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Dragger X

Entry-grade Dragger: thirteen Braiding X models from 50 to 110 g jigs, including three packable travel builds.

Dragger X is the entry tier of the ladder, launched in 2023 and extended in 2024 by three T-designated travel builds, for thirteen models in total. It covers the same fishery as the rest of the series at a lower build spec: casting metal jigs and plugs from breakwater, rock and beach for amberjack, sawara and bonito that follow bait within range of the bank. Americans will recognise the discipline as surf and jetty casting for stripers and false albacore, carried out with far heavier lures and a worked jigging retrieve. Ten of the thirteen are 2.90 or 3.05 m. The 96ML and 100ML take 10-50 g jigs and 10-45 g plugs on PE 1-2; 96M and 100M step to 20-70 g jigs; 96MH and 100MH to 30-90 g jigs on PE 2-3; the 100H to 40-110 g jigs on PE 3-4. The three-piece 100M-3, 100MH-3 and 100H-3 repeat those ratings, and the 2024 T100M-3, T100MH-3 and T100H-3 pack down to 116 to 125 cm. Rod weights run 217 to 309 g. Every model prints both a jig and a plug figure, the plug figure lower, because a topwater or diving plug of a given weight is bulkier in the air and heavier in the water than a compact slab of lead. Blanks use Braiding X carbon-tape reinforcement against twist, with an Air Sensor reel seat on ML through MH, a DPS seat on the H models, and K guides throughout.

Series fingerprint
Power ML–H Action — Length 9'6"–10' Lure 1.59oz–3.53oz Line 2PE–4PE

Shaded band: the spread of the lineup's 13 models, as percentile rank among same-type rods. Solid line = series median · dashed ring = catalog median.

Models
13 spinning
Length
9'6"–10' 2.90–3.05 m
Power
ML–H 4 classes
Line
1–4PE braid
Lure
3/8–3 1/2 oz 10–100 g
Market
Japan
Discipline
Jigging (offshore)

Rods in this series

13 models
Save Model Length Power Price
96M 9'6" M Buy from Daiwa
96MH 9'6" MH Buy from Daiwa
96ML 9'6" ML Buy from Daiwa
100M 10' M Buy from Daiwa
100MH 10' MH Buy from Daiwa
100H 10' H Buy from Daiwa
100M-3 10' M Buy from Daiwa
100MH-3 10' MH Buy from Daiwa
100H-3 10' H Buy from Daiwa
100ML 10' ML Buy from Daiwa
T100M-3 10' M Buy from Daiwa
T100MH-3 10' MH Buy from Daiwa
T100H-3 10' H Buy from Daiwa
Specs as Daiwa lists them, last verified . Report a spec error
Lure weight across the lineup, on one scale 0 to 4 oz
100ML 96ML 100M 100M-3 96M T100M-3 100MH 100MH-3 96MH T100MH-3 100H 100H-3 T100H-3

Model notes

All 13 models
96M Spinning · 9'6" · M

A 9'6" medium spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 2 sections, rated for 15-60 g lures on PE 1.5-2.5.

96MH Spinning · 9'6" · MH

A 9'6" medium-heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 2 sections, rated for 20-70 g lures on PE 2-3.

96ML Spinning · 9'6" · ML

A 9'6" medium-light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 2 sections, rated for 10-45 g lures on PE 1-2.

100M Spinning · 10' · M

A 10' medium spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 2 sections, rated for 15-60 g lures on PE 1.5-2.5.

100MH Spinning · 10' · MH

A 10' medium-heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 2 sections, rated for 20-70 g lures on PE 2-3.

100H Spinning · 10' · H

A 10' heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 2 sections, rated for 30-90 g lures on PE 3-4.

100M-3 Spinning · 10' · M

A 10' medium spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 3 sections, rated for 15-60 g lures on PE 1.5-2.5.

100MH-3 Spinning · 10' · MH

A 10' medium-heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 3 sections, rated for 20-70 g lures on PE 2-3.

100H-3 Spinning · 10' · H

A 10' heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 3 sections, rated for 30-90 g lures on PE 3-4.

100ML Spinning · 10' · ML

A 10' medium-light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, in 2 sections, rated for 10-45 g lures on PE 1-2.

T100M-3 Spinning · 10' · M

A 10' medium spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, telescopic, rated for 15-60 g lures on PE 1.5-2.5.

T100MH-3 Spinning · 10' · MH

A 10' medium-heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, telescopic, rated for 20-80 g lures on PE 2.0-3.0.

T100H-3 Spinning · 10' · H

A 10' heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Dragger X lineup, built for shore jigging, telescopic, rated for 30-100 g lures on PE 3.0-4.0.

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