Best Revo Model? or other baitcaster?

[Marque]

Originally Posted by "W"

If you want to spend money buy you a higher end Shimano because you can not go wrong with it..

best bang for your buck ... Curado or Chronarch

I used Shimano for years and love the Green Curado's and White Chronarch's but the ones that the put out now are not the same. I've gone to 13's. The inceptions are 120$ and bullet proof. I've tortured the 3 I have and they keep ticking. They are 8:1 ratio and make working a topwater bait a breeze. I still have a bunch of Curado's and Chronarch's but after using the 13's its hard to go back to them.

["W"]

Originally Posted by Marque

I used Shimano for years and love the Green Curado's and White Chronarch's but the ones that the put out now are not the same. I've gone to 13's. The inceptions are 120$ and bullet proof. I've tortured the 3 I have and they keep ticking. They are 8:1 ratio and make working a topwater bait a breeze. I still have a bunch of Curado's and Chronarch's but after using the 13's its hard to go back to them.

I have personally never used them because I have no need to but they are not holding up too good in the "guide life "

I know several guides who use these reels daily and now most are parts of reefs lol

Heard they are real light and smooth just not saltwater ready after a year of fishing or less

Most went back to Shimano and few are now trying the Lews

[Marque]

Originally Posted by "W"

I have personally never used them because I have no need to but they are not holding up too good in the "guide life "

I know several guides who use these reels daily and now most are parts of reefs lol

Heard they are real light and smooth just not saltwater ready after a year of fishing or less

Most went back to Shimano and few are now trying the Lews

I guided long enough to know that anytime you give a customer a bait caster you are asking for trouble. I am really hard on my reels but also take pretty good care of them. I have had issues with a couple but I've mailed the back and had a new one in 3 or 4 days. The concept A's and C's are what most guys are using I have had one of each but prefer the cheaper Inceptions. No doubt if I was guiding and a customer wanted a bait caster I'd give them on older model Curado or Chronarch. I just had bad luck with a couple of new Curados and gave up on them because the older ones were so good.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Marque

I guided long enough to know that anytime you give a customer a bait caster you are asking for trouble. I am really hard on my reels but also take pretty good care of them. I have had issues with a couple but I've mailed the back and had a new one in 3 or 4 days. The concept A's and C's are what most guys are using I have had one of each but prefer the cheaper Inceptions. No doubt if I was guiding and a customer wanted a bait caster I'd give them on older model Curado or Chronarch. I just had bad luck with a couple of new Curados and gave up on them because the older ones were so good.

I have a 1 year old curado giving me all kind of problems. Spool bearings went out and the brakes are horrible. Makes a loud screeching noise when the brakes engage. Tried oiling them and it quit making noise but now I only get about a 25 yard cast. Turned the brakes off and still the same. I am about done with shimano baitcasters in that price range. The daiwa tatula is worth looking into. Mine have been great so far.

[Sightwindow]

I heard enough about the new Shimanos and decided to try Lews for trout fishing. Very happy with my decision. Also had a chance to buy a Shimano Core for cheap and it's a dream. Still have my old Curados for snapper and bulls and sight fishing redfish with braid.

[Marque]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

I have a 1 year old curado giving me all kind of problems. Spool bearings went out and the brakes are horrible. Makes a loud screeching noise when the brakes engage. Tried oiling them and it quit making noise but now I only get about a 25 yard cast. Turned the brakes off and still the same. I am about done with shimano baitcasters in that price range. The daiwa tatula is worth looking into. Mine have been great so far.

I had a Tatula that my brother gave me for Christmas this year. First day I took it out we got into that school of redfish that was terrorizing the East bank of Big Lake last winter. It was done after the 4th fish. It didn't have the drag to deal with those things. I got fed up having to mess around with a fish for 10 min and tightened up the drag all the way. They were still pealing it like an apple. Blew the gusts out of it on the first day. I think I had 40 lb suffix on it because I had been on some big reds. I'll admit it was nice and smooth and cast a mile it just didn't have enough nuts. I am sure that kind of abuse would do the same things to a lot of reels but it hasn't done it to my 13's, Old Curado's, and Chronarch's.

Originally Posted by Marktrahan

New curado I s are trouble concept 13 s prone to corrosian if not serviced lews hard to get parts plenty of shimanos of old on flea bay chronarchs curado scorpions cores I own scorpions curados chronarchs all bought on flea bay altough parts for older shimanos getting harder to find.

I have had some corrosion problems with my Concept A but not with the C or the Inception. Have you heard anything bad about the Inceptions Mr. Mark? That Chronarch 50 you fixed for me works better than it did when it was new. Thanks.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Marque

I had a Tatula that my brother gave me for Christmas this year. First day I took it out we got into that school of redfish that was terrorizing the East bank of Big Lake last winter. It was done after the 4th fish. It didn't have the drag to deal with those things. I got fed up having to mess around with a fish for 10 min and tightened up the drag all the way. They were still pealing it like an apple. Blew the gusts out of it on the first day. I think I had 40 lb suffix on it because I had been on some big reds. I'll admit it was nice and smooth and cast a mile it just didn't have enough nuts. I am sure that kind of abuse would do the same things to a lot of reels but it hasn't done it to my 13's, Old Curado's, and Chronarch's.



I have had some corrosion problems with my Concept A but not with the C or the Inception. Have you heard anything bad about the Inceptions Mr. Mark? That Chronarch 50 you fixed for me works better than it did when it was new. Thanks.

Hope my tatula last...the tactical model have bigger gears and aluminum frame and side plate.http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Daiwa...cpage-DTT.html I wish shimano still made the chronarch e series and curado. One of the best reels for the money ever made.

[Marque]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

Hope my tatula last...the tactical model have bigger gears and aluminum frame and side plate.http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Daiwa...cpage-DTT.html I wish shimano still made the chronarch e series and curado. One of the best reels for the money ever made.

My brother had one that he really liked, I don't know if he still has it. He's used it more for fresh water fishing though. After throwing Shimano's forever the Diawa was a little hard to get used to. Its almost rectangular. I think what did it in was the little bat wings that open up on the level wind. On the reel that I had they just didn't seem to close properly. I was trying to stop one of those bulls from getting in the trolling motor and was cranking the hell out of hit. I guess there was too much tension on the level wind and it bent and got off track. When I kept cranking it blew it all to hell. Whatever happened it don't work no more. I go full retard when I am in a bunch of BIG Redfish. I either destroy my equipment or the fish. All three of the Lew's I had anti reverse went out, one broke on a hook set. If I keep a reel a year its tough. If you don't spool you reel with parachute chord and pick a fight with a 30lb redfish, I am sure it will last a lot longer than mine.