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You can't go wrong with the Sahara 500s and 750s, Sedona 500s, if you want to spend some serious money the syemter 500 will set you back about $100. All great reels.
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I've fished with litterally hundreds of guys on the ice here in upstate NY, never seen a shimano tica cetus out fishing and never seen one in a wholesaler, is it a midwest thing ? I got rear drag shimano 1000's on my slip bobber poles to give the rod even more noodle action for fun... like the one guy said, they just reel up line, my drag is set at the max , so don't need drag anyway. Back reel if I half too...
I thinkt it's only a matter of time before the Shiman Tica confusion was gonna come out. Could've been worse.
Heres when reels were made by American's and I didn't mind paying up for a reel.(Image removed from quote.) These days be cautious, don't always get what ya pay for. Now that everything is made over seas sometimes a $15 reel is built better than a 50 dollar reel.. Those Ht accucasts I got 2 years ago are as good as my Fluger Trions and a 3rd the cost...