Morethan Branzino EX AGS
Daiwa's flagship spinning seabass rods, 8'7" to 10'10", with AGS carbon guides and SVF blanks for harbor, river and estuary suzuki.
Branzino is the top tier of Daiwa's Morethan seabass program, and the EX AGS generation is its spinning flagship. Nine two-piece models span 2.62 m to 3.30 m, roughly 8'7" to 10'10", with lure windows running from 5-30 g on the 87LML to 12-45 g on the 94MMH and line ratings of PE 0.6 to 2.0. Blanks are SVF COMPILE-X Nanoplus graphite wrapped in X45 Full Shield bias carbon and joined with V-JOINT alpha ferrules; guides are Daiwa's AGS carbon frames, bound to the blank with CWS carbon cloth instead of thread, over an Air Sensor carbon reel seat. The 87LML weighs 97 g built. The 87LML and 94ML are the Urban Side Custom harbor models developed with Yuki Ohno, the 98M/MH is the Power Stream Custom for estuary work with large plugs, and the 1010ML/M is the distance rod. The quarry is suzuki, Japanese seabass, and the fishing happens mostly after dark: minnows and vibration baits swung through harbor light lines, breakwater rip, surf, and the current seams that form at river mouths on a moving tide. A suzuki runs, bores for structure, and throws hooks with a violent headshake, so the closest American reference point is striped bass off a beach or a jetty. The gram and PE ratings are shelf convention rather than translation: Japanese lures are sold by gram weight and braid is graded by PE number, so the rod is labeled to match the tackle an angler actually buys.
Shaded band: the spread of the lineup's 9 models, as percentile rank among same-type rods. Solid line = series median · dashed ring = catalog median.
- Models
- 9 spinning
- Length
- 8'7"–10'10" 2.62–3.30 m
- Power
- L–M 3 classes
- Line
- 6–25 lb
- Lure
- 3/16–1 3/4 oz 5–50 g
- Market
- Japan
Rods in this series
9 models| Save | Model | Length | Power | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87LML | 8'7" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 87ML | 8'7" | ML | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 93L/M-S | 9'3" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 94LML | 9'4" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 94ML | 9'4" | ML | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 94MMH | 9'4" | M | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 97ML/M | 9'7" | ML | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 98M/MH | 9'8" | M | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 1010ML/M | 10'10" | ML | Buy from Daiwa |
Model notes
All 9 modelsA 8'7" light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 5-30 g lures on 6-16 lb line.
A 8'7" medium-light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 7-35 g lures on 8-16 lb line.
A 9'3" light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 5-40 g lures on 6-16 lb line.
A 9'4" light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 5-30 g lures on 6-16 lb line.
A 9'4" medium-light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 7-35 g lures on 8-16 lb line.
A 9'4" medium spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 12-45 g lures on 10-20 lb line.
A 9'7" medium-light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 7-40 g lures on 8-16 lb line.
A 9'8" medium spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 10-50 g lures on 10-25 lb line.
A 10'10" medium-light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Morethan Branzino EX AGS lineup, built for seabass (suzuki) lure fishing, in 2 sections, rated for 7-40 g lures on 8-16 lb line.