Announced by Daiwa on January 2013 at the annual Osaka Fishing Show, slated for release at June, delayed until this week.
Ordered mine on Monday and arrived yesterday afternoon via international EMS Express.
Japanese sure like to use large packaging for small items which is actually good thinking as small things tend to get lost easily.
Here's a photo comparison of the original RCS 1016 spool that comes stock with Ryoga 1016H (left) and the newly arrived RCS SV1000 spool (right):
Although the RCS 1016 is a wiffle spool (cutouts to reduce weight), it still weighs more than 15grams and that is without any line spooled onto it whereas for the SV spool, it weighs slightly less than 10grams.
Moreover, due to the lesser line capacity on the SV spool, it will weigh even more lighter than the original RCS 1016 after filling it to the brim with braided line.
A single gram difference on the spool can make a huge impact in casting distance.
Also, a lighter spool allows for smoother casting of smaller lures which are below the weight of 10grams.
On the other hand, it will cast a mile with bigger lures more than 15grams which I'm accustomed to using.
The SV spool is tuned to cast rigs from 4grams up to 80grams.
A truly versatile spool.
I suspect it has something to do with the newly designed induction rotor as well.
It's spring feels so much softer compared to the RCS 1016.
Due to it's light weight, it can accelerate faster during initial casting requiring minimal brake force and thus, resulting in a further cast up to 20%.
All these are just on papers, nothing concrete.
Comes this weekend, I shall put it to the test.
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| What a beaut! |
Swapping my Rocket Bearing over to the new reel is made easy and safe using this specialised tool.
Took the chance to clean and lubricate the bearing too.
I usually put on a few meters of mono backing before I spool on the braided line to prevent line slippage.
However, with the much lower line capacity of the SV spool, I will have to put on an arbor tape instead.
This is something which I avoided doing all these while as the adhesive from the tape tends to remain on the spool after removal when changing line causing a sticky mess.
Not much choice here since a mono backing will further reduce the line capacity to a dangerous level...
2 rounds on the spool, then a tight arbor knot followed by the arbor tape.
The SV spool has a groove in the centre for this procedure.
Next is to lay the line manually by using fingers instead of the level wind..
Doing this manually will ensure that the line is laid more evenly and most importantly of all: tight!
A loosely packed spool will cause line to dig in resulting in backlashes during casting or even worse, line slippage in the middle of a fish fight.
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Koya Sonoda from Japan Tackle emailed me seeking my permission to use the above photos for his online shop.
He thinks that I'm the first one in the entire world to fit this spool onto a Ryoga 1016 and will like to post my reel's photo to let his customers know that this stunt is possible. lol
To be honest, I'm not entirely certain that the SV1000 spool is compatible with my Ryoga 1016H in the very first place.
Based on what I researched on the internet and my hands-on with the Daiwa T3 MX reel in a local tackle shop, I took a leap of faith when placing my order for this spool.
And turns out that it fitted snugly without any freeplay whatsoever... :)
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