Just wanted to give an honest review after my first month of getting this reel. At first I was battling back and forth between getting a Diawa Balistic and a Shimano stradic ci4+.  I finally settled on the smoke as not many people have it in my area and I hadn't heard much about it. After a month of use I've hooked into fish ranging from <1lb to over 10lb and it has preformed flawlessly. The drag is super smooth and I haven't had any issues. Running 15lb powerpro with a 8lb seaguar blue label leader/ 10lb invisx leader for salmon/trout.  

I have the Smoke 100 and 150 casting reels, the best reels I believe Quantum ever made.

Yeah, Quantum(s) are not too popular in here, but I have a couple of EXO's and would take them all day long!

 

Glad to hear you like your Quantum!