Daiwa Saltiga LJ Light Jigging Rods

The Saltiga LJ's for me are the highlight of the new product release from Daiwa for 2024, they're very light, strong and on the cutting edge of technology mirroring the JDM versions of these rods. Light jigging is a popular style in Japan more closely related to speed jigging than slow pitch, with more aggressive winding and pulling that gets you a reaction bite on smaller jigs in the 60-200g range. These are especially effective with tungsten jigs since you can cover a much broader range of depths from 50-300 feet.  Daiwa already has jigging rods so what makes these unique? The main selling feature of these rods, besides the beautiful aesthetics matching the rest of the Saltiga lineup, is the "MEGATOP" blank. I've dug through everything on Daiwa's website and there's not much clear information about what that actually means. These Megatop blanks are solid pultruded carbon fiber with a carbon fiber wrap over the entire blank, making them much more durable than conventional tubular bla