Another vote for 3701
I have 5 of those in my stacks.

Nice handy tool. I would need to make one myself. I got the cheap Berkley one and it's falling apart now.

One drop of oil should do it. Grease are little too much for the paw.
I use grease for gears only.

The G was still an improvement over the old SF model. It had the same features plus HEG and a higher max drag. I do not see this as a Curado light. We marketed the reel as a Curado which it is. The Citica has always been a spec'd down version of the Curado, so does that make the older Curado's a re...

I've been a big fan of your reviews for years but registered to forum because some buddies in bbc refer me here.

To get a good fish finder under $100, U will have to buy an used one or U can hunt for a clearance one from the store.

GoPro is definitely on my shopping list for this X-Mas.
Anyone know where they have it on sale (ie, black Friday)?

Just call TW and they honor that 20% for Shimano reels.

Shimano CH150CI4HG should do it.

I cannot speak for Daiwa since I use strictly Shimano reels.
If U used the Ci4 reel before, here are few plus things about Ci4+:
1) little lighter
2) smoother to take the fish in (resulted from X-ship tech?)

Most of my reels are 7:1 or higher. I want to bring the fish in fast.
I only use 6.x:1 for jigs (sometimes) and 5.x: for crank baits

Those nicks can only get worse with time.
I rather lose some color and get them straight.
I normally do a wet sand with 600-800 grid or buff it up with dremel tool.

I did try the lefty baitcast for a while but did not feel too comfortable in reeling big fishes in so I stay with righty and keep switching ... Another reason I stay with righty reels is some of my reels are not available for lefty. On spinning, I crank with lefty ... lots of my buddies doing the sa...

Why bother with mono line for backing? too much work.
Few layer of teflon tape will do the job fine. I'm 100% braid guy now and I use this for all my reels.

I have tried many different oils for bearing and find rocket fuel yellow is the best.
If U have not used it, give it a try.