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Daiwa Presso Ags Ltd....a litte seat time!
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.Attachment 496624
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!
