BassinBrit

TW charged me tax on my last order, guess I’ll be looking for a new supplier. Any recommendations?

I got my Curado a couple of weeks ago and have only fished with it once but I haven’t had any problems with it. I have it spooled with braid and a Mono leader and have it set so that the spool barely moves side to side. Running it on the braid setting it casts a 1/2 oz jig a country mile with zero backlash. Maybe you got a defective unit, try reaching out to Shimano USA and see what they say.

My 13 year old son wanted one of those Lews Mach Crush bait casting Combo for his birthday, $200. He got it a few weeks early and really enjoyed throwing it last summer, I tried it and it felt reasonable, maybe would have liked the rod to have a little more backbone for a MH, still he’s happy, that’s all that matters. I on the other hand really like my $40 Hank Parker Lews rods both M and MH from Walmart, a real steal in my opinion, I pair them with a couple of Piscifun Perseus bait casting reels at $40 a pop off of Amazon. My setups may not have that cool looking orange color but they feel and fish much better to me. I have fancier more sensitive setups that cost many times what I paid for the 3 combos above, are they worth it? I’d say yes for certain applications where sensitivity is important, but if I’m just cranking or throwing a reaction bait cheap wins every time.

I ordered on Feb 8th and was told yesterday by my dealer that mine is scheduled to come off production on May 6th. So mid May at the earliest for me. I ordered from a local dealer in WV.