The only gripe I have with this reel is the weight, but that goes with the size of the reel ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxM68VkfsQhHaabDce1IwOCXuvumcpbZ_k . I brought this salmon fishing up in Oswego, NY. I coupled it with a Cabela's Whuppin Stick. I had no problem pulling in a 14lb salmon. I will probably use this for surf fishing this summer and downgrade to a 3500 series Battle II next salmon season to save my wrists. All of the operations are butter smooth and the bail is nice and thick and has a solid flip to it. Everything about this reel is sturdy and strong. The drag system held up to the salmon and was also super smooth. I did use a scale to set the drag properly before going out to the river and this worked out tremendously. A bunch of other guys on the river would hook up and snap almost immediately. Just because you have a good drag system doesn't do anything if you don't set it correctly.
@@jacksonoaj Either on no publicity waters, or blanking trying to catch a particular Thames carp mostly! Did get up there for a bit in June this year though, got boiled alive! Been doing a few more vids this year though.
My 3.5TC Daiwa crosscast EXT are garbage, completely incapable of handling any decent size carp. Ultra thin/weak blanks. A joke of to release something so underpowered
The only gripe I have with this reel is the weight, but that goes with the size of the reel ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxM68VkfsQhHaabDce1IwOCXuvumcpbZ_k . I brought this salmon fishing up in Oswego, NY. I coupled it with a Cabela's Whuppin Stick. I had no problem pulling in a 14lb salmon. I will probably use this for surf fishing this summer and downgrade to a 3500 series Battle II next salmon season to save my wrists. All of the operations are butter smooth and the bail is nice and thick and has a solid flip to it. Everything about this reel is sturdy and strong. The drag system held up to the salmon and was also super smooth. I did use a scale to set the drag properly before going out to the river and this worked out tremendously. A bunch of other guys on the river would hook up and snap almost immediately. Just because you have a good drag system doesn't do anything if you don't set it correctly.
A 5lb spod rod caught my attention. Is that a scaffold pole painted black?
Aint a 5lb spod rod pretty standard?
@@theblobfish9614
You're probably right. I'm in the stone age with modern equipment. The places I fish are OK for my 4lb spod rod.
Perfect for heavy spombs.
Can you install the qdm caps onto the emblem QD?
Those cork Crosscasts are catching my eye! 😍
I’m a big fan of daiwa, I love their reels, but my god they have a lot of random letters and numbers after the model name 🤯
Wish we could get the full daiwa range here in south africa
The cross cast reels have a really crap bail arm that is very thin ,would like to see the air bail on the next model
Okuma 8K best 💪
I have the Daiwa Emblem 45 SCW QD OT and I hoop to get de daiwa whisker 25 qd for my 9fters
I'm from morrocco how can I have it!!? Please help me!!
I take it they have stopped making infinity rods is it because Korda are now gonna keep the name for there new rods 😉
Only reel I rate from them are the sod reels had the 45s had cross cast basia models all sound like coffee grinders I'll keep my blag mags
Maybe you cannot operate a carp reel, but i have never even had a cheap daiwa reel be especially noisy
@@theblobfish9614 maybe because you always blanking
@@thecarpfather5757 no u
Amazing 🤣🤣
Why the red on basias 😂 not everyone likes red
The best reel they have ever made it the 5000t none of this new plastic shite
not happy about the harpoon on your sweater mate, it's nothing to do with fishing
I hope Joe packed his waterproofs so he didn't get soaked from all your crying.
Harpoons are for fishing for submarines 🤷🏼
@@tomwinterfishing9065 hi Tom where you been, missed your nene slots 👍
@@jacksonoaj Either on no publicity waters, or blanking trying to catch a particular Thames carp mostly! Did get up there for a bit in June this year though, got boiled alive! Been doing a few more vids this year though.
LGBTQ’s 😂😂
Trigggered!
My 3.5TC Daiwa crosscast EXT are garbage, completely incapable of handling any decent size carp. Ultra thin/weak blanks. A joke of to release something so underpowered
Is there gonna be cork handle crosscast ext ???