Shimano Expride Owners. . . your favorite model? - Fishing Rods, Reels . . . It's been great paired with a Shimano Curado 70, EXTREMELY light and plenty sensitive been doing a lot of bank fishing, lots of trees and obstacles, so have been favoring my shorter 6' IMX-Pro which I love, but any time the longer rod makes sense, I choose the Expride As another user said, excellent T-Rig rod, great feel for the bottom
2023 Shimano Vanquish Review and Initial Thoughts All the Shimano '18-22 worm drive (except New Stella) interchange parts - and are the same reel design using different MOC and number of ball bearings - '18 Stella, '19 Stradic, '19 Vanquish, '20 Vanford, '21 Twin Power, etc ) Stella has the stainles gears and forged magnesium body and rotor
2025 Baitcast Reel Buyers Guide - Bass Fishing Resource Guide Shimano is legendary for fishing reels, making some very good ones Most of the attention is on their higher-end products, but more inexpensive reels like the Caius are still great Shimano and other brands have trickled down reel technology after a few years, and the Caius has many of the same features as more expensive reels from a few years ago
Shimano Curado 200 M vs Curado 150 MGL - Bass Fishing Resource Guide I have had the K, and own the DC, 200M and 150mgl I regret selling my K reels as I really liked them I feel like Shimano reels have always palmed well, the best to me The 200 M is as awesome as the K was, but it is a touch wider To me it’s a non issue
Daiwa Steez CT SV TW vs Shimano Met 70 DC Also the Shimano numbering system is a reference to line capacity 1st and foremost Sometime that means a reels is smaller (curado 200e vs curado 50e) but it just as often if not more means a shallower spool (curado 200k vs scorpion 150 MGL, Casitas 150 vs Casitas 100 MGL and Alde 50 vs Alde 30)
Reels that I recommend, 2025 Edition | Michigan Sportsman Forum The Shimano SLX is essentially a Curado with a different color scheme and a few less bearings Functionally, they are the same and come with the same gear ratios and line capacity As for the Fuego CT, that too is a stripped down upmarket model; a Tatula CT without the T-Wing and short a couple of handle bearings
The new SLX DC XT - a Curado Scorpion DC killer? i preordered one from JapanTackle on october 1 at that time projected delivery time to them was late october ,lefty reels in november schedule has now been delayed until november for my reel i ordered cork knobs at start of covid snafus hit with quarantine of all shipments worldwide jun at japantackle refunded my money, even after having sent my shipment months later when the knobs
hows your reel now that youve had it a while? - Bass Fishing Resource . . . In the Shimano family of spinning reels, there are two different families: the power reels and the finesse reel These last ones have a free floating feeling, and not a lot of inertia The Vanford is in that family The Stradic is in the power family: more inertia when starting to turn the handle and a more connected feeling
My introduction to BFS | Michigan Sportsman Forum late last summer the subject of BFS suddenly took interest in me I took tackle recommendations of the KastKing Zephyr BFS reel paired with the Shimano Sensilite casting rod with a spec of 4-15 lb power pro braid and 1 16 to ¼ oz baits Ordering both at the same time, I received the baitcasting