Steez Shore Competition
Kotaro Kawamura's Steez branch for Japanese bank fishing: 11 short rods running finesse through heavy cover work.
- Models
- 11
- Market
- Japan
- Length
- 6.2'–6.8'
- Type
- Casting / Spinning
The SC branch of the Steez brand, started in 2016 by Kotaro Kawamura and scoped to okappari, the Japanese term for bank and shore fishing. That scope shows in the dimensions: all 11 rods fall between 6'2" and 6'9", short enough to cast and work lures inside brush, along seawalls, and under overhead cover where a 7'3" boat rod will not swing.
Four spinning and seven baitcasting, with an SC prefix on the model code, as in SC C64ML+ -LM. Blanks are SVF Compile-X and SVF Compile-X Nano Plus with X45 Full Shield and 3DX, AGS guides and Carbon Wrapping System mounts on the upper models, MegaTop and MegaTop R solid tips, and V-Joint alpha ferrules. The Air Beam reel seat came out of Kawamura's work on how the underside of the seat sits in the hand.
Named models cover a wide power band for so short a lineup: Fire Flash and Kingbolt on the spinning side from 1/64 oz up, then Lightning 64 and 66, Werewolf, Fire Wolf at 3/16 to 1 oz, King Viper at 1/4 to 3 oz, and Stratofortress 68 at 3/8 to 4 oz for the heaviest cover work. Lightning 66 is the outlier at 64 percent carbon, a glass composite cranking blank Kawamura developed over two years to handle shad-sized cranks through full-size plugs and crawler baits. Two models, the SC S64L-2 and SC C69M+ -2, are offered in center-cut two-piece form for transport.
Shaded band: the spread of the lineup's 11 models, as percentile rank among same-type rods. Solid line = series median · dashed ring = catalog median.
Deeper Dive
A closer look at notable models.
A 6'2" ultralight moderate-fast spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 1/64-1/8 oz lures on 1.5-4 lb line.
A 6'4" medium-light regular-fast casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 1/7-1 oz lures on 6-14 lb line.
A 6'4" light fast spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 1/32-1/4 oz lures on 2.5-6 lb line.
A 6'4" light fast spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 1/32-1/4 oz lures on 2.5-6 lb line.
A 6'6" medium-light fast casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 1/8-3/4 oz lures on 6-14 lb line.
A 6'6" medium moderate-fast casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 1/8-5/8 oz lures on 6-14 lb line.
A 6'8" heavy fast casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 3/8-4 oz lures on 14-30 lb line.
A 6'9" medium regular-fast casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 3/16-1 oz lures on 8-20 lb line.
A 6'9" medium regular-fast casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 3/16-1 oz lures on 8-20 lb line.
A 6'9" medium-heavy regular-slow casting rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 1/4-3 oz lures on 12-25 lb line.
A 6'9" ultralight fast spinning rod from Daiwa's Japanese-market Steez Shore Competition bass lineup, built in 2 sections, rated for 1/64-1/4 oz lures on 1.5-4 lb line.
Rods in this series
| Save | Model | Length | Power | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S62UL-SV・ST・AGS | 6'2" | UL | Buy from Daiwa | |
| C64ML+ -LM | 6'4" | ML | Buy from Daiwa | |
| S64L-SV・ST | 6'4" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| S64L-2・SV・ST | 6'4" | L | Buy from Daiwa | |
| C66ML-G | 6'6" | ML | Buy from Daiwa | |
| C66M/ML-SV・ST | 6'6" | M | Buy from Daiwa | |
| C68H-ST・SB | 6'8" | H | Buy from Daiwa | |
| C69M+ -ST | 6'9" | M | Buy from Daiwa | |
| C69M+ -2・ST | 6'9" | M | Buy from Daiwa | |
| C69MH | 6'9" | MH | Buy from Daiwa | |
| S69UL | 6'9" | UL | Buy from Daiwa |