First, great job there. Second, you did a rod/reel review some time back about the Berkley Lighting Shock Rod with a Black Mac on it. All the Lew's I own that are Orange & Black are on those Berkley Rods. They go great together both in performance and in aesthetics. Third, you talked me into buying another rig. 👍
2g really isnt that light though, my metanium dc can almost handle that, the antares probably could and the metanium mgl definitely can with the MGL3 spool
I'm sold on Lew's baitcasting reels. Bought my first Speed Spool 6:8:1 ratio this last year. Aluminum frame for longevity. Lefty here. Love my smooth as butter Lew's
Looks to me like; Lew’s took the ideas of a BFS design reel and rebranded it as a Special skipping reel design. Aren’t you glad they thought of that idea all by themselves? The good thing is; you can buy a casting reel with an American brand name with a good warranty. Hope people know that you and others that brought using BFS casting reel ideas to America. Need the credit you deserve for enlightening anglers about casting light line and lures on casting reels.
The braking system is completely different than just copying a shallow reel of a bfs reel. It is a special purpose reel and works great for the job. You are basically talking crap for no reason.
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I’ve never heard the Reel Designation before, I’m not sure why it differs than any other Reel lol all artificial Lures require “Finesse” and artificial movement to attract Fish. I love that it casts lighter Lures well, if your Reel and Rod combination and with practice you can Zing 1/8-1/4 oz stuff really well. Cool Video my Friend stay safe.
@@nightfishercustombaits2119 Why wouldnt you? KVD and andy montgomery designed this reel together for pitching and skipping. They both worked with lews to develop this reel... KVD actually designs quite a bit of stuff out there, like the XD crankbaits that he helped make them dive faster and deeper. KVD makes a ton of money by sponsors having him design stuff and put his name on it.
@@nightfishercustombaits2119 the reel is lews SLP frame they've been using for years, the pros design what the different components are made of, the spool size and material, bearings, braking system. No the pros didn't engineer it but they told the engineers what they wanted then test it and make design changes until the reel performs how they want it. Doyo in Korea designs all of lews and Abu Garcia reels.
Thanks for the videos; enjoy your channel. I just pulled the trigger on a Lew's SP, thanks to your help. Also, I have a few Shimano Casitas that I would like to convert (1 or 2) to a shallow spool for skipping flukes/tubes...not having much luck unless I want to spend $150. Any help on how to buy a spool would be awesome. I did see a discontinued model with the dimensions 33mm, 27mm, and 25mm wide if this helps? Thanks for any help you may offer!
That Aldebaran 50 with the BFS spool I showed at the end has the same weight spool as the Pro SP. Thats why I knew this reel would be great for BFS. I have the prev gen Aldebaran BFS and I think I like this pro SP better due to the much larger brake range adjustment with external dial. Also the 12-15 Aldebarans, the spool tension does not like to stay in place. You will find yourself readjusting it after a few casts.
Since you take bc reels apart often, do you have any idea if the spool from the Pro SP would fit a Tourney MP TS1XHMP? Or, have you come upon a shallow spool for a tourney MP TS1XHMP? Thanks.
@@THEREELTEST correct. i dont think it could compete BFS wise, but it would be interesting to see which is better for normal P/F as they are in a similar price range. im trying to give BFS a shot this year when the ice thaws with my Zephyr, but i did see that RORO is releasing a new shallow spool for the 2020 Tat SV, not sure if that would make that one any better suited or if a bearing change would still be required.
How’s the smoothness? From the audio of your video it sounds very geary, considering this is a brand new 200$ reel and the lures you were using barely have any resistance
Love the new lews. Don't care if it'll cast two grams because I prefer catching normal size bass instead of dinks and baitfish. Definitely be getting a pro sp.
@@davidthomas9154 yea I never used lews till last year when I got the xfinity combo. Its the cheapest lews reel but it casts great. I usually buy abu garcia but this one looks like it'll be perfect for finesse.
Now I have a problem lmao. Not really but it confirms my suspicion that this is infact a ZPI RS rebadged. Which makes me happy in the sense that I can stop spending so much money on reels that are super nice yeah but this company is more than capable of providing a solid product.
Lol maybe if Kastking sends me one, but I saw the brakes on the Speed Demon skipping reel and they look to be the same as the regular speed demon, and if thats the case I would never buy one with my own money.
Ok I appreciate your feed back,I own mainly shimano reels up to the bantam price point,thought about the daiwa zillion and the Tatula elite series with that sv spool....I wish shimano would do a flip pitch or pitch skip real for amatures like me.....more so the skipping....that’s timing sensitive in your cast and thumb release but...gotta keep practicing
This is not related to the video but can you explain the most current model diawa reels to me? I’m a shimano customer and understand there product well and I’m looking to buy my first diawa..I’m on the fence about buying an slx mgl for jerkbait fishing or switching it up to buy diawa but I don’t understand there models. I’m looking for something caparable to the mgl so would that be the tatula sv? And what’s the difference between that and the sv103? Is it the spool size. What would you recommend my first diawa to be or should I stick with shimano. Great content as always can’t wait to see more!
Its the reel. I did a video on the Revo X where I flushed the bearings and filled only about 30yds of line, put it on a noodle bfs rod and it still had some struggles with even upper end bfs weights.
@@THEREELTEST I remember that video, I am wondering more though if an UL BFS rod with a Zillion SV/Metanium MGL would work better or a L/ML rod with a true BFS reel out class it???
So I go to Cabela’s to order one - Out of Stock, I go to Tackle Warehouse the same. Out of stock till @ May 21st, after this review I am sure it is going to be out for quite some time. Is this the first BFS reel for the domestic US market?
@@THEREELTEST ;-) DAM developed already reels when Shimano was even far from being founded. They collapsed in the 2000s but are now back, but pretty much invisble, what a pitty.
Doesn't really matter. They are comparable. Worst case scenario is they hold most of their value as long as they aren't thrashed and you can sell them.
@@nevahenuf true they are all comparable it's just abu edges that comparison out. Especially when it comes to overall power and durability. I've had aluminum frame Abu's that the biggest hardest pulling hybrid stripers can't strip out. Those same stripers will destroy a shimano. But the shimanos win in most other categories so if you switched the factory shimano drag with a high end carbon like on the Revo's and beast reels then you'd have a badass shimano. And maybe switch the main gear and pinion while you're at it because they'll strip on stripers too.
Neither. Use abu's. Shimanos are only good if you catch only tiny fish. If you catch drag stripping giants they'll brake very quick. Diawa makes good reels but like the fanboy said they don't hold value but for most fisherman who will never resale their equipment that doesn't matter. Peace bro.
The most shitiest reel ive ever had! The body is braking while you use it... the places where bearings are placed, till one week got a half inch whobble.... awful reel also as most “rice” reels!