Daiwa Emeraldas Air LT Eging Reel

The new versions of the Daiwa Emeraldas Eging reel series, undoubtedly offer the best combination of Daiwa technologies to resist corrosion in the harsh marine environment. The Emeralda reels you have come to know and love has been redesigned and upgraded.

The new Daiwa Emeraldas Air LT, features an all-new one-piece Monocoque (MQ) Aluminum body and Mag-Sealed bearings. An MQ frame design allows us to fit a larger gear inside of the reel, adding power and longevity to your gear set. It is the first reel, tailor made for the Eging fishing to benefit from an one-piece Zaion Carbon Body. Thanks to the combination and the synergies created by the two, high-end Daiwa technologies, Zaion and Monocoque Body, the Emeraldas Air LT reel is incredibly light and just as robust.

The most exciting technology in the Eging reel game, is the Daiwa Monocoque body, an one-piece frame - eliminating the use of traditional two-piece Body & Sideplate construction. A single piece body utilizes a screw-in engine plate to house the main gear, reducing flex and twist under load creating a sealed gear box. The elimination of the side plate also has also allowed for a more compact body design as well as room for a larger gear compared to standard reel frame designs. MQ technology not only makes reels stronger & better sealed, but also more compact. Screws need material to grip to, and that means more overall size and more mass in traditional body designs. By replacing the side plate with a machined aluminium engine plate which screws directly into the reel body, MQ reels can maximize the internal space made available by using larger size drive gears than before. On top of the  weather resistance added from the MQ Technology, these reels also feature a rubber seal system for the ultimate protection from the elements.

Anglers facing the coastal elements, spray, and other corrosive environments demand that reel performance is preserved, no matter the circumstances. Daiwa have risen to this challenge, by guaranteeing the total sealing of a rotating element – the rotor – against the body. This has been achieved by the application of Daiwa’s Mag-Sealed oil, which is held in place by a magnetic field, preventing the intrusion of water, or other impurities into the mech. The Daiwa Emeraldas has a structure with no welding and no flanges and this only boosts the overall waterproofing of the reel. It’s also the reason MagSealed oil has been applied to the pinion and on the pick-up roller.

Thanks to the space freed up by the frame machined in a single piece, the reel accommodates a Tough Digigear gear system, with the high-precision cut gears, enhancing the contact between the parts and improve the fluidity of the rotation. In the Daiwa Emeraldas Air LT, the one-piece Monocoque (MQ) body houses a large diameter Tough Digigear transferring all the power provided by the handle to your line. The Tough Digigear represents a further evolution of its predecessor Digigear, as it is a digitally designed, machine cut gearing system, that ensures ultimate gear precision, rotational smoothness, and strength.

This flagship for Eging reels displays the classic Emeraldas colors, to perfectly integrate this new reel model into squid and cuttlefish fishing.

Technical Characteristics

• ATD Drag System Technology with Carbon Discs
• Bearings: 12 + 1 including 1 CRBB
• Monocoque Aluminum Frame
• Air Rotor made of Zaion material
• Long Cast ABS spool
• One-piece Aluminum handle screed directly into the frame
• High density EVA knob