My favotite reel is a Curado.Smooth drag,6:1 retreive and casts very well. It covers almost all the salmon and steelhead fishing I do. I did get a Corsair for the extra line capacity for large kings. I have heard of drag problems with the Corsair, but havn't had any myself. I used to use Abu 5501's and 6501's, but have pretty much switched to Shimano. It' kind of like trading the family sedan in on a corvette.