What's your opinion on the ICAST winner?

[george]

Inside the ICAST-Winning 2026 Daiwa BG SW

A Nor’easter Living Product Anatomy experience.

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[Leprechaun]

Are you asking me? Well, Okay, here goes - if they are still using those zinc/pot metal gears in the BG series, then as Randy Jackson used to say on American Idol, "It's a hard pass for me, dog."

Next time you're in there, Ask John @Trophy Tackle about the longevity of those gears. That conversation will prove enlightening, for sure.

Also, why does this, Daiwa's latest design, look like a cheap Penn reel from the 1990's?

The old-school first-gen BG's were infinitely better looking than these new ones.