Dan, one of my 3 Shimano spinning reels had the quickfire thing on it and I just unscrewed it and took it off. Works fine now and still has the self centering feature intact; although I think that can be taken out too if you want.

On my way back from the Oly Pen recently I stopped in at Bob's in Longview and bought an Okuma AV30 to try out. It seems like a really nice and solid spinning reel, with lots of ball bearings for the price - $39.95 at Bob's. What's the difference between the AV30 and Epix30 models?

Also, I noticed at Fred Meyers this evening the ABU Garcia Cardinal AF4 (4000 series) spinning reels were on sale for only $32.95. I seems like a good reel; although it noted having 3 main ball bearings. How have these reels been for any who have them? Thanks.

RT

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