Daiwa 21 Zillion SV TW 1000HL

[philbert1922]

I'm looking to get a reel. I currently have Shimano Curado K. I'm going to send it in for maintenance soon. Looking for something to use in the meantime. I have been itching to try a daiwa reel. I manly do Texas rigs and chatterbaits. Would this be a good for me? I found the reel 257. Is this a good deal? 

[PhishLI]

4 hours ago, philbert1922 said:

Would this be a good for me?

Yep.

4 hours ago, philbert1922 said:

I found the reel 257. Is this a good deal? 

Try Amazon:

 

[waymont]

This Zillion is an amazing reel. You could use a few!

[MediumMouthBass]

I bought mine (US version) last year, just took it out of the box and spooled it up with line the past month. Used it twice so far and its an amazing reel.

I was casting lipless crankbaits extremely far and weightless soft plastics farther than i thought i could with no backlashes.

I can run the brakes very low too compared to my other Dawia reels and the spool makes it so easy and simple.

 

I shouldve bought a second one before spending my yearly fishing budget but oh well....

 

That being said it did horribly for skipping, my Tatula SV TW can do it flawlessly but this reel i just couldnt do it. I tried the brakes low, mid, and even on the highest setting. No matter what i did it resulted in a bad backlash. Heard alot of great things about this reel for skipping so not sure what im doing differently with it. And yes i was thumbing the spool like i always do with skipping, might just try a different rod next time idk.

[waymont]

3 hours ago, MediumMouthBass said:

I tried the brakes low, mid, and even on the highest setting.

With the Zillion I keep the dial around 8 or 9 for skipping, and that works great for me.

With the Tatula Sv tw I tend to set more around 13-14 for some reason. I do have an easy time skipping with the Zillion though.

[FishTank]

Great reel. I like the Curado but the Zillion will out perform it every day of the week.