Daiwa Presso Ags Ltd....a litte seat time!

[LVSpinfisher1]

Hi, all, so i finally get to give the newly acquired Daiwa Presso flagship Area Trout rod a little seat time to see if it's any good. Like most CDC members already know rods at this price point are "splitting " hair when it comes to sensitivity and lightness, this 58ml-s @ 51 grams is no difference. The rod felt very ballance in hand unlike, let's say a 5'6" St Croix premier, a Majorcraft Trapara, or the Abu Garcia 60ul Mass Beat. These are all trout rods i own to compare with and they all either a little butt heavy or top heavy. The handle is very comfortable even though the bling factor is it's main priority. Sensitivity is on par to my other 99.9% carbon rod like the Abu Eradicator, but the action on this Daiwa is in a class of its own....good or bad. The blank has very consistent bend to it even for a ML rating, not stiff at all. I'd say it casted more like a L rating rod.
Just look how thin the bottom diameter vs Abu Eradicator UL rated one!
Lastly this is where I believe I've spent the bulk of the money, the Daiwa MegaTop solid carbon tip. It's 2 stage design did help propell a 1.2g JDM spoon further than I could with any of the mentioned rods I have in my small collection. Anyhow these are my limited, no pun intended, assessment of this fun rod. Thanks for reading!

[LVSpinfisher1]

....Talking about pressured water. Even the Osprey is in on it! Lol

[Crappie Pro Wannabe]

Wow thanks for sharing. Beautiful pictures.

[skeetbum]

Good report and pics, love the leaves. Funny looking crappie you got out there though, kinda skinny.

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Good stuff!

[troutking]

What is the bend curve like? Is it fast or slow action?

[LVSpinfisher1]

What is the bend curve like? Is it fast or slow action?

I think moderately fast, but not stiff. I'm bad when it comes to bending curve description so I'll let the picture do the explaining: