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Oh okay yeah, I can't order it needed it yesterday.

Yeah I concur this was my conclusion as well and why I settle with the Daiwa Fuego LT. Everything about the Daiwa felt better in terms of using it VS the Penn felt better in terms of like build quality and feeling it in hand. But at the end of the day, performance/using it is what you do the most so I went with Daiwa. But yeah in practise, that's exactly right as well, I use 10lbs line and drag is right around 3lbs so I don't think I will ever have flex that will bother me. Especially not with freshwater lake fish here. And furthermore, the flex I was reading seemed to affect the previous 2023 model. Just came back now from a fish hike and absolutely love the reel, feels great.

Lol alright guys, that was total user error.... you don't need to unscrew that screw, the rubber grommet literally just comes off with a knife... ffs. I googled a video and saw how to. This is why you write instructions in the owner's manual. It had nothing about swapping the handle and this was the first time ever I saw this design and I'm a new fisherman.... 🤦‍♂️ Oh well, I don't ever expect to need to disassemble that portion of the reel so I'll just keep it and save myself a trip to the store. But I absolutely love the reel and how smooth it feels and how it looks. Can't wait to try it out. https://i.imgur.com/OBfLnJl.jpeg

Ahh okay. Yeah the Stradic almost 300$ here. The Nasci was out of stock. But yeah I ended up with the Daiwa Fuego LT. It defiintely felt nicer smoother than the Penn although I liked more the way the Penn looked and felt like with the metal body. But figured the carbon fiber plastic body of the Daiwa also didn't felt to cheep and I was ok with it. That said though.... I had a bad experience at home. Unbox it at home, try to remove the handle cap as I need to swap it (am lefty). I notice it is extremely tight and took a lot of work to get it off, whatever. Then I notice I also need to swap the rubber grommet held in by a philips screw. Well, that screw was also extremely tight and my screwdriver just stripped out the phillips head. I also cannot use flathead it didn't fit. Now it's a nice cricle, great!! So ticked off at this. I hope the store will let me swap it for another one or I might just get the d**n Penn I don't know anymore. And the store is 36mins away lmao.

I'm a new fisher and got a Ugly Stik GX2 combo medium rod start of the year and I just broke my reel trying to clean and unseize the bearing. The gear making the shaft go up and down, the plastic inside the frame broke and the plastic centerpin holding the gear broke to and now the gear moves all over and won't do it's thing. I only fish freshwater big lakes and will have 10lbs mono line. So I need a new reel. At first I was just going to get a Shimano Sienna because I did not want to spend a lot, but then I figure I fish a lot and might as well "get what you pay for" and spend a bit more on a reel. Now after learning a lot on reels, I settled on either these 2 in the title. Why? Because my price range is ~ 150$ Cdn$ (110USD) and admittedly, I also want a reel that matches the colors/design of my rod lol. I guess really my dilemma at this point is, metal aluminum body VS the carbon fiber reinforced plastic of the Daiwa. After my poor experience with my plastic body reel (that broke the gear hold pin), I'm on the fence on getting another plastic or graphite body... but maybe I am freaking out to much. I also tested at home and the 3oz weight savings feels really not significant to the point I would notice it, and figured why not go for the metal body that would feel more stout/solid? The only thing is I don't expect to salt water fish, so getting a salt water marketed reel feels like a waste eh? I assume the Daiwa would feel better overall. I'm just worried about the quality of the "plastic" and like, flexing or feeling solid in your hand? Any advice? I am going to buy it tonight thanks.