I was wondering which is the best bait cast real for around $100-$150

Shimano Curado $119-$129 my favorite for upto 12# test

Shimano Curado cu-200 is one great real for that amount of money.


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rip some lips

Buy two and get an okuma! These are the best reels on the market, but new and looking for business.

Jim

i hate to sound like broken record, but the shimano curado is a great reel. i just bought one, and it cast like a dream.
you can order them for $119.00 from bass pro shops(1-800-227-7776)
good luck, and tight lines.

Shimano curado, no if's or but's about it!!!!!!

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Jim, I'll have to try one of Okuma's baitcasters. I have one of their Sierra flyreels and love it. Nice drag, holds plenty of backing, and priced right.
Greg

Curado!!! I have 2. I used to like my calcutta a lot, but for $50 less you get a reel that picks up line quicker, has more room for your thumb (also easier to get to the occasional nest), warmer on cold days, easier to change the centifugal weights, and is equally smooth. The only thing the calcutta has is its traditional great looks. But I can't justify spending more on a less functional reel.

CURADO!!!!
tried buying another today at Sportco but they are out of the left hand 6.1:1 ratio. to bad. these reels are so nice and easy to cast. even a person who has never cast a level wind can catch on in just a bit.

put them on a long rod and you can cast along way!!!! just be sure to keap them FULL of line.

dcrzfitter

I just bought a Okuma steelhead rod. havnt used it much but it seemed pretty nice for the price.

If this is your first baitcasting reel i suggest you try one with a left hand reel. i cant cast left handed and with a right hand reel i have to switch hands all the time.

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I'm the NRA.

Ditto all the comments on Curado.....Have 2, over 10 yrs. fish silvers, steelheads but have caught kings and "dogs". Have a great drag system, can get them in left or right hand models and 2 different gear ratio's. Have never had any trouble with either......Price is $119.95 everywhere new..have seen on EBAY for less.

"Worse Day sport fishing, still better than the best day working"

Since replacing my stuuf I settled on the Curado also,
has anyone besides me opted for the 5:1to1 retreive over the 6:2to1,very smooth and casts great and on my new 1143# is a great combo,I'm not ready to retire my Calcuta just yet,I need more testing,and few really stuborn nates...os

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Ya, I have two with 5 to 1 gear ratios. I was told the 6 to 1 was more for the bass fisher. Never had a problem with them. They are little cheeper yet than the 6to1's also.

I didn't notice a difference in price between the two but nobody stocks the 5:1 to 1,I had you order mine,
one of my partners fishes a citica and claims it's a better reel,I didn't think so was I wrong?
BTW dcrazyfitter where the heck you been dude,drop me a line lets talk...Os

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ok this is my 2 bits on the 2 ratios. the 5 is for bass dudes who like a slower action when pulling in the crank baits. the 6 is for us who like to fish theese big crazy fish that like to be 50 yrds away one second and the next second they wanna jump in our laps. now I like the 6 because I can pick up that slack line really fast. as a matter of fact I havn't had a slack line yet with it. ben really close a few times but they didn't get me. now I was thinking that the 5 ratio would maybe be good on a spinner rod for that slower action on a spinner.

Os. hows it going? I've been bizzy but that little mud trickle over the hill from you is sapose to have some fish starting in it. they saposably heated up a bit this weekend. havn't had the chance to get down and wet a line. our septic is giving us trouble AGAIN. If we get the problem fixed soon I am going to try and hit it for a few min. before dark iether thursday or Friday. going to bring some Orange corkies and green yarn.

I don't know if I have yer other E-mail address so if you can shoot me one I'll write you a little more.

I did get my first Elk in late season. HUGE cow. 80 yrds and she was down in less than 30 yrds!!!!!

dcrzfitter

Shimano makes a good reel, you might consider the Penn internationals if you will be in saltwater at all, they cost a little more but are much more corrosion resistant. Stay away from Okuma, they are junk, you get what you pay for, thats why they are cheap.

Good fishing, whatever you choose...

Hey Osprey,

Yesterday I bought a 1143 Loomie and a 5:1 Curado just like you, man. We must be on the same wavelength or something. I opted for the 5:1 because I am going to use this setup for huckin' spoons. I have several 6:1 Curado's and they rip fast but I have a feeling that this 5:1 is going to be killer for spoons when you have to just barely crank to give it action. If I'm wrong, then next time I'm fishing next to Reiter Rat, then I'll pull the old bait and switch and get his 6:1 Curado. I am going to baptize this new setup tomorrow on some bass down at Green Lake...NOT!!! Huh, huh, huh, he said bass.

Justin
CEO, Sauk River Steelhead Ranch

[This message has been edited by SAUKit2em (edited 12-20-2000).]

two words: Cu Rado!!!

Hey DC,
Gonna be at the mud hole below the bridge Friday afternoon. Hope I see ya there!!!
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff

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Never enough fishin' and never enough tackle!!!

DC and salmonhead,
I will be hitting the mud hole both thursday and friday. hope to catch either of and a couple of finny friends.



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elmtree (woody)

ok guys I will try friday but I don't have a chance on thursday. maybe Saturday afternoon also. anyword of any numbers yet? all I have is rumors nothing sloid to go from.

dcrzfitter

dc
Was there this afternoon. Nada. Caught a nice bright hen on Sunday mornm before the nets, but still no big numbers.
Good luck

Saukit: nice combo huh.love mine too.
I opted for the 5:1 because,in my oponion too fast a retreive is counterproductive on trying to get leverage on a fish,if he runs at you great,But for some reason all mine what nothing to do with me and my calcutta is a 5:1 also so it feels simular...Os

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sorry guys couldn't make it. was almost out the drive way to hit a little zipper for the day and got called to work!!! was sapose to have a long weakend but thats how things go. ended up working a little O.T.

Simpson Tacoma Kraft is getting their power cut way back as of Jan 1. they are bringing in Temp power generators. these things are huge. they will burn something like 2,700 gallons of diesel in a day!!!! Tacom power doesn't have enough power to go around so they are going to start swinging the ax. I had to help biuld hangers for the trays that will hold the power cables from these generators.


I don't know if I will get to do much fishing the next few weeks. we are getting to be bizzy at work with several shut downs. maybe alot of O.T.


good luck to all

dcrzfitter

Nope.....either vintage Ambassadeurs or Calcuttas. Too much plastic in the newer reels and parts for Ambassadeurs can still be found here in the Portland area. I recently restored a pair of 5000's that I would put against any reel out there. Sure you can still backlash but the all metal construction of the ABU can't be beat. As far as new reels go the matchless workmanship that can be found in the Calcuttas sold me. The parts have no slop in them and you cna adjust the casting weights to your liking. Anyway just my opinion.

Ready? Citica is a more durable reel than the Curado. Both pale in comparison to the chronarch!


Merry X-mas,
And Osprey I had a Curado 5-1 reel in bacK

5 second post, whew!