Someone at he store could have messed with it even one of the young workers might have tested to see how tuff they are I would not give up so easy. Don't blame shimano you have no proof it left the factory like that.

I would exchange it call cabelas and tell them how your unhappy with it I'm sure they will take good care of you.

Top Notch seller, great communication, great price, really fast shipping
Love the reel thanks again

Can't wait I have been going all righty this year and like to switch it up once in a while I've been throwing my Exsence about 80% of the time just picked another up so I don't have to retie so much this winter I'll get a lefty and be set up really good for next year thou I do have the Daiwa Bug Jus...

Wow this is great I switch right to left and this my fav reel can't wait to get a lefty

The senkos will work but you have to change it up make them sink faster or slower and a different angle or work them as slow as you can stand I also have had look double hooking them two hooks with a shorter length of mono so there is a cure and they spin on the retrieve

I got my first custom 8 years ago on a st Croix elite blank its still my fav rod congrats

WoW Nice Fish

I find it best to slow down most pre fisherman try to cover lots of water if you fish the same spots but go painfully slow a lot of the fish they miss you will get

Nice boat can't wait till I can get something like that

Nice I'm still waiting on my first NRX a Megabass rod might be next purchase

I did once try using no brakes on a Calcutta TE 200 GT loaded with 12# conventional nylon braid, just to see what would happen. There was a strong wind of at least 20 mph blowing from directly behind, and with even stronger gusts. So it seemed like a good time to try. I gave it a heave.That first c...

Really nice work

I just traded in for a NRX 802C will be here next week if I like it as much as I hope will be trading up for another

They may have color coated the gear sizes not the models I think one of there JDM reels was like that

Daiwa T3 MX Accents, Gold H/HL, Red SH/SHL, Purple XH/XHL