http://tackletour.com/reviewchronarchci4plus.html

http://tackletour.com/reviewchronarchci4plus.html

 

thanks for that!  i just got one a month or so ago, sent it straight to DVT.  cannot wait to test it out properly!  i got a lefty in the 7.6:1.  in the meantime, i've acquired a cumara 6'8"MH to mount it on for jigs/plastics.  so stoked to get it back now especially after that read!

I have a righty 7.6:1 at DVT....mine will end up on a Dobyns DX742

I wish someone made a microspool for the ci4.

God i love mine!

She is on a 13 ***

I wish someone made a microspool for the ci4.

If you go on the hedgehog studio website, they got a microspool in the ci4 in the picture.  Not available yet, and I'm wondering if it ever will be available.

I actually noticed that too, I sent them an email and they said its an Avail prototype. It might be available this summer.

Shimano Japan came out with a slightly shallower spool for the Chronarch. Its only about 1 gram lighter than stock.

Odd they didn't put bearing on the levelwind. It couldn't add much cost or weight. If Joe Citizen can add bearings for $10, why wouldn't they put them in to start? Brian.

That is another feature I have always liked about Shimano, they do not load up their reels with unnecessary bearings and get the same performance.

dollar for dollar i would put it up there as one of the best reels out there! the review just firms up what owners of the reel already know.

That is another feature I have always liked about Shimano, they do not load up their reels with unnecessary bearings and get the same performance.

ditto, i don't understand the obsession w/bearing count in a reel. shimano uses QUALITY bearings were they are needed.

ditto, i don't understand the obsession w/bearing count in a reel. shimano uses QUALITY bearings were they are needed.

Then enthusiasts add more hah