like the subject says, i bought one. I've been so happy with the 200's that I saw no need to earlier. this little jewel is impressive... that is after I removed the spool bearings and soaked them to get rid of the god awful amount of assembly grease and re-lubed withe a drop of reel butter oil. this thing is going to be fantastic for some finesse and weightless plastic fishing. the only drawback of the reel that I can see is the ratio and ipt. my question is as follows; will the core50 mg7 gearset work with this reel? I personally don't see why not as the curado 50 and the core 50 share many of the same parts numbers per shimano's schematics most importantly the yoke. the current ipt for the 50 curado is 25. I think that 3 more inches per turn would really make things a lot better. any input or experience? I already have a set of gears, drag disc and washer for a core 50. sorry for the long post

Looks like it should work. As long as you're comfortable tackling  the job and you have the parts, you can try it and put it back if you don't like it.

Everybody has their own likes and dislikes, but I like the slower gearing on the Curado so much better than the 7:1 on the Core.  That's just me, but I just like the feel of it.  I think you'll like the reel whichever way you set it up.

Everybody has their own likes and dislikes, but I like the slower gearing on the Curado so much better than the 7:1 on the Core. That's just me, but I just like the feel of it. I think you'll like the reel whichever way you set it up.

x2, The slower gearing makes me slow down my presentation but is still plenty fast if I need to catch up to a fish heading towards me.