This is strictly my opinion but I think the Cara probable excels for finesse presentation, in open water, or deep….such as cranks, jerkbaits, deep football jigs, wacky, etc.
 

Meanwhile the Expert is better suited for shallow water power fishing

9 minutes ago, GReb said:

Cara and Expert blanks have the same action for each model but are made of different material and the Cara is a little stronger power. This was according to someone I talked to at Falcon

 

The Cara and Expert feel very different to me. The Expert blank is very sensitive and provides great feedback but is more “muted”.

Meanwhile the Cara feels high strung and alive. The first few outings with the new Cara every limb or piece of grass I hit felt like a strike and I missed quite a few fish because I had a hard time discerning between the two. 

 

I personally like the feel of the Expert better and have an easier time telling what my bait is doing. The older Cara feels a lot more like the Expert than the new Cara does. 

That’s funny it’s kind of like it’s almost too sensitive lol. I’ll probably go with the Expert then. Saves a few bucks and give me a bit more forgiveness for lighter-ish baits.

Just now, GReb said:

This is strictly my opinion but I think the Cara probable excels for finesse presentation, in open water, or deep….such as cranks, jerkbaits, deep football jigs, wacky, etc.
 

Meanwhile the Expert is better suited for shallow water power fishing

I’ll be doing some deep fishing with it. Like offshore structure with a football jig, but that’s about it. I do want a good strong sensitive rod but I also don’t know if I want every pebble to feel like an explosion. I’d like to be able to differentiate what kind of structure I’m on, be able to tell if I’m in the structure I identified on my graph, but know for sure when I’ve got a bite as well. Would the Expert be ok at that?

12 minutes ago, Chaos10691 said:

That’s funny it’s kind of like it’s almost too sensitive lol. I’ll probably go with the Expert then. Saves a few bucks and give me a bit more forgiveness for lighter-ish baits.

I’ll be doing some deep fishing with it. Like offshore structure with a football jig, but that’s about it. I do want a good strong sensitive rod but I also don’t know if I want every pebble to feel like an explosion. I’d like to be able to differentiate what kind of structure I’m on, be able to tell if I’m in the structure I identified on my graph, but know for sure when I’ve got a bite as well. Would the Expert be ok at that?

Either will do what you want and then some. What my hands feel may be different than yours but I wanted to give you my opinion. I know @MidwestBassAttack reviewed the Cara Amistad last year and had similar feelings. Maybe he will chime in.