MEGABASS LEVANTE P3 SPINNING

LEVANTE

Available Fall 2026

Led by Yuki Ito, Megabass’s next-generation rod development team—Project “Zero”—set out to redefine expectations. Their goal was deceptively simple: to make a foundational bass rod that could be the first—and final—choice of discerning anglers. 

Drawing from the technologies and functional concepts proven through years of tournament experience with the US-Spec OROCHI XX and DESTROYER series, Project Zero reimagines the LEVANTE through the lens of Japan’s most demanding fisheries. The result is a rod series for bass anglers around the world, inspiring confidence wherever the next cast takes you.

LEVANTE was developed to deliver consistent, high-level performance, providing balance, feel and reliability in real-world fishing. Its design prioritizes responsiveness and control, giving anglers a rod that feels intuitively trustworthy from the first cast.

Years of competitive feedback informed design and manufacturing refinements, resulting in improved balance and lightness without sacrificing strength and durability. The new High-Density X-Graphite System emphasizes crisp recovery and controlled absorption, improving lure control and cast accuracy while remaining approachable and forgiving across a wide range of applications.

Designed for optimal reel-mounted balance, LEVANTE feels exceedingly light in-hand, allowing anglers to focus on lure behavior and presentation. This contributes to a clear and direct sense of control—supporting confident rod work without fatigue. Each model exhibits ergonomics tuned specifically to its intended method, ensuring comfort and consistency throughout long sessions on the water.

LEVANTE is meant to be a long-term companion—capable enough to grow with the angler, versatile enough to remain relevant, and refined enough to inspire confidence across changing techniques and fisheries. For those seeking foundational performance within the Megabass lineup, LEVANTE is the answer.

LEVANTE TECHNOLOGIES

·         Levante High Density X-Graphite System: LEVANTE’s proprietary high-density layered graphite construction focuses on material efficiency and action consistency. By reducing excess resin and optimizing layer patterning for each model, the blank delivers improved balance and recovery while maintaining the durability required for daily use. The result is a responsive yet stable feel that enhances casting precision and lure control without sacrificing forgiveness.

·         Levante Original Guide System: Matched to each rod’s taper and intended application, Megabass’s original guide layout prioritizes smooth energy transfer and feel. This system supports LEVANTE’s strong casting performance and controlled load distribution, allowing anglers to cover water efficiently while maintaining accuracy and feel.

·         Levante Machine Cut Hood: Precision-machined from solid aluminum, this lightweight hood provides secure reel mounting and consistent rigidity while contributing to overall balance and durability.

·         ITO Engineering Airy-Fit Ergonomic Seat Type-L (D.PAT.P): LEVANTE incorporates ITO-designed ergonomic reel seats developed to support natural hand positioning and intuitive control. Minimalist contact surfaces reduce unnecessary material while preserving stability, comfort, and sensitivity across both casting and spinning applications.

·         ITS (ITO Trigger System Ergonomic Casting Seat), (D.PAT.): Built for power fishing, the sculpted design and long trigger provide overwhelming grip for big bait and heavy cover applications. Whether one or two-finger casting or utilizing a full-palm retrieve, ITS is designed to accommodate various grip styles with confidence.

·         IES (ITO Ergonomic Contact Seat), (D.PAT.P): The fast-back design of the reel seat bridge fits deep in the palm of the hand, providing increased contact points to improve feel and control in spinning applications. The IES’s sweeping, tapered fore-grip allows direct contact with the exposed blank, enhancing the kind of delicate bite-detection that is required in deep finesse fishing.

LEVANTE MODELS

F1.1/2-610LVS SUPER FINESSE

MSRP: $199.99

Length : 6'10” | Lure capacity: 1/32 - 1/4oz | Line capacity: 3-8lb | Taper: Medium Fast | Power: Ultra-Light

The LEVANTE SUPER FINESSE spinning rod is designed for technical long-distance finesse fishing. It excels at working small hardbaits, subtly shaking light rigs, and pinpoint presentations of insect-style lures.

Despite its light action, the midsection is engineered with higher tension characteristics, enabling advanced finesse angling and technical control of small and light lures. X-Graphite engineering provides smooth load transition, delivering a deep and intuitive bend to keep small trebles pinned and cast small lures with confidence.

Refined to target clever, pressured fish under tough conditions, the SUPER FINESSE is built for professional-level finesse techniques and small hardbaits like the KARASHI, BABY POPX, and SIGLETT.

F3-611LVS WHIPSNAKE

MSRP: $199.99

Length: 6'11" | Lure capacity: 1/16 - 3/8oz | Line capacity: 5-12lb | Taper: Fast | Power: Light

The reengineered LEVANTE WHIPSNAKE expands versatility and performance through refined blank engineering and fine-tuning, resulting in a more sensitive tip, superior load transfer, greater low-end power, and improved balance. Ideally suited for delicate dropshot presentations with the HAZE-ST and subtle drop-swimming approaches with the HAZEDONG SHAD, the new WHIPSNAKE brings the beloved original to new heights.

The WHIPSNAKE is designed to handle the full range of light-rig applications, including drop shots, Neko rigs, Ned rigs, and jighead rigs. The X-Graphite blank’s finely tuned tip section delivers exceptional precision and versatile control across finesse presentations, effortlessly shifting load to the high-tension midsection for decisive hooksets. Finished with a powerful lower section with upgraded torque to lift and control big bass, the entire blank has been elevated to the next performance tier. The result is a confidence-inspiring spinning platform that redefines the global standard for competitive finesse spinning techniques.

F3-75LVS ZANGETSU-LV

MSRP: $199.99

Length: 7'5" | Lure capacity: 1/16 - 3/8oz | Line capacity: 5-12lb | Taper: Medium Fast | Power: Light

Named after the legendary katana, the LEVANTE ZANGETSU-LV is a precision mid-strolling, finesse swimbait, and deep-water model engineered for exceptional long-range performance. Built for situations where anglers must offer baits with refined subtlety, ZANGETSU-LV delivers exacting control and the sharp, decisive feedback required to convert distant bites into landed fish.

ZANGETSU-LV excels in mid-strolling and long-distance minnow presentations, allowing anglers to find that bite-inducing tip cadence that keeps lures like the SLING SHAD irresistibly trembling in the strike zone. ZANGETSU-LV is also purpose-built for finesse jigheads and small swimbaits like the OKASHIRA SCREWHEAD and SPARK SHAD 3in, enabling extreme cast distance and quick line pick-up to deliver sure hooksets. It also confidently handles light Carolina rigs, drop-swimming approaches with the HAZEDONG SHAD, and other finesse dragging presentations in deeper waters.

Refined for spinning snipers who demand absolute control, the blank’s X-Graphite construction provides a crisp, balanced feel and highly linear rig control. ZANGETSU-LV’s torque-rich action maintains tension yet flexes smoothly under load to power long-distance casts and confidently absorb multi-round fights with hard-charging targets. 

F3.1/2-70LVS SHAKYHEAD

MSRP: $199.99

Length: 7'0" | Lure capacity: 1/8 - 1/2oz | Line capacity: 5-16lb | Taper: Fast | Power: Medium Light

The LEVANTE SHAKYHEAD, a veteran of the U.S. tournament scene, has been refined and updated with the latest X-Graphite engineering technology for a new generation of anglers. Preserving the unyielding ethos and fast-action heritage of its predecessor, the new SHAKYHEAD is a master rig manipulator built to coax even the wariest of feeders. 

The SHAKYHEAD delivers the precise control, strong hooksets, and unyielding power required to excel in its namesake shaky head application, in addition to light Texas rigs, and neko rigs. The powerful blank also supports light cover finesse fishing, confidently pitching finesse rigs and small jigs for high-percentage bites, providing a trusted weapon to serious anglers.

F4-69LVS SHAMSHIR

MSRP: $199.99

Length: 6'9" | Lure capacity: 1/4 - 3/4oz | Line capacity: 8-20lb | Taper: Medium Fast | Power: Medium Light

The LEVANTE SHAMSHIR is a competition-grade jerkbait spinning rod designed to meet the exacting needs of professionals and secure fickle bites in brutal conditions. Built to confidently work small- to medium-sized jerkbaits such as the VISION ONETEN, ONETEN Jr., and X-80 Trick Darter, the rod’s X-Graphite System and taper refinement achieve an ideal balance of absorption and spring-back blank recovery to enliven your jerkbait game. 

The SHAMSHIR’s specialized damping characteristics reduce unwanted blank shake to amplify jerkbait darting range while enabling fatigue-free rod work. The rod’s mild tip section absorbs aggressive strikes to improve hookup ratios, while the reinforced midsection delivers deep and consistent power. 

SHAMSHIR’s intuitive and deep-bending 6'9" blank also pairs well with walking lures and poppers requiring consistent angler input, such as the GIANT DOG-X and POPMAX.

F4.1/2-74LVS ENFORCER

MSRP: $199.99

Length: 7'4" | Lure capacity: ¼ - 3/4oz | Line capacity: 8-20lb | Taper: Fast | Power: Medium

The ENFORCER is the LEVANTE’s flagship deep-water spinning rod developed through decades of U.S. and Canadian tournament experience. 

Born to explore the unknown depths through long-distance approaches or vertical drops, the ENFORCER is engineered to handle everything from traditional tubes to swing-heads, heavy drop shots, free rigs, high-density soft plastics, and next-generation bottom swimmers like the DARK SLEEPER. The rod’s heightened feedback detects tentative bites and its wellspring of power drives thicker-gauge hooks home to own the fight.

Powered by an X-Graphite blank, the ENFORCER delivers crisply responsive performance, overwhelming torque, and fatigue-free handling, making it an essential spinning platform for serious deep-water anglers. 

F1-65LV BFS spec-UL

MSRP: $199.99

Length: 6'5" | Lure capacity: 1/16 - 3/8oz | Line capacity: 4-12lb | Taper: Slow | Power: Ultra-Light

The LEVANTE BFS spec-UL is a high-performance bait finesse rod designed to bring ultralight bank fishing and crossover trout techniques to life with delightful precision, sensitivity and control.

Tuned specifically for Megabass’ BFS lure lineup and select Great Hunting trout lures, it delivers crisp, rhythmic action that enlivens angler-activated plugs like the KARASHI, BABY POPX, and GH-51 (FS), while exhibiting the graceful absorption that makes small cranks like the SR-X GRIFFON (BFS) a joy to fish. Its slow-taper design enables aggressive walking actions, expanded darting range, and smooth cranking performance, while offering the kind of sensitivity that transmits first shimmy of an X-80 Jr. straight into the angler’s hands.  

The BFS spec-UL’s smooth and intuitive load characteristics empower low-trajectory casting of small jigs and weightless soft plastics into tight windows. This allows anglers to accurately target overhanging cover with ease and efficiency, traditionally reserved for ultralight spinning gear.

Built on the LEVANTE X-Graphite System, the BFS spec-UL delivers Megabass performance and ample low-end power to handle unexpected big fish and light cover. Delivering a refined, ultralight bait finesse experience that is equally at home chasing bass from the bank or wading for trout in small rivers and streams, the BFS spec-UL is a true joy in hand. 

F3.1/2-610LV RUN&GUNNING spec-L

MSRP: $199.99

Length: 6'10" | Lure capacity: ¼ - 5/8oz | Line capacity: 6-14lb | Taper: Medium Fast | Power: Medium Light

The LEVANTE RUN&GUNNING spec-L is designed for high octane approaches with treble baits like the KARASHI 80, POPX, and GIANT DOG-X.

Featuring a 6’10” X-Graphite blank, its medium-fast taper is tuned to impart the precise tip action and recovery required to enliven jerkbaits and topwaters. Under increasing load, it delivers an impossibly smooth transition to a midsection that behaves like a regular taper, making this a great choice for lighter cranks like the SUPER-Z series.  Its maneuverable length enables tight, technical casts, allowing close-quarters approaches along narrow cast lanes.

Designed for Japanese-style power fishing with fast-moving lures, the RUN&GUNNING spec-L handles everything from lighter jerkbaits like the ¼ oz. X-NANAHAN and 3/8 oz. X-80 Trick Darter, to topwater staples like the POPX and GIANT DOG-X.

Built for anglers who favor an active run-and-gun style, this rod delivers comfort, control, and adaptability across a wide range of moving bait applications to cover water efficiently.