LT – LIGHT & TOUGH | Concept

DAIWA continues to live its dream of developing revolutionary fishing reels: Fishing reels with low weight and easy handling, which appear like a genuine part of the body at fishing. Producing fishing reels tough enough, to withstand even harshest conditions. The combination of these two prerequisites is the accomplishment of Light & Tough. Now, after a long history of new challenges this dream has come true.

We are proud to present you the Light & Tough Concept.

LT Concept (PDF)

ATD® | Drag System

ATD (Automatic Tournament Drag) stands for the further development of the UTD drag.

The ATD drag is excelled by an even more delicate drag transition and as a consequence thereof is perfectly suited for the use of braided lines.

Contrasting to the UTD drag, at the ATD already at the beginning of a strike the drag starts smoothly, then increases to its pre-set drag rating in a fraction of a second, thus eliminating line breakage at the strike.

CrossWrap® | Line Winding

Wraps the line precisely on the spool and reduces the threat of backlashes at the cast. The casting distance is markedly increased.

INFINITE® ANTI-REVERSE

A weak part of many reels – the most reliable part of a DAIWA reel. Only high-quality parts made of steel with smallest tolerances are used.

TWISTBUSTER® II | Line Roller

DAIWA´s original advanced technology designed to reduce line twist during retrieving. An essential reason for line twist has been eliminated with this smart idea.

The newest Twist Buster II line roller not only minimises line twist, but also reduces further friction between the line and the roller.

ABS® | Anti-Backlash-System

The super system that allows long casts and prevents line twist reliably. DAIWA reels with ABS have spools, which are constructed in such way that they have a spool guide of a very large diameter which is getting bigger towards the spool's top.  Like this the line unwinds in big loops and very evenly from the spool and thus prevents the twisting of the line.

Thanks to this system also longer casts are possible.