Shimano's Twin Power XD Is The Toughest Inshore Reel! | Flats Class YouTube

[@nomnomnomnomnom9349]

I love my shimano and penn reels, both companies have very reasonable cost service. After about 2 years of medium/heavy saltwater fishing I'll mail out my reels. Each company strips it and cleans and replaces any worn parts within about 30 days. Keeps all my reels running like they are brand new.

[@BC-gn7kr]

Hey CA I wanted to find out where to find that particular model 7' rod as yours says 1/2- 2 OZ 20-40 lb on the rod and for the same ROD number and line weight looking online I can only find it going up to 1 OZ. Love your channel!

[@danielwutfisho]

I found the Xprotect on my vanford to be very effective. It had been dunked twice accidently and it was cleaned and rinsed thoroughly. Bearings and gears still feel like new. Thinking of upgrading to the XD, or the FD.

[@bigk3381]

Thanks for sharing and as always, "Tight Lines and Full Limits To Ya"

[@flatsclasscharters]

🙌🏼

[@mannygiapitzakis7778]

Great video….lot’s of info. I don’t know if I’d have the courage to drown a reel like that, but wonderful to see it hold up that well. Love Shimano reels and have always had enormous respect for the range Twin Power reels ie. FD, XD and SW👍

[@AliexFolgueira]

THANK FOR ALL THE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS! I have watched like 20 of them in the last week or so. Are you still guiding? I filled out the online form a while ago.

[@fishingwithdrupydog5547]

Yep I’ll tell you what I loose more line & tackle that way ❤this thanks 🙏

[@flatsclasscharters]

Appreciate ya

[@richard2081]

This reminds me of Jose doing this in one of his shows. But he took of his shit and shorts before jumping in the water to fight the fish. That was a great job at fighting that Snook.

[@markdean6656]

I have a 3000TPXD I love for throwing artificials inshore.

[@artificialslinger9730]

Had 2 myself , but you got me hooked on the Vanquish. 😂

[@markdean6656]

@@artificialslinger9730 lol Frankie 😆

[@markdean6656]

@artificialslinger9730 you've got the newest one tho!! OMG I so jelly!! I'll pick one up soon. Just bought a new car so I've got to budget ugh 😑

[@artificialslinger9730]

@@markdean6656 I've got 2 2019 versions and the newest one 😂. Im thinking about getting a 1000 or 2000 as well

[@birdbig1]

Did they discontinue the xx models?

[@craigheckman772]

Hey CA I just got a twin power xd 5000 and a 7/6 Teramar med heavy for $250 did I get a good deal

[@fishingwithdrupydog5547]

❤that’s it never give up & remember to all ways be top of food chain lol

[@ryankiesel4610]

Was that the same guy who was being crushed by the 40lb box on the lift at Lowe’s?

[@dixonbuttes6564]

The Sam Elliott of KZbin fishing reviews ... this dude is cool AF! ;-D

[@AKian-wx8qn]

Starting from the new Ultegra all the way to the twin power xd and vanquish have the same main gear and pinions. So in my opinion the new ultegra is as good as the TP xd if you dont need the extra bells and whistles. I was using the Sutain 21 cuz for me its one of the best looking reel in shimano but after i caught a 16 LB grouper the reel lost its smoothness and started to act very rough. I was very disappointed because the c5000 size has the ability to handle 24lbs of drag. When i started to look for parts I couldn’t find at all and after few days of research i found out that the gears of 300$ Sustain is the same as the gears is 120$ ultegra or 150$ Stradic 🤦‍♂️

[@danielwutfisho]

starting from the ultegra you get the worm shaft and same gear found up to the sustain and vanford. The Twinpower gears are higher quality silver aluminium, not the black coated gear found in the ultegra.

[@bi0ticoutdoors102]

Just checked, my xd is 6 years old and has been through it all. Still smooth, and all I do is rinse it.

[@LynxAngler]

I can't believe that reel survived that. I immediately thought it was toast, and I am fond of that particular reel. I've caught some big fish with it.

[@flatsclasscharters]

It always amazes me when the equipment performs as advertised but Shimano works hard to be number 1

[@RobVanDam1591]

Now it's your turn to try that.

[@artificialslinger9730]

From the stradic FL up to the Stella Shimano really has them damn well locked in Heres a video clip of me doing the very same thing 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4qYiGt9gJiBgKM

[@fishingwithdrupydog5547]

One hell of a fish story tell you what

[@fishingwithdrupydog5547]

I’m afraid about getting into the water we’re I live because of alligators crocodiles bull sharks meanest cottonmouth lol😂 at night sometimes I’ll feel like something watching me then I turn on my head lights & see all these eyes looking at me lol

[@williammiller735]

Very subjective

[@MikeLowell-fx8jt]

Reels are like ford and Chevy kinda personal preference. Dodge and penn on the other hand 🤢🤢🚮

[@tackletestdummy9096]

If you weren't sponsored by Shimano no person in their right mind would dunk a $500 reel for a snook. It's water resistant but you can't swim like that and fish expecting the reel to be fine. In a week that reel won't be as smooth anymore.

[@flatsclasscharters]

All I can tell you is it’s stills ticking for me

[@artificialslinger9730]

I'll have to disagree with you. Been using Shimano 18 years now ( not sponsored ). SHIMANO really knows their stuff. I've dunked several of my reels from my stradics ( $200 ) up to my Stella's ( $749.99 ) and have yet to have any issues. Here's a video clip of my stradic FL that I've dunked / swim with not once but 4 times and all I've done was got home , rinsed off with freshwater , let air dry and rubbed clenzoil on it and still smooth as butter , no rust or corrosion and line roller bearing still the original one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4qYiGt9gJiBgKM

[@tackletestdummy9096]

Let me take the reel apart then. If it’s wet then I get to join you on a day of fishing 😎

[@artificialslinger9730]

@@tackletestdummy9096 oh if water would have gotten in the reel would have been toast awhile ago. That's one thing with saltwater. SaltWater don't lie and saltwater don't wait.

[@bi0ticoutdoors102]

I’ve dunked my xd 3 times and have done ZERO maintenance on it in 6 years. Still as smooth as new.

[@TridentDriver]

The bail wire is pathetically tiny

[@TridentDriver]

CA that reel is 500 dollars. Seriously? My daiwa BG will do anything that reel will. Maybe not as light but it's very trustworthy

[@bi0ticoutdoors102]

BGs are great but won’t survive being dunked.

[@jameelsmith3566]

@@bi0ticoutdoors102 if you rinsed it and reapplied oil or grease it would

[@bi0ticoutdoors102]

@@jameelsmith3566 more like if you completely tore it down, cleaned/oil/grease then *maybe* but how many people are going to take the time AND not mess it up in the process? There’s a reason the surf guys use van staals.

[@TridentDriver]

@bi0ticoutdoors102 Yes but I don't believe the Twin powers are fully sealed like a Van Staal

[@gameaholicsanonymous775]

FAIL.......... Toughest inshore reel is Daiwa Morethan Branzino without a doubt.

[@walteroquinn757]

Do any thing to get on video