BFS REMATCH!!! Daiwa Gekkabijin VS Shimano Aldebaran with BRAID 

Please forgive my poor English. I am a Japanese who loves bait finesse. Basically, Japan is a very small area and the density of people fishing is ridiculously high. Therefore, fish are accustomed to seeing lures all the time, no matter where they are in the field. Japanese people do not think in terms of "going where the fish can be caught. They try to catch the fish that are there by force. In order to catch fish that are used to seeing lures, you need to use thinner lines and lighter weights. This trend has accelerated in recent years. In response to this need, Daiwa has released the Gekka Bijin. This reel is designed not for minnows, but for a style of fishing in which a worm less than 1 inch in length is attached to a jig head of an astonishingly light weight of 0.8 grams. Even if it were a spinning reel, it would not fly 20 meters. However, its handling is surprisingly comfortable. This reel is designed to catch horse mackerel and mebaru. These fish are basically caught at night. For this reason, it is necessary to reduce trouble anyway. I don't think that a reel created to meet such unusual needs in Japan would be accepted outside of Japan 😂I think that Aldebaran with a weaker brake and a larger spool diameter would be more advantageous for the lures used in the test in this video. The Gekka Bijin is an extraordinary reel. By the way, I am a fan of Daiwa.

Aldebaran is the king of bfs. Sorry for spoiler.

Love the content, your channel really got me informed and into bfs fishing. I don't understand why people give you a hard time for putting bible passages in your intro. You're not being negative or telling anyone what to think or believe, you're just expressing your beliefs and freedom of speech. We should defend everyone's freedom of speech and religion/beliefs if it is not hateful. Thanks

Thanks for your great opinions and video.

The Aldebaran casts so smooth it feels like you’ve cracked off.

Well the fan boys can't say that you didn't give it every chance

Shimano

Thank you for what you do. I really enjoy your channel and have learned a lot from your work.

It's funny I ran across this video, as yesterday I had the Aldebaran BFS in my hand at the Point tackle shop. I commented to the Japanese salesman that it looked like a Concode Jet. It's nice it has the good looks and good function. :)

I think I am one of the annoying folks who have been requesting a braid battle 😂 thanks doing this for us 🙏

Got the curado bfs. For my type of fishing I like to do bass and striper. These reels won’t stand a chance on catching a 12lb striper. I’m happy with my purchase. It has a drag clicker and also seems like it’ll do better casting heavier lures in the 1/16oz to 1/4oz range

As usual, Shimano wins in footage distance and when the results there are close, Daiwa is downgraded on the basis of ease of use. Lots of interesting reels are covered on this channel, but the channel's value would be so much better if the evaluations were truly unbiased.

The Gekkabijin Air TW PE BFS is available at Plat LLC for $218

The 22 Aldebaran is smoother…I don’t own one yet ( one is being shipped to me right now ) but my Gek is air smooth and I don’t know how smoother you can be to beat that. Well I’ll find out when my Alde gets here.

You supposed to use 0.6 braided line. Not 0.2.

nice compare, i would like to ask, what settings do you use for ald22 when cast 5-7g lures. and what your minds about that rubber around bearings, what to do when change to other company bearings.

I love the way you review the gekkabejin I hope to see your review shimano calculta conquest BFS 23. Very appreciate about

レスポンスは別として、遠投するならスプール径の大きい方が圧倒的に有利だよね

The Shimano fam bois never disappoint lol

I bought the Gekabijin for saltwater. My tatula sv outperforms it in any cast I've done with any 5 gram lure. I don't like my Gekabijin, not worth it. ETA: I've noticed the Daiwa is extremely sensitive to the pole used.

@THEREELTEST great content. What rod were you using during your test.

I had a go with a mates alderbaren the other day it’s a wonderful reel just need to save some cash to buy one

when will there be a comparison zenon ltx - Aldebaran

For Christmas for us who watch your vids please do a video with links to where you buy all your finesse lures.

What about the steez air?

been looking at the alde myself, do you suggest the xg or hg? i mainly fish shore or shallow rivers/streams without alot of hard current. right now i fish UL spinning

On that gekkabijin buy the Roro spool and a test with the Aldebaran see who wins

Who win. Tell me?

Does anyone know where to get a good budget bsf rod 7ft the shortest?

Did you adjust the spool tension at all? Because we know you take the zero adjust spool tension as gospel.

New Aldebaran is amazing, just having such a hard time getting over that exposed brake dial. Not too bad, just wish they had used a different design. Other than that I might worry about the micro module aluminum gear durability.

Daiwa fan boys are probably really angry af again 😂😂😂

Antares dc 21 vs exsence dc 22 cast battle 🥺

Is going to take another 2 years for daiwa now to make a reel to reach the alde22 performance😂

What rod?

Sorry Daiwa fanboys, you come up short again. 🤣