Daiwa announced the release of their new Tatula SV TW reels as well as their new Tatula Elite Series rods at the 2017 Bassmaster Classic Expo. The new Tatula SV TW reels incorporate their industry-leading SV technology that actually prevents backlash with lighter lures on long casts. It’s one of the better technologies introduced to bass fishing reels in some time and now it’s down in a sub-$200 price point. See more here: daiwa.com/us/contents/reels/tatula_sv_tw/index.html.
The new Daiwa Elite Series rods feature 28 actions designed to the specs of the Daiwa prostaff. Each professional angler was allowed to design a few rods to their specifications for the techniques they use the most in competition. They had options of using different SVF™ Nanoplus Super Volume Fiber blanks Daiwa exclusive Air Guide System (AGS) or Fuji Alconite guide technologies to change the the sensitivity and actions of the rods based on technique and because of that, the series of new rods have price points that range from $179 to $289. The rods were designed by Randy Howell, Brent Ehrler, Ish Monroe, Takahiro Omori, Andy Montgomery, Seth Feider and Cody Meyer. See more here: daiwa.com/us/contents/rods/tatula_elite/index.html
They also announced the release of a new Fuego CT $99 baitcasting reel as well as a new tougher and more durable Steez A baitcasting reel. See more at these two links:
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COO and Publisher, Jason Sealock came to Wired2fish shortly after inception in January of 2010. Prior to that he was the Editor-in-Chief of FLW Outdoors Magazines. He worked up from Associate Editor to Photo Editor and finally Editor in Chief of three magazines FLW Bass, FLW Walleye and FLW Saltwater. Now he sets the content direction for Wired2fish while also working directly with programmers, consultants and industry partners.
Sealock has been an avid angler for the better part of 40 years and has been writing and shooting fishing and outdoors content for more than 25 years. He is an expert with fishing electronics and technologies and an accomplished angler, photographer, writer and editor. He has taught a lot of people to find fish with their electronics and has been instrumental in teaching these technologies to the masses. He's also the industry authority on new fishing tackle and has personally reviewed more than 10,000 products in his tenure.
He has a 30-year background in information technologies and was a certified engineer for a time in Microsoft, Novell, Cisco, and HP.
He mostly fishes for bass and panfish around the house. He has, however, caught fish in 42 of the 50 states in the US as well as Costa Rica, Mexico, and Canada and hopes to soon add Finland, Japan, Africa and Australia to his list.