Sweet.  If you have the met 13 let us know how it compares.  

Jeff, you will never get the approval of some unless you fish it! Now get busy... we need to know how this compares the standard 13 Met and other cool, shiny new toys!

59 minutes ago, kickerfish1 said:

Jeff, you will never get the approval of some unless you fish it! Now get busy... we need to know how this compares the standard 13 Met and other cool, shiny new toys!

Yep - a nice reel......but it needs to be "slimed-up" a bit...

3 hours ago, Yudo1 said:

Sweet.  If you have the met 13 let us know how it compares.  

I have a couple different mets

Met 13 / 16 MGL / Met DC

11 minutes ago, 00 mod said:

I have a couple different mets

Met 13 / 16 MGL / Met DC

SWEET !

A-Jay

MGL ..... Magnesium ?

http://fishing.shimano.co.jp/product/reel/4353

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What handles are on those? 

8 minutes ago, FrankN209 said:

What handles are on those? 

Hawgtech handles and cork knobs

48 minutes ago, FrankN209 said:

What handles are on those? 

 

40 minutes ago, kickerfish1 said:

Hawgtech handles and cork knobs

 

Soon to be on all 3!!

Jeff

3 hours ago, 00 mod said:

 

 

Soon to be on all 3!!

Jeff

Puuuuurdy!!...but the handle is on the wrong side?

2 hours ago, gr8outdoorz said:

Puuuuurdy!!...but the handle is on the wrong side?

Yep. Not bad for a budget reel?

23 hours ago, Goose52 said:

Yep - a nice reel......but it needs to be "slimed-up" a bit...

Rigged up and ready for the morning!

Jeff

49 minutes ago, 00 mod said:

Rigged up and ready for the morning!

Jeff

OK - go get 'em !

Well I was rigged and ready until the wife said she wanted to go fishing today.  First time in probably 2 years, so I rearranged and we went gill fishing.  Will report back here next time I get out, but in the mean time :

Jeff

1 hour ago, 00 mod said:

Well I was rigged and ready until the wife said she wanted to go fishing today.  First time in probably 2 years, so I rearranged and we went gill fishing.  Will report back here next time I get out, but in the mean time :

Jeff

So this is your story and you're sticking with it huh!  I guess we can wait a bit longer!

So what's the verdict?  I've heard the mgl is smoother and casts lighter stuff a little better than the previous model.  I've been staring at the mgl all night.  I'm wondering if it's noticeably better than the my met 13 xg.

45 minutes ago, Yudo1 said:

So what's the verdict?  I've heard the mgl is smoother and casts lighter stuff a little better than the previous model.  I've been staring at the mgl all night.  I'm wondering if it's noticeably better than the my met 13 xg.

Unfortunately( well maybe) I have not gotten to fish since Sunday as he wife and I are leaving tomorrow to go out of the country on our anniversary trip.  I will not be bass fishing( I will go fishing on our trip just offshore) again until the weekend of the 10th-12th.  I have spooled it up and made some casts in the yard.  From what I can tell, it is very comparable to the 13 series, but lighter.  The Smoother- maybe?  Being able to cast lighter lures better, it certainly should.  I am hesitant to say any of this until I spend a couple days on he water and catch some fish with it.  Is it a reel worth having in your arsenal though-- Yes of course!

Jeff

That's such a nice looking reel...really smooth and clean lines all around, and the brushed aluminum look just adds to it, almost looks like an art sculpture.

I've been staring at them for a week.  In a moment of weakness, I just ordered one.  Now I need another rod