Just got my latest order in the mail from Tackle Warehouse, the Daiwa Viento casting reel. I hadn’t planned on adding a new setup to my collection for this coming season, however I came across this reel marked down to $90.00 USD from $200.00 USD and being a huge fan of Daiwa products I couldn’t stop myself. The Viento is styled very similar to to Sol and the Zillion, two reels by Daiwa that I have been fishing exclusively over the past couple of years, however the Viento features a “Twitchin’ Bar,” an aspect previously unseen in Daiwa reels. The Twitchin’ Bar is the semicircular lever you see in the pictures below, this sits comfortably below your thumb as you retrieve and allows you to draw up a segment of line by pressing it down. The manual says that the lever can draw up to four inches of line each time that it is pressed. I am skeptical as to how much I will actually be employing this technique on the water but I will be sure to post results as I do. The Team Daiwa Viento sports an electric blue finish, and being a fan of flashy gear, I love it. I have a 7’6″ MH Abu Garcia Veritas rod on order to match the reel. More details to come this spring.
BASStard Bassin’ Pro Shop Results
Abu Garcia Veritas Trigger Rod
Abu Garcia Veritas Spinning Rod
8 Responses to “Team Daiwa Viento Casting Reel”
Happy new year! I stumbled upon your blog and your post in another forum concerning this recent purchase while I was considering the same Viento reel at TW and searching for background info about it. I am glad that you are a Sol lover, too, and would like to hear your opinion: How well do you feel this Viento would cast light baits like miniature crappie crankbaits (< 1/8 oz), light drop shot rig and weightless wacky rig etc.? Compared to Sol, do you think this Viento is worth the money in these applications? — I am not expecting it to cast lightweights as good as Sol does, but factoring its less than 50% price of Sol's, I won't mind giving it a try if somebody tells me it does a "ok" job on lightweights
I haven’t tried it with anything that light but I would assume it would do a fine job as long as you tuned the spool settings correctly and paired it with light fluoro.
Thanks for the comment! They say the most important thing for baitcasting lightweight is a low mass spool and responsive breaking system (or fine thumbing skill). I may give viento a try based on your note that it feels like Sol…
Nice blog and forum btw. Keep up the good work!
Thanks man, drop us a line on the forum and let us know how it works out for you.
there are lots of awesome rod sets , it can be confusing figuring out what one to choose,when I was younger I would just buy a cheap set that might last me a year. But there were always problems with gears slipping or bearings rusting. Now I invest a little bit more but when you care for the kit it’s going to last longer and because you’ve spent money in it you are going to take far better care, well thank you for sharing
Very true, I paired the Viento with a Abu Garcia Veritas, 7’6″ MH which has worked out great so far I will be posting more about that very soon.
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