I'm not into birthdays much, especially for myself, but this year I couldn't resist.

 

I had sold one of my reels for $120 a few weeks back, then got a $50 VISA Giftcard from my company for my birthday. I figured I'd save it all and buy something, or a few things with the money.

 

I searched a while online for something fishing-related to buy.....I mean....who WOULDN'T buy fishing things?

 

I stumbled upon an Australian tackle shop that had some great promos, and ended up getting a brand new Shimano Sustain.

 

I read a lot of places where the comparisons between the Sustain and Stradic are negligible....present, but probably not worth the $100+ price difference. However, I ended up paying $170US for the reel, minus my money from the old reel and the $50 Visa card, I paid just the shipping to the US - $28.

 

So I got a new Sustain, for essentially $28, when from US retailers I would've probably gotten the new Stradic FK. Both excellent reels as I've used a Stradic FJ for a while and LOVE it, so I'm sure the Sustain will also probably do very well.

 

Took it out last night, and it feels like they greased the gears with butter and Megastrike....it's the smoothest reel I've ever used, also had some decent fish pull the drag, and it's also very smooth. 

 

Overall I'm pretty darn happy with this birthday!

Good job on the gift!  Happy Birthday!

Always nice to treat yourself. Happy birthday

Nice, great reels

Awesome! Great acquisition. The wife usually looks the other way when it's around my b-day. The problem is what to do during the other 11 months of the year!

Happy Birthday!

Enjoy the toy

Mike

Happy Birthday!

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                 

Happy B-Day.. Great reel & a great deal!

Sounds like a great reel.........when it's your own b-day you should never cheat yo'self and always treat yo'self