model.

 

post-369-130162929018_thumb.jpg :devil3:

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51 minutes ago, BaitFinesse said:

Lol Raul the Airy Red is the anti SS SV.

Got 3 of those, you know, the voices ...... 

 

I only got 1 SS SV, the voices weren't as loud ....

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On 10/4/2017 at 2:47 AM, JustJames said:

If you already have curado 70 and wanna go with even lighter lure, how about scorpion BFS. I watched reel advisor compare between scorpion 70 VS BFS and seem like a ticket for BFS set up. 

I don't have SS SV105 but own Alphas SV105 which is good for controlling light lure but distance is far less than curado 70 (lure weight 1/4 oz). I can cast 1/15 oz jig plus Zman grub on SV105 about 10yds with no over run but no way I can do that with curado 70.

Agree agree agree!!! 

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Your Dobyns 733 isn't light power, it's medium, 2 power would be ML.

Hope your new combo works for you.

Toml

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1 hour ago, WRB said:

Your Dobyns 733 isn't light power, it's medium, 2 power would be ML.

Hope your new combo works for you.

Toml

Yeah, no problem with the rod.  I use it for weightless plastics and lightly weighted plastics.   It fits the bill perfectly for that.   

12 minutes ago, BaitFinesse said:

The OP wants an ultra light weight baitcast reel, not a baitcast reel for ultra light weight baits and he already bought it, the SS SV 103.

Yes exactly!

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On 10/3/2017 at 3:50 PM, npl_texas said:

I'm looking for a very light baitcasting reel to pair with a Dobyn's Champion Extreme 733.  I use it for weightless and light weight soft plastics.  I searched some older threads and couldn't find anything very recent.

 

I'm pretty open but have been mainly looking at:

 

Shimano Aldebaran

Lews Team Lite

Daiwa SS SV 105 - I can't find any solid reviews on this one

 

Please let me know of any experience or recommendations you may have.

Im going to assume you meant DX743... so I'll just leave these here:

 

PozmGkq.jpg

 

CjIEfMP.jpg

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2 hours ago, DanQS13 said:

Im going to assume you meant DX743... so I'll just leave these here:

 

PozmGkq.jpg

 

CjIEfMP.jpg

Very nice, and yes that is what I meant!

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On 10/5/2017 at 6:38 PM, DanQS13 said:

Im going to assume you meant DX743... so I'll just leave these here:

 

PozmGkq.jpg

 

CjIEfMP.jpg

Dang that is one good looking combo. So jealous.:)

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