I really like my Curado CU 200. And I would highly recommend one. But after only one year of use I am having to replace the drag washer. I was fishing Blue Creek in high water not to long ago and found out the hard way what happens when you get the drag wet.I dunked the reel not once but twice into the river. Everyone is right, you can't get the Curado drags wet! I am ordering a new washer through "Smooth Drag" out of Calif.