nice ol' marble eye!

find yourself a 201E, they can be had for 150 and it's tried and true! Give it a good bearing flush and a proper O/G and it will do what you're asking. The alphas IMO won't be as durable as a workhorse reel like the Shimano Eseries. I'm never going to throw cranks on a reel with limited spool capaci...

Matt- Does 13fishing have plans for us lefties, regarding your new concept casting reels? I'm eager to try the Envy rod, but I'm on the fence about the recoil guides. How do these compare to say a KR/SIC guide, performance wise? BTW, I love my Omen. it's a shame my other arrived broken from TW and w...

13Fishing Omen.

core MG7 : )

One of my favorite reels, I have 2 of them both HG models.

I'm fairly certain that hawgtech offers handles , both standard and swept for the Ci4+.