I don't know about the smoke but i've had older quantums hold up good in salt...ABU Garcia was a good reel I found till they quit manufacturing in sweeden....There are still some come from there but I got revos that were designed in sweeden and first time in salt they were junk at over 200 a pop....I just personally won't put a baitcaster in salt unless it is salt approved anymore...Going on 3 years my bb1's have served me well....From what I see the bb2 is just a wider spool...
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