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Blue, thanks for information, I respect your opinion. I did see in another post that you had ordered a Curado I, what made you decide on it over purchasing a PInnacle?

What's amazing to me is how well some of the older fisherman were able to find subtle break lines understand and visualize the structure, and find isolated brakes without the use of modern electronics. I have heard stories that Rick Clunn was among some of the best at this.

I prefer reels that use both. If I can have only one then it would depend on what I was going to use the reel for. Pitching / Flipping and Finesse I prefer magnetic, anything that benefits from longer casts I prefer centrifugal.

I may be wrong but I think you will find yourself in the minority wanting more than 145 yards of line on the spool. Many people are paying good prices for shallow spools to reduce the amount of line the reel holds. Generally speaking I hate putting more than 60 yards of premium line on a reel, the rest is cheap backing. Do you do a lot of long lining?

Welcome to the hole

Fish the part of the break line that is in contact with the deepest water in the area, if the break line does not come in direct contact with the deepest water in the area, find a part of it that has breaks that lead to the deepest local water and fish them. Catt's conversation is based from what I can tell on Buck Perry's terminology, if you familiarize yourself with his(Buck Perry) definitions it helps to keep everyone talking apples to apples.

R.I.P. I must be getting old.

Be honest with me, would you have ever put out the 200 -250 to try one on your own based on what you know of Pinnacle's past?

Nice catch, the subtle difference was not obvious.

I see a theme starting to develop here.

I respect your opinion enough that if I ever have the chance I will try one, but I can't see myself spending money on one before hand.

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Glad you enjoy the reels, hope they serve you well. I'm sure R.W. will be along soon enough to post a link to the reviews, he rarely misses an opportunity.

I thought for a minute there I was going to have to be the bearer of bad news. Your right, the reel should be right out of the box. If everything else works well it should be a small problem that can be easily fixed. If it were mine I would take a look at it.

Great bait, I always thought that they should have had a color named B52.

Please tell me you didn't pay 500 for that reel

The Exceler is one of the reels that use to be brought up in discussions about best 100 dollar reel, back when the PQ and Citica E were duking it out.

I have a question since you have been able to test them yourself, what does hand tuned mean, what exactly are they hand tuning? Oh, and how many do you own?

Should definitely have a clicking drag star.

Get us back on track Scaleface, everyone was getting a little tense, now that everyone is loose again, lets talk realism.

Those are my old stompin grounds.

Conway, Myrtle Beach, Surfside, George Town, Murrel's Inlet. Near Coastal Carolina College and the Racetrack.

I have heard that they are associated with Silstar.

Never a good idea to use a rod with a damaged guide. Don't want to risk losing that good one.

You know where Socastee is?