On 2/5/2017 at 9:12 PM, Angry John said:

i own two steez reels and i would not know how you would brake one.  If you need it fixed i could take a look at it for ya!  I picked both of mine up for right around 300 dollars new.  I could not stomach the idea of paying full price.  I like a lot of the older reels so thats what i suggest.  Seems people want only a brand new reel and i have not tried most of the new stuff enough to recommend it.  The new aluminum steez might be the reel your looking for but being brand new it will be high dollar!!!

I looked for the bag the other day after talking about it. It needed washers and a spring.Think I tossed it anyhow... It was lefty they needed to get rid of 9-10 years ago at GandM, paid 350+ . I opted for a Metanium Mgl this time around. Rod and reel under a pound. Nice setup more than enough power but so smooth. Shimano is the better company in my mind. Who has the better reel idk till I throw a newer steez. I loved my old Steez too. I have a Stella and a sustain spinning I need serviced. 

5 hours ago, DP82 said:

I looked for the bag the other day after talking about it. It needed washers and a spring.Think I tossed it anyhow... It was lefty they needed to get rid of 9-10 years ago at GandM, paid 350+ . I opted for a Metanium Mgl this time around. Rod and reel under a pound. Nice setup more than enough power but so smooth. Shimano is the better company in my mind. Who has the better reel idk till I throw a newer steez. I loved my old Steez too. I have a Stella and a sustain spinning I need serviced. 

I have all Daiwa reels so I feel comfortable working on those as I do all my own maintenance.  DVT is a shop that will do it for a standard fee.  If you find the reel it would be nice to have for parts at least! 

Running a SV103 on mine. Opted out of Twing for flipping. 

My top pick would be daiwa sv 103sx or megabass i79. I also like daiwa zillion tw sv in 7:1 or higher, 8:1 Tatula, or anot 8:1 helios.