Why would you buy an ABU over a Shimano or a Daiwa?

[FellowAnglers1]

On 1/27/2025 at 5:45 PM, FishTank said:

 

I just purchased a Daiwa Steez Real Control Rod and was this close 🤏 to putting a Shimano Metanium DC on it or I thought of waiting for the new 25 Antares but it just didn't seem right.  I picked up a 24 Steez SV TW instead. 

 

With that said I mix and match my reels all the time to whatever rod feels best. I think I have 3 or 4 Daiwa reels on G. Loomis (Shimano) rods now.....  Sacrilege 

 

I was thinking about getting a daiwa steez real control rod. Which model did you get? And how does it feel compare to the regular steez rod. I have the spinning the one and casting universal power steez and like them both a lot.

[FishTank]

9 hours ago, FellowAnglers1 said:

I was thinking about getting a daiwa steez real control rod. Which model did you get? And how does it feel compare to the regular steez rod. I have the spinning the one and casting universal power steez and like them both a lot.

 

I have the 6'11" MH Fast. There is nothing much to tell about it yet. The lakes are still frozen.  I can say that it's light and strong (stiff). I haven't really fished the regular Steez rods so kind of hard to compare.  Off the rack, it was hard to feel a difference but the blank is definitely different.  This is also my first Daiwa rod. When the weather warms up, I'll report back.