Get a garcia suveran last forever and one of the best gearing systems on the market they dont make them anymore though.i dont own one though i used one before and they are a league of there own.the main gear is on top of the pinion instead of beside it .IMO itss a whole dif feeling

They are good reels but they are nearly impossible to find new or even in any condition at all.

Bass&PanMan, with all of the inquiries regarding rods n reels that you have made here and over at TT, have you actually bought any of it?

 

http://forums.tackletour.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=64429

Further to the above, just got an EVERGREEN INSPIRARE TKIC-610MR Super Cougar with a Shimano Aldebaran 51. Hedgehog AIR 3x10x4 SET for Shimano Bearings too.

Further to the above, just got an EVERGREEN INSPIRARE TKIC-610MR Super Cougar with a Shimano Aldebaran 51. Hedgehog AIR 3x10x4 SET for Shimano Bearings too.

 

 

Great! Is this your first casting reel? 

It is, I fish a clear, pretty weed and other nasties free lake so I don't need anything too heavy so I have stuck with spinning gear but for motion baits, I thought I would give casting gear a try

I thought so. I remember in your straight flouro Thread you mentioned that you got a birdsnest. I kinda figured that was with spinning gear. My advice to a first time user of a baitcaster is to buy yourself a couple spools of 10 to 12# Big Game and practice with that instead of an expensive line. I don't know why you bought the bearings because the bearings that come in that Aldebaran are more than likely very high quality bearing but hey, it's your money. LOL

I fell for the Tackle Tour review where their free spool tests went from 8 seconds of spin on our stock Chronarch 201E7 to 16 seconds

Free spool has too many variables to reflect direct on water results. I have flushed my stock shimano ci4+, curado I, and 51e, not add any oil, fill it up with lines, and free spool that sucker a little over 30 seconds. I even have recordings of it lol. Add a drop of oil and it significantly have less free spool.

 

As for adding HH to your Aldebaran, should help it a bit. Will it help you cast further, who knows. I get HH or Abec 7's even on my high end reels because IMO it improves the ease of cast and casting mid range distance with less effort. There are two beliefs on after market bearings, I'm sure you can see by the different opinions of users on different forums.

 

As for why you got a birds nest, I wouldn't blame the bearings. You just set it too loose on your first attempt. Always set it with too much tension, and side arm cast it easily. Don't worry about distance as you are still learning the basics of throwing a baitcaster.

Get a garcia suveran last forever and one of the best gearing systems on the market they dont make them anymore though.i dont own one though i used one before and they are a league of there own.the main gear is on top of the pinion instead of beside it .IMO itss a whole dif feeling

 

Wow. I haven't heard that name in a while and yeah it is probably one of the best if not the best classic reels ever. Though if I did get my hands on one of those I would never fish it. It would stay in an air controlled display case as I believe the Suveran is extremely hard to find and probably much more of a collectable than the Stella A will ever be. 

I just bought two Stella C3000XG's and whilst I don't have a lot of time on the water with them, are they worth double that of the Daiwa Certate 2510pe-h, I am saying no.

 

Everything has been designed well on the Stella, the smallest detail has been discovered but when it is on the rod, the performance isn't that giant leap I was expecting

After the $150 mark, there generally is no leap in performance, if any. It's usually materials, design, or durability that justify the expense, not performance. Let's face it, a spinning reel either works or it doesn't. Even a $20 cheap I feels smooth right out of the box. Down the road…you get what you pay for.

I don't own any high end spinning reels because I don't use spinning gear often and I'm happy with my pfluegers when I do.  I believe that all spinning reels of comparable size cast the same.  I'm sure there is a difference in smoothness of retrieve and long term durability, but I don't see the value of spending that kind of cash on a bass sized spinning reel. My pfluegers are going on 5 years and still smooth.