Daiwa Meanstreak 12.5M Power Pole

Advantages: Easy casting, excellent bite detection, robust,
Disadvantages: Difficult to load the power version during cast for massive casts

...The Daiwa Supercast beach rod is made in the UK. It has a powerful butt construction and a lightening quick recovery. It comes in multiple versions. The rod has been quoted by sea angler as "destined for classic status amongst UK sea anglers". Features - Exclusive individual design - High grade carbon butt - Blended tip - Fuji 'shock ring' Aluminium Oxide guides - Superb balance and handling - Cross textured shrink grips - Daiwa stainless steel coasters The daiwa supercast is an excellent rod, i have been using the STS13PM for all my beach fishing. It is capable of casting 6oz and mackeral flapper with ease. The STS13PM is rated at 4-8oz and is ideal for areas with a strong tide. The bite detection is also very good, on the STS13PM it has a stiffer tip which allows more sensitive bite detection in flood tides. However due to this when... Read review

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Advantages: Strength, quality, price.
Disadvantages: Only one extra top two sections supplied with it.

...A few years back I used to fish in my local angling club matches, and although these matches were just fun events with club trophy’s given out at the end of the season, there were also a few pennies to be won each week. It soon became clear, that to get in the money you had to be able to fish with a pole as a lot of the venues we fished were suited to this kind of fishing. So off I went to my local tackle shop in search of a pole, having used my local tackle shop for all my fishing life; they knew me as a regular customer. This helped a great deal, as they knew the sort of venues I fished, and they recommended that I buy the Team Daiwa Matchlite. This pole is 11 metres long, and weighs 755grms. It has 9 sections and the top 2 are telescopic, it is supplied with a spare top 2 sections. At the time this was a Very light pole... Read review

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Advantages: Good casting distance, high speed retrieval, comfortable handle, good power
Disadvantages: Outer finishing seems not lasting too long.

.... Need the retrieval speed and power altogether. The specification of this reel certainly meet my demand. With daiwa tag on it and 11 corrosian resistance bearing, it was properly suited my taste. I coupled this reel with 10' DAM uptide rod (4 - 10 oz casting weight) and with Power Pro braided line (red). I might had went too far on the line selection, I would recomment mono line as my finger a bit sore everytime after quite a few cast. With tide that twisted the leader, I spent quite some time on getting it entangled. But, with the braided line and paired with reel, I could get 100 yards distance, and I am only 5'6 & 140 lb. That is why I decided to go for 10' rod. I got about the same casting distance when I am using using 13' rod but with Digigeared powered Daiwa reel. With 3' handicapped, this reel really make a difference in casting... Read review

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