In reply to Post #15
What he said..

All except the clutch part
It's a brake, the clutch is in the drive as you know

In reply to Post #15
I'm liking the greased felt washer option👍

In reply to Post #16
Lol i avoided using the word clutch as most call it until the last sentence just so others would understand, as if i started calling it a brake i thought i might confuse people

In reply to Post #17
I'm playing with it now
The entoh cap gives a much broader range on the drag, and the aperture in the spool for the washer stack is identical, so the entoh washer stack fits the emblem 45 and vice versa.....
Edit, I haven't got anything to hand to measure it, but the chamber in the entoh is a mm-2mm deeper, the washers in mine are past due replacing so fit in the emblem, but new ones I suspect you would need to drop one felt washer and maybe use one of the red ones from the emblem

If anyone knows of compatible gearing to slow the retrieve rate I'm all ears

In reply to Post #19
Save yourself the effort and just buy some ss9000/6000t which already have a perfect drag and slow retrieve

In reply to Post #20
I ain't paying over a grand for 30+year old reels

In reply to Post #21
Lol. A set of 6000t is more realistic I suppose, still stands though.. everything you want

In reply to Post #22
Before these emblems came out my plan was to get some black 5000t and some original 5000t spools, I'm probably going back to that plan in the summer

speaking to a well known distance angler he said the emblem 35s are a better reel than the 45

I don't get all this whinging about the quick drags. I have it on my basias, and my head prefer it to the tounies I also have. Takes a bit of getting used to if you used to slower drags, but I find using my finger to slow the clutch rather than a knob on the front of the reel, far better and can. Have it exactly as I want it then, obviously needs some resistance from the knob to be able to wind down, but you get the jist hopefully.

Also, why anyone would Pick up a tournie and buy it over any other modern daiwa of shimano reel is beyond me. Unless it's a sentimental thing, or needed for bush warcraft, the new emblem reels for example feel miles better in the hand.

In reply to Post #25
I agree the emblems feel better when you give them a spin in a shop, under a fairly modest load, like lifting 80yds of line off the bottom, the tourneys actually feel better

Is there another reel in the range below the iso with the same low gearing?

In reply to Post #25
The drag on the Basia is nowhere near as quick as that on the 35 SCW. Personally I want it a bit more graduated.

In reply to Post #1
I have bought the 35's. I replaced a set of new iso's with them. They are excellent for the price and are only slightly heavier and more clonky than a reel 4x as expensive

I quite like them. The 45's were too big for what i needed and dont come with the air-bail which i liked on the iso

In reply to Post #28
what made you swap the iso's?

In reply to Post #29
They werent getting much use really. They are great reals and i loved them, especially with custom handles, but they were wasted on me. Are they worth that much more than the emblems!? I dont really think so

I took a hit on them but man maths prevailed!