Silver Creek Trad
The core Silver Creek native trout lineup: HVF Nanoplus blanks, 4'6" to 7'7", with two four-piece travel variants.
Silver Creek is Daiwa's long-running Japanese native trout brand, and Trad is its core lineup: rods for wild yamame, amago, iwana and rainbows in mountain streams and rivers, fished with 1 to 18 g spinners, spoons and minnows on 1.5 to 14 lb line. Twelve models cover 1.37 m to 2.31 m (4'6" to 7'7") at 68 to 115 g. Blanks are HVF Nanoplus carbon with X45 bias wrapping and V-JOINT ferrules, the last of which is aimed at removing the stiff spot a two-piece joint normally puts in the middle of the bend. Daiwa describes the action as revised to cover both the low-activity early season, when fish take softly in cold water, and the peak-season fishing that follows, and the lineup is weighted toward accuracy casting into pockets rather than distance. Ratings start at 1 to 5 g on 410XUL and the 48XULB baitcaster for the smallest stream lures, sit at 1.5 to 7 g and 2 to 10 g through the bulk of the range, and reach 4 to 18 g on the 7'7" 77ML for large rivers and lake shores. Three baitcasting models (46ULB, 48XULB, 51LB) cover close-quarters work. Two four-piece variants, 48UL-4 and 46ULB-4, exist for anglers hiking into headwaters or travelling.
Shaded band: the spread of the lineup's 12 models, as percentile rank among same-type rods. Solid line = series median · dashed ring = catalog median.
- Models
- 12 8 spinning · 4 casting
- Length
- 4'6"–7'7" 1.37–2.31 m
- Power
- XUL–ML 4 classes
- Line
- 2–14 lb
- Lure
- 1/32–5/8 oz 1–18 g
- Market
- Japan
Rods in this series
12 models| Save | Model | Length | Power | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46ULB | 4'6" | UL | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 46ULB-4 | 4'6" | UL | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 48UL | 4'8" | UL | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 48XULB | 4'8" | XUL | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 48UL-4 | 4'8" | UL | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 410XUL | 4'10" | XUL | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 410L | 4'10" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 51LB | 5'1" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 53UL | 5'3" | UL | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 56L | 5'6" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 61L | 6'1" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| 77ML | 7'7" | ML | Buy from Daiwa |
Model notes
All 12 modelsA 4'6" ultralight casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 1.5-7 g lures on 3-6 lb line.
A 4'6" ultralight casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 4 sections, rated for 1.5-7 g lures on 3-6 lb line.
A 4'8" ultralight spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 1.5-7 g lures on 2-6 lb line.
A 4'8" extra-ultralight casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 1-5 g lures on 2-6 lb line.
A 4'8" ultralight spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 4 sections, rated for 1.5-7 g lures on 2-6 lb line.
A 4'10" extra-ultralight spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 1-5 g lures on 1.5-5 lb line.
A 4'10" light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 2-10 g lures on 3-6 lb line.
A 5'1" light casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 2-10 g lures on 3-8 lb line.
A 5'3" ultralight spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 1.5-7 g lures on 2-6 lb line.
A 5'6" light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 2-10 g lures on 3-8 lb line.
A 6'1" light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 2-10 g lures on 3-6 lb line.
A 7'7" medium-light spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Silver Creek Trad lineup, built for trout, in 2 sections, rated for 4-18 g lures on 4-14 lb line.