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Just picked up a closeout Curado I HG, been trying to beef my fishing tackle selection up the last few weeks, on closeout pricing, smoking deal. Last one again, 10% off the already greatly reduced closeout price. Thanks! Just put a new level wind and line guide in a Daiwa PL-100 I bought circa 1984-ish, cute little reel. It is part of my kayak arsenal along with an equally old PMF-100 Daiwa, both are pretty mint. Got the level wind from Tuna's Reel Troubles. Shipped fast, cost hardly nothing. It had been stripped out by a snook that ran the line out smoking fast. Back in action, Shimano is not the only long lasting reel. These two Diawas share kayak duties with two equally old Shimano Bantams.

Thank you. The brake system, I am not up to speed, sorry. But my new Curado 70 has white brakes which are the newest and probably will never need changing. The Curado I uses the red brakes which I believe are said to wear or harden on the braking surface over (a long) time. Since I usually only use two brakes, or none, I imagine it will be an awfully long time before I need to worry about it but my nature is a pack rat and I like having spares for possible consumable items. The red brakes most decidedly can be changed. The new white brakes, not sure there.

If you understand just please explain it. Thanks. I already have a spare set for each reel, they came with them. I just wanted one or two more because I picked up a reel that did not have a spare set. And just because I usually use things until they fall apart.

I just got a Caenan for right at $70, last one, missing the instruction book. Whinned until they gave me %10 off. It is outstanding for a sub $100 dollar reel. I like it. No it is not a high or mid range price point reel and it shows in some ways but functionally the little bugger is quite fine. J

I figured that, sorry, I should have understood. I have been watching a lot of flipping videos and even most well known names/pros use right hand reels. It is weird is it not. Lots of people are like me and reel left on spinning and right on casting and think nothing of it. Why, because we like it that way ;). Things do not have to make sense. I guess.

I doubt that left hand bait casters outnumber right hand reels. In many cases the lefties are only offered in one gear ratio of three are four offered in right hand BC reels. Maybe if you include spinning gear. I guess then this could be so.

I do not see this as an anti-Daiwa or Shimano vs Diawa thread, where do you get that? I have two Diawa reels. The OP asked why people like Shimano reels and he has been answered. I do not think he asked why people might prefer Shimano to Diawa?

Thanks, I ordered the U-40. Might as well try it.

What if one does not have a dominant hand? Some people, most people actually, can use either hand for many tasks through they may prefer handedness for specific tasks. I can switch back and forth without a lot of thought about it just depending on which way I want to cast but I prefer to reel with my right. Why does the way a fellow casts and reel seem to be a hot topic? I would not in a million years purchase a left side handle BC. Because I just do not want to and no other reason.

My grandfather often made his own paddles, pirogues and tackle. He always painted his cork handles with shellac or spar varnish. Of course he also varnished his shotguns (duck hunter) much to my later dismay! I have always left my cork natural but recently I restored an English three speed bicycle and put cork grip on it and shellacked them. They look so nice and feel so nice and it definitely increases the durability. Of course, grip when wet would need to be considered. What y'all do, anyone varnish or otherwise apply a protective treatment to their cork rod grips?

I think you should use what you like and let others use what they like and enjoy. I like Shimano because for decades I have ridden their equipment as an avid and competitive cyclist and it is top notch. I like that Japan is a US allies and a democracy and that even their Malaysia employees are just that, employees. I like the quality, I like the look, I like the function, I like that when I get a Shimano it is generally a known quantity and quality that I can trust and that parts will be around for a least a little service life. Not always the very best but far from the worst, I trust the name and the product. I seriously avoid made in China products as much as practical. I cannot completely avoid them but I can reduce my China Inc. consumerism to a bare minimum.

I am quite sure there are reasons why one seldom sees a spincaster but in the hands of a child. My grandfather used them when his arthritis set in, it was preferable to not fishing. I do not agree that you can feather the line as effectively with a spincaster as with a BC or spinning outfit. I could just throw the line and lure in the water with my arm and no rod and reel at all and then run up the bank to retrieve the fish, well, I think that is exactly what I did quite often with Zebcos. I did cast the lure out but it would lock up on the retrieve so I just ran until the fish was on the bank.

Well, I bought a Mojo Flippin rod. Yah, I am weird. I will either use the Caenan on it or move my 5500C to it and mount the Caenan on the Amistad or move my 5600C from a MH Avid and put the Caenan there. I do not know. I got this Mojo Flippin rod because it is nearly 8 feet, is said to be useful for crank/swim baits with the right reel and will allow me to pitch farther from my kayak than I can with my current rods. I think it would be okay with the Caenan for flipping? The other thing is that the rod had the wrong price on it, $129, and the other one just like it of two in stock was $149. I pointed this out, being honest, but the clerk said it was their mistake at Cabelas. Okay then, I will take it.

Thanks, I will check into them.

There is no way to really feather the line like spinning or thumb with a bait caster, pushing the, uh, button, will result in an abrupt stop to the lure thus limiting casting accuracy. Sorry, I see no real point to this reel. I understand the line pick ups are wheels, not pins, it may be the ultimate spin cast but it is still a spincaster. I caught a nice shark on a fly rod with a Zebco 33 mounted, I was around 15 yo. I did not know any better, now I do. There is a time to grow up and leave behind the toys of childhood days.

I was hoping that there was a internet parts supplier. Just want a few spare sets and as I mentioned, upgrade parts as well.

Since I have now several Shimano reels that use those red brakes (two nearly new Curado I reels and new Caenan) I was wondering where I could purchase a couple of spare sets? Also, are there any recommended upgrades for these brakes? Thanks in advance.

No, I do not per say. Good thought, what rod would that be? Does not have to be a Falcon product, just trying to fill any gaps in my equipment with a nice quality rod that is price point comparable to the Caenan. Do not fish square bill type baits much but maybe I need to. Thanks.

No expert here at all. However, when I do use a spinning rod and reel, rare, I cast right and retrieve left. But, with a bait caster I may cast with either hand but reel in right. I may cast overhead and side and roll casts with my right hand and switch hands while the lure is in flight. Or, for flipping and pitching, I cast with my left hand. In all cases I reel with my right hand. What is correct, beats me, but I have no intention of changing and would never purchase a left hand retrieve bait caster just because I do not want one. But that is just my preference. While I am right handed, I can shoot left or right, mostly shotguns left, handguns either and can do any casting with either hand just about as well.

Well, I have an Amistad with my old and loyal Garcia 5500C (vintage), I have a Herm with a Curado 200I (6:1 speed) and a Pitching Stick with a Curado 200I (7:1 speed) and the Weightless Worm now with a Curado 70 (8:1 speed). The Caenan is a 7:1 ratio. Trying to complement what I have. Just wondering what others use their Caenan 7:1 ratio reel on and for? Thanks.

I am a Shimano guy, I admit it, other than Daiwa I turn my nose up at anything else. Yes, why, you ask, well, as a lifelong cyclist, I ride Shimano on all of my bikes and have always found it high quality, top notch and believe the company to be honorable. Okay, whatever. So, I was in Cabela's and got bit. I went to look at a Shimano Curado 70HG and it was the last one so I grabbed it and since it had no papers in the box I got them to give me a 10% off $199. Then I saw the Caenan and it was cute so I grabbed the last box and it too had no papers so another 10% off, that was $70. So the Curado 70 will go on a Falcon Weightless Worm Low Rider 20, loaded it with 12 pound Stren mono. I think that will be a good match for Senkos and marginally weighted Zoom Trick Works and stuff like that. But whatever should I do with the impulse purchase Caenan? JFYI, I mostly fish from a kayak or from the bank. Maybe someday I will get a little bass boat but as my wife points out, I have an awfully lot of expensive hobbies ;).

Back in the 70s I often used a Stren line that was a a yellow/gold color but it was very fluorescent, even more so than the clear blue florescent. I used it often up D'Arbonne Bayou and the Ouachita River Bayou, fairly muddy water but sometimes clear stained. I see that Stren has a gold line but it is not the stuff I used to fish. I wonder why they quit making it? Caught fish on it pretty good using a blue Mr. Twister worm in the bayou proper and a Spence Scout back in flooded trees. I belong to the school that considers a bass brain about on par with a flatworm and unless they are really not into biting I just never figure the line color mattered much, but that aside, I just wonder where my favorite old line went to. Sorry, not been on the forum in a while, hello folks.

Get some Towmaster radials. Yes, they are made in China, and they are by far the best trailer tires I have ever owned. Marathons, they keep switching back and forth between NA and China, in any case, they all throw their carcass with low miles. Bias ply tires of any type, I would not bother. J

I have a Karavan under my Boston Whaler Outrage. it is galvanized steel. I have towed from one end of the country to the other and dunked it in saltwater many times. No rust to speak off. The original bias ply tires were junk, wore rapidly in a few hundred miles and threw their carcass off. I ran Marathon radials from Goodyear but they too come apart to often. Right now I have Towmasters radials. Superb tires. I have 15,000 miles on them and they look great and very little wear. Painted trailers unless they are galvanized under the paint just do not hold up well to salt exposure and even without salt exposure has been my experience that they rust badly after a few years. Aluminum or galvanized only way to go.

Is the cheap rod and reel a pink Barbie outfit?