As Daiwa rolled out the T3 Air featuring collaboration efforts With K.T.F to cover the new niche trend of bait finesse fishing, Shimano Japan has decided to put up a new contender to the table; The 145g Aldebaran BFS XG!
The Aldebaran BFS XG with a new Sleek matte black finishing
One of the new feature of the Aldebaran BFS XG is a redesigned profile known as the Corefit Body which supposingly gives the reel a much better palming profile for bait finesse application.
The BFS XG comes with a blistering 8.0:1 Gear ratio
The new drag star on the BFS XG
The BFS XG comes with factory Yumeya BFS spool and a new SVS unit with 8 brake blocks for further fine tuning of braking force for bait finesse application.
Does this reel not resemble my bfs core?! I'm certainly picking one of these up this year after the release to add on to my stable of BFS reels. I'm looking forward to the release of this reels' marketing video by Shimano Japan to check out the reel in action and to find out more information! Till then, keep drooling finesse fans!!
what do you think of the abu garcia revo ltx?
ReplyDeleteHi Minghan,
ReplyDeleteI've not had the chance to lay my hands on a ltx as yet, however based on the tackle sites i have frequent for both USDM anglers and japanese anglers alike, the ltx seems to be a great lightweight performer right out of the box and does baitfinesse superbly well with the addition of Abu garcias tune up spool. The Aurora Elite does really well for bait finesse fishing with the addition of the ZPI BFC kit too but it will be pretty costly.
i got the ltx a few days after my earlier post.
ReplyDeletei find it odd that the most usable brake setting is at the highest. anything lower than 2 notch will end up with very high chances of birdnest. any idea what's happening?
my setup for it is the same volkey as yours, with vanish 8lbs.
just spooled it up with 5lbs powerpro. hope it performs better on braid.
Hi Minghan,
ReplyDeleteDepending on what you are casting and the way you are casting, for lighter lures you may want to try using a slower cast as compared to a hard whip as your spool bearings initial startup would have to match the casting speed, alternatively you can try playing with the cast control knob as well to achieve a better setting. Technical stuffs aside the thumbing of your spool would play a large part too especially for baitcasting finesse as the settings are usually very delicate and needing more modulation as compared to casting larger lures where you can probably pull off a good cast thumbing right before the lure touches the water. I believe the braid should help improve your casting quite abit. I hope you find success in perfecting the settings!!