There is only one reel company... SHIMANO!

 

Curado K for sure. 200 or 300 depending on what line cap you need.

 

If you are using the rod for trolling or plunking I highly recommend a line counter reel. Daiwa,Shimano,Penn,Abu Garcia and Okuma all make decent line counters. For low profile, I prefer a Daiwa Lexa. Round trolling reels, Daiwa Saltist, Penn Fathom, Shimano Tekota, and if you want an inexpensive reel Okuma Coldwater or Convector! I personally run Penn Fathoms,gen 1 Shimano Tekota's, and Daiwa Lexa's.

 

Not sure what you decided on for rods, but (imo) you need a good reel to put on them. My fishing budget doesn't allow me to purchase, at least at full price, the GLoomis and other high end (priced) rods. I have more of a Berkeley & Okuma budget for rods. And they work great for me.

Reels on the other hand, are higher end. As mentioned, Shimano makes great reels. I have Calcuttas (251) on a couple of my drift fishing set ups and Tekotas on a couple of my trolling rod set ups.

Of course you want to match the rod with the reel. I just feel the reel needs to be high(er) end and the rod can be middle of the road and you'll be just fine.

Good luck with your decision. There should be some decent sales coming up!

 

I am pleased that many of you have had great experiences with Shimano. years ago I went over budget and bought 3 shimano stradic spinning reels. My experience has not been good. In fact it was terrible. Yes they were spinning reels but they were very expensive in comparison to others at that time. In fact they now sleep in a drawer and I use others (a lot). Again I go against the current ( maybe I am a salmon going home) I have many "top name" brands of level winds, casting, reels but my old time non line counters are left hand C series Swedish Ambassadors. And the line counter reels that are "go to" are Okuma low profiles for all salmon/steelhead. Most are traditional but I do have 2 SS low profiles on their 2nd year and I like them too. For the big and the deep Tecomas electric and Penn senators for the manual. Just my experience

 

why are those Stradics just sitting in a drawer? Shimano has some of the best customer service in the industry (actually any industry).

 

Curado 300

 

Curado!

RW

 

I agree. Shimano Curado 301 (left handed).

 

Have you tried out your revo?
I bought a revo inshore model a few years back.
Absolutely love this reel, used for tossing spinners at SS beach mainly.
Nothing bigger than a 20lb chinook which it handled easily.
I'd say well over a thousand cast so far, once dialed in it's near perfect.

 

Haha yes I love my revo. I just would like another reel for a new rod. I’ve caught almost all of my coho from the bank this year on that reel and it has handled awesome. I rarely birdnest and caught a 17 lb coho and a 25 lb wild chinook on it this season.


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I agree with William, If you like the Revo you have now why not get another? I admit though I am biased to Abu over Shimano, Abu has tons of low profile offerings!

 

There is a reason every reel is measured against a Shimano. I would look at the Tranx 200 though if kings are part of the menu as well.

 

There is a reason every reel is measured against a Shimano. I would look at the Tranx 200 though if kings are part of the menu as well.

Thankyou I will look into it.


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From what you listed, curado all the way. Search online for used but in almost perfect condition reels. This will save you $30-40. Or if you’re willing to splurge, look up Japanese websites like digitaka or asianportalfishing (not sure if allowed to post websites.) US retail price for the new 2022 bantam is $350 but on these websites you can get one for $225. Best tributary reel imo. Shipping is extremely fast too at only 2-3 days. The only downside is that US Shimano will not honor the warranty. I don’t pay retail price anymore for high end gear

 

What size reel is the bantam? And does it hold up against a lot of use well?


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Ambassadeur 5001C/6001C. Hey, I'm old, don't laugh.

 

SHIMANO, The question becomes size. you will need one to hold the proper ft of 20-30 lb line fishing for chinooks.

 

Yes that is what I am wondering at this point. It’s clear shimano is the overall pick for reel.


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Calutta , nuf said.

 

Shimano. Okuma's, Daiwa's, etc are junk.

 

Keep the Revo X. Particularly In the 5.4:1 gear ratio it is a serious winch and will handle any steelhead or coho you might catch. I have one for frogging largemouth. It will drag them out of the worst cover.

Buy a Shimano Tranx 200. Reasons? If you are fishing tide water or the salt, having a reel designed specifically for the application will have a longer life span. This reel could do double duty as a nearshore rockfish and lingcod reel. As a bonus it is a great swimbait reel for big largemouth or stripers.

 

Keep the Revo X. Particularly In the 5.4:1 gear ratio it is a serious winch and will handle any steelhead or coho you might catch. I have one for frogging largemouth. It will drag them out of the worst cover.

Buy a Shimano Tranx 200. Reasons? If you are fishing tide water or the salt, having a reel designed specifically for the application will have a longer life span. This reel could do double duty as a nearshore rockfish and lingcod reel. As a bonus it is a great swimbait reel for big largemouth or stripers.

Might have to go with the tranx so I can do some multi use stuff.


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I went thru the same issue last fall. Seems like to me that the selection of salmon/steelhead reals is not all that great these days. Most dont hold enough line or they are huge amounts of money. I have always used the abu garcia 5000 series for salmon but for steelhead/coho I have had quantom 1420's , pflueger trions and shimano bantams. All of which held lots of line and held up to use and abuse. Last year other then some super spendy stuff all that was out there was narrow bodied reels that only held a little over 100 yrds of 10 lb line. I settled for a quantam, I fished all fall for coho and made a bajillion casts with it without a problem. I am not sure if it has anything to do with it but while looking it seemed that right hand retrieve reels were hard to find ,it could have been supply chain issues but it seemed like if you wanted a right hand retrieve the selection was slim for decent reels these days.