Kohga
Ten-model standard tairaba range with MegaTop tips and Braiding X butts across five fishing concepts.
The standard-grade rod in Daiwa's tairaba family, ten models. The fishery it serves is a Japanese invention with no US equivalent: a skirted rubber jig, head and silicone skirt and rubber tentacles, is dropped to the seabed and retrieved at one steady speed for madai, red seabream. Because the fish takes in a series of pecks rather than a single grab, the blank is tuned to keep bending through the bite. Five concept codes are covered. N is the loading taper, K the hooking taper, D the electric-reel and deep-drift rod, C the spinning caster, TJ the tai-jigging rod. Lengths run 5'10" to 6'10", blank weights 97 to 115 g, jig ratings 20 to 350 g and PE 0.5 to 1.5, with eight baitcasting models against two spinning. Every model except the TJ carries a MegaTop carbon-solid tip, the fibre-and-resin solid that bends evenly in any direction and shows the bite visually as well as through the hand. Blanks are HVF Nanoplus with a Braiding X carbon tape wrap on the butt section to resist twist. All ten are centre-cut two-piece for transport. Reel seats change by type: an original bait seat on the N and K rods, a Fuji PULS seat on the electric D model, an oval seat on the C and TJ spinning rods.
Shaded band: the spread of the lineup's 10 models, as percentile rank among same-type rods. Solid line = series median · dashed ring = catalog median.
- Models
- 10 8 casting · 2 spinning
- Length
- 5'10"–6'10" 1.78–2.08 m
- Power
- M–XH 4 classes
- Line
- 0.5–1.5PE braid
- Jig weight
- 11/16–12 3/8 oz 20–350 g
- Market
- Japan
Rods in this series
10 models| Save | Model | Length | Power | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N510HB-S・K | 5'10" | H | Buy from Daiwa | |
| C65MHS-S・K | 6'5" | MH | Buy from Daiwa | |
| K65HB-S・K | 6'5" | H | Buy from Daiwa | |
| K65XHB-S・K | 6'5" | XH | Buy from Daiwa | |
| TJ68HS・K | 6'8" | H | Buy from Daiwa | |
| N69HB-S・K | 6'9" | H | Buy from Daiwa | |
| N69MB-S・K | 6'9" | M | Buy from Daiwa | |
| N69MHB-S・K | 6'9" | MH | Buy from Daiwa | |
| N69XHB-S・K | 6'9" | XH | Buy from Daiwa | |
| D610HB-S・K | 6'10" | H | Buy from Daiwa |
Model notes
All 10 modelsA 5'10" heavy casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 45-200 g jigs on PE 0.6-1.5.
A 6'5" medium-heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 20-65 g jigs on PE 0.6-1.2.
A 6'5" heavy casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 40-120 g jigs on PE 0.8-1.5.
A 6'5" extra-heavy casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 60-150 g jigs on PE 0.8-1.5.
A 6'8" heavy spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 20-100 g jigs on PE 0.6-1.5.
A 6'9" heavy casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 45-200 g jigs on PE 0.6-1.5.
A 6'9" medium casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 30-120 g jigs on PE 0.5-1.0.
A 6'9" medium-heavy casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 40-150 g jigs on PE 0.5-1.2.
A 6'9" extra-heavy casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 60-300 g jigs on PE 0.8-1.5.
A 6'10" heavy casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Kohga lineup, built for tairaba (tai-rubber) boat, in 2 sections, rated for 60-350 g jigs on PE 0.6-1.5.