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Originally Posted by Marktrahan
Marque I don't remember the model numbers of the concepts I serviced but they belonged to kayak fisherman 2 were about a year 1 was brand new if concept would lube them better from the factory would not be as bad kayak reels always in water . The older ones had bad corrosian and the new one starting to corrode the owner was disappointed most of the corrosian was in right side bearing housing he really liked the way they cast and they have awsome Carbon fiber drags and a very strong drags several washers in the drag stack
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It was my Concept A that Mark brought back to life. It was corroding pretty quickly from Kayak fishing and wade fishing. It casts a country mile now and i have zero issues.
Mark has been a "God Sent" for me and my friends reels. We had used other reel cleaners that were recommended on this site and had lots of issues with them. They were dishonest and sold me parts I didn't need. As of now, I have personally brought 38 reels to Mark over the last 18 months. 7 of my own and 31 of friends. We are ALL happier with the reels then when they were new. Mark does an amazing job. All my other reels are Core 50's and Curado E50 and 200E7's. I refuse to buy the newer shimano's in those price ranges because they are not made as well. I have bought them and sold them.
If you want a WELL MADE SHIMANO, get on Japantackle.com and get one that will last. The JDM's are far better then the domestics we get. I have a Scorpion 1500 and its by far my best reel.
With all that being said, I'd find a curado on Ebay and have Mark fine tune it. That the most economical and is a tried and true reel