I have been trying to find any information or pictures of a certain Bass Pro reel. I believe it was the 1st model Extreme baitcasting reel that they made. It could also have been their first high end XPS reel. I remember it coming out in the late 90s or early 00s. I think it was close to 200 bucks and was green with a a lot of gold on it. I think the ends of the knobs on the handle had gold plastic ends. The front of the reel opened like a Corvette hood. I think they only made it for a year and then introduced a much cheaper extreme reel. For years after their round rod rack in the catalog had a rod with one on it. Does anyone else remember this reel? It was really cool looking but I think being a store brand and carrying that price tag at the time led to it not hanging around very long.

Here's a possibility. This model (EX1000XPHS) only appeared in 1999 ads I found, and while not in color, you can tell it has the metallic handle caps you mentioned, looks very similar to a hooded Curado in design, and carried a combo price tag that matched their Curado combos of the day ($200).

Does anyone remember this reel?

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@Eric 26 I believe it was 1999. I was able to find out that Ryobi released this reel as their Ixorne in 1998 and rebadged it for BPS. I have heard from someone else that they remember a green one of these reels too. If the listing is correct and this is a Johnny Morris edition, this would have to be the very first Johnny Morris reel and would have been higher spec'd than the green one. I would love to find a green one. I am also wondering if the green one was based off a different model and this reel was a version that I didn't even know existed. I do remember that the green one had a hood that opened up like this one. The whole front opens up like a Corvette hood.

@Bigbox99 I will take it apart and look at it when I receive the reel. The Ryobi Flying Arm Brake was the first externally adjustable centrifugal braking system. It was introduced on this Ixorne/BPS model. It was a early iteration of what Shimano would develop as their SVS braking system.

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February 22, 20251 yr

There was shimano castaic I believe that had the flip up hood.

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