Nothing new. Was a popular feature back in the 90's that faded away.

Nothing new. Was a popular feature back in the 90's that faded away.

Well I have never used one. But I love my Daiwa reels, though I do have other brands in the boat. I‘m using Daiwa Rojo pro caster reels most of the time for my flipping / pitching. They are older reels but super smooth and have the little button that engages the reel without turning the handle. I’ll never spend 250.00 on a reel! But it’s good to hear about all the cool stuff out there!

Ardent Apex flipping reel.........$179

If you push back up on the thumb bar after you make a flip or pitch the reel will be engaged similar to a flipping switch. It allows for one handed operation. This works on all Daiwa baitcasters made in last 10-12 years. Its a designed feature.

Thats on every bait caster Ive had daiwa shimano lews bps

I am speaking specifically about Daiwa. The rest I have no clue about. You may have known but I bet a lot of others might not. That is the point of these forums. To share info and help folks out.

If you lift up on the cast button on a Lews or MOST properly functioning reels, the spool will still not engage until the handle is turned. I just finished a major disassembly and cleaning of all my Lews, Steez, and Shimanos. None of them are capable of what y’all are talking about. There is two springs and a “sawblade” looking gear that are designed to keep the spool release from simply engaging. The saw blade looking gear kicks back the part that is held in place by those two springs. The release thumb knob thing will press down and not return, even if you physically lift it, back to the upward position.

The only reel I have seen that had that ability was a $99 quantum. And it had a switch that had to be flipped to allow it to happen.

The daiwa P/f definitely does it.

So I’ll decide between the Daiwa p/f and the Lews (don’t like the ardent). Which rod do y’all like for $150 max?

Daiwa Tatula XT 7’6” heavy flippin

Duckett triad 7’4” or 7’6”

Dobyns fury 7’3” mag heavy or 8’ heavy flippin

Shimano slx 7’5” heavy

Falcon lowrider 7’6” heavy

Something else?

I use these 8.3 ratio, they have a longer handle, I swap out the round knobs for flat. 5.4oz

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Team_Lews_Hyper_Mag_Speed_Spool_SLP_Casting_Reels/descpage-MAGL.html


You can flip the thumb lever up if you so choose with your thumb while flipping.

You can get these on ebay listings or by calling american fishing legacy and asking for a deal usually for $209 each.

I like this reel a lot, I only own these reels and Steeze reels. The Steeze are smoother, but not capable with the T wing to work well w 20# floro or at all with braid in my opinion.


I do fill it some with mono and tape that off so I can re spool and only use about 100-110 yards.