Chronarch E series

Gen 1 Carbonlite

Daiwa Zillion SHLA with a 100m Spool.

Round reel Shimano jdm conquest 50 or 100

Low profile Shimano jdm Antares HG

Daiwa Alphas 105H Finesse Custom or Steez 100HA, can't decide.

Here is a pic of them. Both are heavily tuned and customized. Yes, that is a Megabass Zonda 68 spool in the Alphas.

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Abu 4500C custom built by Jerry Foran

My Core 50

My brand new Chronarch 200E6 :-) Only fished it once since I got it but man it casts like a dream!

Shimano Core 50 - For Plastics

Abu Garcia Premier - For Moving Baits

The best I've ever fished is my Shimano Calcutta TE 250 DC, but I have 5 -  50Mgs and I fish with them the most by far.

 

Ronnie

Abu 5600C3, Curado E7, and an Abu Revo-s.

I'll toss in my Daiwa TD-Advantage HSTA into the mix.  Poor Man's Zillion is solid. 

Hands down, the revo mgx for me.

Easily the Shimano Chronarch 100B.  No other reel I own, have owned, or even picked up off a buddies deck or at the store compares.

Core 51MG7

Chronarch 51mg for smaller stuff

 

301D Curado for the big stuff.

OP, notice you got a lot more suggestions here than on that other forum?    I like both, but this forum seems to be the most active.  You should be realizing by now that there is no "best" reel, but there sure are a lot of good ones.

Old Shimano Bantam Chronarch 101b.

Don't know anything about the Silver Max, but I did pick up a Black Max combo recently at DSG, and gave the spool a spin.  I was surprised at the length of the free spool time.  It is also a good looking reel.  These Max reels may not have the build quality or longevity of a more expensive reel (and they shouldn't), but are no doubt a good value for your dollar from all I have been able to gather Online.  I am glad that the Silver Max has brought another fisherman into the baitcasting side of fishing.  They add a lot of extra enjoyment for me to fishing.  I need that extra enjoyment since fishing sucks so bad in my area.  I would have given up fishing................again....................if I had stayed with only using my old spinning gear.

You're right about that one. It works great and has been great to learn on, but I will probably need an upgrade in a year or two. You never know, though, hopefully it will surprise me with years of use.

Lews, all the way.

Shimano Curade E

and the Abu Garcia Winch (gen2)

 

They both serve their purpose so I can't say one over the other.

My one and only is a BPS Pro Qualifier and love it.Haven't owned any others so I can't compare it to anything else.If I ever buy another it will be an Abu Garcia.Have one of their spinning reels and love it.

Right now I'm going with the Quantum Smoke.

I like Daiwa's Ballistic. I also use Daiwa Tierras and a Procaster sp33.

IMO Daiwas are the easiest to use and very forgiving.

from my very first cast with my shimano aldebaran BFS, i knew immediately it was the best baitcaster i've ever used (and i've pretty much used 80-90 percent of what's out there in terms of low profile baitcasters). my metanium HG arrives this week so my opinion might be changing...