ORIGINAL: JoshKeller
shimano curado, shimano curado, shimano curado. buy it once for $119, and save yourself money over time.
thats a good reel, but most dont want to spend 120 bucks on a reel. the most expensive reels ive purchased were daiwa pro caster-x 153i's I payed over $140 a piece for them, after about 2 years i was changing out line guide pawls and after about 5 years I was changing out bearings and gears. My oldest abu garcia reel is going its 11th year and has been through 100 times more abuse then those daiwas, and i have never had to replace any parts on it and it performs just as good as it did the day I bought it.