Such an idiot

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

Question for ya Brian: if you used a shimano for 30 yrs, what led you to try a different brand? I know nothing about the pflueger brand...I'm just curious.

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 spinning gear (I do have two surf rods with Okunka reels). I now have 12 freshwater spinning 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.