In my opinion, the Exsence DC has the latest and far superior DC system vs. the Metanium. Its got the X-Ship feature. The Metanium of course is a few years old and Im sure a new DC is in the pipeline since the new Metanium has come out this year. Oh and the Metanium is MG vs Aluminum for the Exsense...

I used mine today for the first time and was absolutely blown away. The user review done by Mcyl couldn't have been more accurate. I used it frogging initially while it was still dark and had it set to SP, didn't over-run once and I couldn't see a thing! Once the sun was up I experimented some more...

Wow you are building quite a collection Is the Vanquish as smooth as people say?

The spools are not interchangeable. I tried and the shaft on the core50 spool is longer

Cream of the spinning crop right there Am I right in thinking the Vanquish is a CI4 Stella?

Give us a review of that Antares

Caenan

In my mind this would be the ultimate finesse baitcaster. There was a user review back a few years ago where the guy said he slung a yozuri snap bean 30 yards with a flick of the wrist. He did have a custom rod but if I recall the snap bean was at most 1/16 oz, and could have possibly been 1/32. The...

Considering all the new models have X-ship the ci4 is behind the curve and due for a overhaul X-ship is not the only reason why the USDM Ci4 needs an overhaul. X-ship is not IMO, what will bring Shimano's current lineup "up to date" either, as this design has been around for a long time. Where exac...

I commend you on the excellent pics

BRbasser wrote:I am going to disagree and say that this reel is killer with the ZPI black handle. This IMO is the best looking reel on this forum. I would not change a thing.

X2. The semper fi handle is too bulky looking to look quite right on a small real like this.