2 of my fishing buddies have had the same issues with their Curado DC reels.  One of them had it happen twice, once on two different reels (he has bought 10 of them).   The other guy has had it happen once on the one reel that he purchased.  

 

I put a post on a local forum (***) and another guy said he had the same issue.  The line gets caught / stuck in between the thumb bar and the side of the right side plate.  It happens during casts and when it happen you can’t get it out without cutting the line.  I too have 9 of these reels now and I was concerned so I called Shimano and they said they weren’t aware of any problems like that.  I only fish about 10 days per year so my reels aren’t used that frequently.

 

Is anyone else having this issue?

12 minutes ago, Brent Carlton said:

2 of my fishing buddies have had the same issues with their Curado DC reels.  One of them had it happen twice, once on two different reels (he has bought 10 of them).   The other guy has had it happen once on the one reel that he purchased.  

 

I put a post on a local forum (***) and another guy said he had the same issue.  The line gets caught / stuck in between the thumb bar and the side of the right side plate.  It happens during casts and when it happen you can’t get it out without cutting the line.  I too have 9 of these reels now and I was concerned so I called Shimano and they said they weren’t aware of any problems like that.  I only fish about 10 days per year so my reels aren’t used that frequently.

 

Is anyone else having this issue?

Yea. Happened to me one of the 5 times I used it. That was the last time. 

I’m very disappointed with these reels. Tatula SV backlash less and cost less. 

A friend had this happen too. He tightened the tension knob om the side and no more problems.

I was excited when these came out then read a bunch of reviews on them from different sources. I still don't own one based on the reviews. The overall gist was that its not worth the extra money over the Curado K. 

3 hours ago, Gorris317 said:

I was excited when these came out then read a bunch of reviews on them from different sources. I still don't own one based on the reviews. The overall gist was that its not worth the extra money over the Curado K. 

I have 9 of the DC's and 6 of the K's.  They are both great reels but I would say that the DC is worth the extra money although you don't need it for every application.  There are many applications where the K's by far are better and more cost effective option (heavier baits like big spoons, C-Rigs, Big Cranks, heavy topwaters, big jigs, etc...).  However,  if you are flipping, throwing spinnerbait/topwaters in the wind, throwing smaller / mid size crankbaits in the wind, thowing weightless worms/senkos or basiclly any lighter bait the DC is bad to the bone.  However,  if the line starts getting caught up in the thumb bar then I would say I agree that the DC is not worth the money.

why they changed the thumb bar design from the old curados i'll never understand. i've had same problem, and is why the new curado doesn't get used for flipping. 

I have 2 Curado DC's, and I have thrown them a lot. Fortunately, I haven't had this issue. I'm using 50lb Power Pro on them. 

8 hours ago, Junger said:

I have 2 Curado DC's, and I have thrown them a lot. Fortunately, I haven't had this issue. I'm using 50lb Power Pro on them. 

It’s a issue for FC. Braids so easy to cast I don’t need the DC. BUT I have braid on now anyways because of the thumb bar issue

On 5/21/2019 at 6:42 PM, Joshua Vandamm said:

It’s a issue for FC. Braids so easy to cast I don’t need the DC. BUT I have braid on now anyways because of the thumb bar issue

Not sure that the braid vs FC would be the issue.  My buddy had it happen with braid and with FC on his two reels that have had the issue.

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why they changed the thumb bar design from the old curados i'll never understand.

agreed. the Ks had lots of problems with the two piece thumb bar falling apart. not sure if the DCs have the same issue but the design appears to be the same. I think the thumb bar design on the curado I's is perfect.