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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.
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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.
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What model Lews are y'all using?
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I have 3 tournament pros, 2 inshore, and 3 plain speed spools. Been strictly Lews for 5 or so years now.
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2 tourney pros, 1 tourney g, 2 inshores, 1 lews lite, 2 bb2s, and some cheaper models, all are great reels. I do bearing upgrades in mine right off the shelf, but that's personal preferance
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Same with me. Very helpful, parts were here before I knew it.
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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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Look into the ardent apex magnum. Bigger spool, saltwater approved, 3 year warranty $150.
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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 |
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Looked back on records but I only wrote down concept 13 s but I think they were the lower end ones if they would have been properly lubed would not have happened but that being said if they were shimanos of old lubed or not that would not have happened .
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Grey ones are Incptions, Black are Concept A, the White ones are the Concept C.
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Thanks to my kayak friend went back and wrote A next to your concept 13 best to all.
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Mark, how do we get a reel to you?
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There are several Curados for sale on eBay for $200 - $300. Thanks for the tips guys. We got way off the OP' s topic...lol.
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Here is his card. He lives in Cow Island but I am sure you could meet him somewhere closer to civilization or mail it to him.
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