Shimano | Cold Forged Gears

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What we're trying to do here is Shimano is we're trying to have an eternally smooth reeling system and we can do that through the fact that we are the only ones who can do cold forage gears. Shimano's goal is to have eternally smooth reeling and how do we get there? Well we get there through Hagane and what Hagane is is when we take a single piece of aluminum and we cold forage that into a gear that is just absolutely perfect.

I don't want to get too techie because I'm not a techie guy, but cold forage is when they take a piece of raw aluminum and they stamp it down into the shape of the gear they need. What that does is the precision is perfect. We've looked at these under microscopes and the gears and the teeth come together. It's amazing how perfect they are. You can have a di-cast where you melt the product and you pour it in a mold.

You can machine something where you take a drill and you tear up this piece of metal to make a gear. None of those things give you what a cold forage gear will give you which is just this perfect. Precision stamp age where they come together and everything is smooth.

The second thing that affects a real is the body right? Because the body houses all the gears and if that thing has any kind of torque or flex it's going to get those gears misaligned and they're going to fail. So this body that Hagane body is all metal, super rigid, super strong to handle the most power that you can't believe that these reels are putting on fish nowadays, you know some of these drag pressures up to 40 pounds, you know, and even higher and Hagane can withstand anything were throwing at it.

It has an impact resistance whether you drop it whether it hits the gun or whether you're riding through 20-mile-per-hour winds and seven-foot seas with the Hagane system. You're going to get exactly what's advertised eternally smooth reeling and for us what that means is these reels on last day in and day out and you're going to put a lot of fish in the boat.

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Steve Rodger

Shimano | ColtSniper

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When we are heading offshore, whether in the Gulf or the Atlantic, I enjoy topwater fishing because of the visual of the bite. We do a lot of casting of plugs which allows for more personal situation with the fish. It’s a little bit harder to get a bite on an artificial versus live bait. The new Shimano ColtSniper Stick Bait and Jerk Baits have weight propulsion systems for casting.

As you load the rod up, the weight shifts to the rear of the lure allowing you to sling it a much further distance to busting fish. You will be able to make way longer casts, you can stay further back to not spook the fish, not scare the fish and you will have a lot more strikes on the artificial lures.

See you on the water,

Steve Rodger

Shimano | Spinning Reel

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When I’m fishing, about 99% of the time I’m using a spinning reel. This is my favorite rod and reel to use, maybe its just a South Florida thing. But you can get everything done with a spinning reel, whether you’re trolling, bottom fishing or casting lures, a spinning reel can accomplish it all. With Shimano’s new Twin Power it is even better. We have used this reel for catching giant Kingfish, sailfish, Blackfin tuna and Cobia. The rigidity of the reel is the key feature, it prevents any kind of failure of your fishing outfit.

See you next time,

Steve Rodger