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Originally Posted by briansnat
Since my first rods with the venerated Garcia Mitchell 300 were stolen out of our boat in the early 80's, I've been all Shimano with my freshwater gear (I do have two surf rods with Okunka reels). I now have 12 freshwater rods with 11 Shimanos and one Pfleuger (it will be 10 and 2 once I get the other out of storage).
I really like the Shimano reels with the Quickfire trigger, so all of my Shimanos have that. Shimano only makes 2 models these days with the Quickfire, the Spirex and the cheapie Syncopate. I have five Spirexes and like them a lot, but they have a bulky double (bait casting) style handle.
When I needed a new reel for my new UL rod I ruled out the Spirex because I thought the double handle would be awkward on a UL outfit and add unnecessary weight. So I was left without a good choice with a Quickfire (the Syncopate is OK for the money but I wanted something a bit better). Now that I was going for a reel without the the Quickfire, I just figured I'd try something different. I had heard a lot of good things about the President, so went with that.
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I have a few spirex's, they are good reels for the money and I actually like the paddle handles on them, Ive only had 2 need repair after many hybrid battles at night. I only run shimano reels, and you can find quickfires on the japanese and UK model reels on ebay, I have quite a few of them. If you do any live bait fishing the rear fighting drags are great for livelining, they have a loud clicker and u just swing the drag to strike and set the hook. Okuma makes some nice reels, I got a pair of small freshwater baitrunners late last year Im gonna put thru the paces this year
