Shimano and Abu are completely vamping up their rod selections. They have been asking anglers opinions on what they want in a complete set of fishing rods. This year will be the year for shimano rods.

Way to bring this topic back from the dead. Funny though, I was a Revo man until I bought my first Shimano. Zillions are still the kings IMO.

after working on zillions, still not a big fan. I would buy 10 used CU200s before I buy one brand new zillion

Right. Shimano's are the most durable,of,reels and take care of their customers....but....I prefer my Steez reels.

I agree. I've used most low to mid dollar reels to start and then made the decision to purchase a better engineered product. Shimano MG 50's, Chronarch 100's and Calai's are great reels. I even have a few old green Curado's that still perform well.

I don't know exactly why but I have found that my Shimanos will get better (smoother) after being used a few months.

Jason

There�s an old saying in the engineering community, divide by 2, or multiply by 2 when dealing with management, divide by 4, or multiply by 4 when dealing with sales.

Sales and marketing are going to use specs on bearing counts, and so forth to sell, and market reels. Towit, reel specs are most often just a means to promote reels.

What counts at the lake, stream, etc. is reel performance. Just because a reel has 100 ball-bearings doesn�t mean that those ball-bearings are GOOD bearings. 100 times poop is still poop. The reason that Shimano has such a solid following is because their reels are well made, �Not that Shimano hasn�t laid some eggs� but year in, and year out Shimano reels preform well, and preform well with minimal fuss, and muss. Shimano has earned a solid reputation over the last two decades or so by producing quality reels that preform at the shore, and on the water in the hands of regular anglers.

This is not to say that other brands have not produced some excellent reels, just that they�ve not been as consistent in producing solid long lasting reels that just flat work in the way that Shimano has.

One last point. You don�t see many pros on the Shimano staff, nor for that matter the Daiwa staff. Other brands have tons of pros on staff. Ask yourself why that is....


TFP

210,

Your question was an honest one. You ask your question, and stated your background. It was obvious to me at least that you�re trying to get a better handle on the ins and outs of fishing gear. Don�t let short fuses frustrate you from asking honest questions.

Folks, let�s keep thing friendly, and helpful here in the Boats & Equipment threads. The Bunker in the OT is the place to go for �harder-edged� postings. I�d point out that 210�s question is just the sort of question that the Rod & Reel sections is about. We �old salts� ought to be offering �sage� wisdom � � and advice to those that haven�t wet quite so many hooks as we. Finally, and this is important, the human hand has 26 bones in it. Thus, the variations of the human hand is quite considerable. This is why some reels that feel totally great in my hand feels very awkward in the hands of some others, and vis-versa. I�ve got huge palms, and relatively short fingers, if you have small palms and long fingers then it�s pretty easy to see that what fits my hand well may not fit your hand worth a hoot, etc..


TFP

Hey! Schwinn Reels are great! I mean, if they weren�t then Captain Kangaroo would not be advertising them right?

TFP

I have (2) shimanos Chronarch and Citica, a pflueger patriarch, 3 bps pro qualifiers, 1 revo stx, 1 browing, a H20,
etc. several others. The Revo is awesome, but I would buy 2 more pro qualifiers than buy another 200.00 reel. Durable awesome reel.

I guess no one caught the fact that I made the switch to the JDM. Love my Daiwas and my Shimanos.