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Zona to Team Daiwa #12338759 07/14/17 05:09 AM
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I'm a fan of their Tatula line of rods/reels

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Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Monty Wright] #12338824 07/14/17 10:53 AM
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Hmm, better deal over there i guess. I noticed over the years he went from using TOP END of shimanoe & loomis offerings(NRXs and metaniums) to more and more budget ones. Curious to see where he enda up on the Diawa scale,he mentioned tatula not Steez...


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Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Monty Wright] #12338829 07/14/17 10:57 AM
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More guys can relate to tatula than steez prices. Good move

Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Jarrett Latta] #12338884 07/14/17 12:13 PM
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Z is a goober, I can't help but laugh at him on his shows...


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Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Monty Wright] #12338951 07/14/17 01:01 PM
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I'm pretty sure Ehler can fish with whatever he chooses and he's fishing with tatulas.


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Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Monty Wright] #12339007 07/14/17 01:44 PM
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Like it matters what a reel costs, the fish dont know if they were caught on a $100 reel or a $600 reel.

An Elite was just won by an angler using Curados from the 1990s.

Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: catslayer] #12339095 07/14/17 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted By: catslayer
Hmm, better deal over there i guess. I noticed over the years he went from using TOP END of shimanoe & loomis offerings(NRXs and metaniums) to more and more budget ones. Curious to see where he enda up on the Diawa scale,he mentioned tatula not Steez...


I heard tatula rods and SV reels lol

Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: catslayer] #12340132 07/15/17 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted By: catslayer
Hmm, better deal over there i guess. I noticed over the years he went from using TOP END of shimanoe & loomis offerings(NRXs and metaniums) to more and more budget ones. Curious to see where he enda up on the Diawa scale,he mentioned tatula not Steez...


Multiple threads on multiple forums, Zona didn't leave, Shimano dropped him (also something about canceling Dave Mercer's show as well) to sponsor some youtube sensation kids fishing channel... so appears Shimano banking on social media sponsorship being the next big thing.

Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: 78Staff] #12340143 07/15/17 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted By: catslayer
Hmm, better deal over there i guess. I noticed over the years he went from using TOP END of shimanoe & loomis offerings(NRXs and metaniums) to more and more budget ones. Curious to see where he enda up on the Diawa scale,he mentioned tatula not Steez...


Multiple threads on multiple forums, Zona didn't leave, Shimano dropped him (also something about canceling Dave Mercer's show as well) to sponsor some youtube sensation kids fishing channel... so appears Shimano banking on social media sponsorship being the next big thing.



Mercers show sucked anyways

Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Monty Wright] #12340519 07/15/17 04:10 AM
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Whats funny is we saw him at the classic talking to the Diawa guys introducing himself and looking at the gear... We all kinda looked at each other and said hmmmmmmmmm and now hes rolling with Diawa.

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Originally Posted By: Will.i.am
Whats funny is we saw him at the classic talking to the Diawa guys introducing himself and looking at the gear... We all kinda looked at each other and said hmmmmmmmmm and now hes rolling with Diawa.


A lot of business deals get done at the Classic.

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Originally Posted By: 78Staff
Originally Posted By: catslayer
Hmm, better deal over there i guess. I noticed over the years he went from using TOP END of shimanoe & loomis offerings(NRXs and metaniums) to more and more budget ones. Curious to see where he enda up on the Diawa scale,he mentioned tatula not Steez...


Multiple threads on multiple forums, Zona didn't leave, Shimano dropped him (also something about canceling Dave Mercer's show as well) to sponsor some youtube sensation kids fishing channel... so appears Shimano banking on social media sponsorship being the next big thing.



I'm thinking Shimano might be right. Us old guys don't buy toys because of another fisherman on tv, it's the young kids who are influenced by their idols. Shimano lost me back they I got screwed buying their Chronarch which was really a Curado.

Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Monty Wright] #12340752 07/15/17 12:51 PM
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It's always funny to me when people say they're not influenced by marketing. We ALL are on some level from all of the marketing/branding exposure and touch points in our world. The fact that we are discussing this here on the forum is proof.

Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Mark Jones] #12340988 07/15/17 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted By: Mark Jones
It's always funny to me when people say they're not influenced by marketing. We ALL are on some level from all of the marketing/branding exposure and touch points in our world. The fact that we are discussing this here on the forum is proof.
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Marketing is inevitable, you might buy fishing related products because of a guy on TV; but I don't. I will buy items from reports of real world users, prostaffers & celebrities accounts mean nothing to me.

Re: Zona to Team Diawa [Re: Monty Wright] #12341190 07/15/17 06:44 PM
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I wonder if he will put all of those Loomis rods on Ebay! smile

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