k3bass

Shimano Calais CL100A I'm really liking my lews bb1 pros also.

Oh Ok sorry... carry on with your rant.

I see nine from a quick glance at that schematic.

Yeah I Get what your saying. But the handles on the e series were noticeably different. The spool on the e series curado was also different not just the anodizing. They also had metal pins for the centrifugal weights vs. Plastic on the citica. A bearing replacing a bushing is also a more significant difference. Curado e also had an aluminum drag star vs plastic on the citica.I'm not sure I even believe the whole cast aluminum vs machined aluminum on the handles.

So performance wise the two reels are identical? It seems silly to me for a company to make two different reels that are pretty much identical.

What's different about the spool and the handle? Just the color?

So what exactly are the differences between the two reels???

This is why I quit buying shimano spinning reels.

I'd get a regular lightning rod and a pflueger president.

I'd get a Lew's bb1 pro. You can find them new for 150.

Hopefully they don't "upgrade" it like the symetre. I'd hate to see it with a graphite frame.