Shimano Curado E7 & BPS Johnny Morris Gold

it was a pflueger patriarch.its now an abu revo mgx.the patriarch has the best finish but the mgx casts awesome.

Some how I have the feeling I'll be the only one ~

 

A-Jay

 

Gotta go with my gen 3 Revo stx. Smooth, light, casts a mile, and it can be tuned to throw any baits in any conditions. It's just plain awesome and user friendly.

Idk if its the "best" I've ever used, but I enjoy fishing with the Daiwa Sol/Alphas more than any others.

Curado 200 E7 and JM Sig

 

MIke

Older Quantum Accurrist PT and a PQ.

Core 50

Abu Garcia Revo STX or Shimano Curado E7.

round goes to my calcutta b 201

low pro is a tie between my curado e7 201 and my gen 3 revo stx.

last year my curado beat my gen 2 stx, but the gen 3 is a tie for now lol

I'm surprised no one said the gen 2 Revo SX. People swore by that reel. I swore AT it though...

Lews tourney pro

I'd have to say the e series curado. They're smooth, long casting, and can take a beating more than most other reels I've used

Shimano Calcutta TEGT

Team Daiwa TD-Z

Round reel would be the TE Calcutta Best. Low Profile would be the Lew's Team, first model, I may like the Team Gold better but haven't used it yet, but was so impressed  with the original I had to try the new one. But if it's better I will still be keeping the older model, it is sweet.

While my budget has limited the number of baitcasters I own to three:

 

Lexa 100HS 7.1:1

 

Best I've held/played with in-store? Daiwa Pluton, Shimano Core

Best for what?  I am amazed at how well my cheap Ambassadeur Black Max 1600 casts into the wind.  Not my favorite on the retrieve, although I have hopes of improving that. But then the Curado 51E also does extremely well in the wind.  I have several Daiwas that are a pleasure to use.  Have made a few purchases over the winter, and have high hopes for each reel.  Picking one is an impossibility right now.  I would need to fish an awful lot more than I have been able to in order to start narrowing my likes.  Even then I seriously doubt I could name just "one" reel as the best.

 

Right now I also "like" my

Zillion 50th

Patriarch XT

Fuegos

Lews Tournament Pro

Alphas ito

Gen 1 STX-L

 

 

 

"Likes" to be yet determined

Sol

Zillion 100SHLA

Purple Alphas

Premier

Morrum 1600

Chronarch 101A and 100B

TD-Z 103ML

and a couple others.

 

Spinning reels get used even less so I couldn't possibly make a guess as to which will be my favorite.

Shimano Curado E7

Revo STX

Daiwa Fuego is the reel I always come back to.

Pflueger Patriarch XT - Love that reel!!! Probably why I own 4 of them.

 

A close second are my tuned Curado 100D's.

 

Mike D

Conquest 100

Daiwa Zillion, am i really the only one??

Daiwa TDZ