What Reels

[Boat4Life]

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[rock]

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[Mark Perry]

I use the Diawa Tatula for my top water, jerk bait and small swim bait presentations. It doesn’t have the Line capacity of larger reels but I compensate by using 15 lb braid and 12 lb fluorocarbon leader. With this I can throw a Zara Puppy the long distances required to get to breaking fish.
I pair this with a Diawa Arix rod. The Tatula on this rod is perfectly balanced and has zero tip weight. The fast taper lets the rod load up on light lures and this rod is only $50.

What Tatula model? There are a bunch and also several different spool capacities.

[ttranger]

I work at BPS and we sell a ton of reels. Based on your criteria, I would say that a Curado 200M or the Curado 200DC would be a great choice.

[OkieBud]

I use about a dozen BPS PQs & 8 or so Daiwa Tatulas No Issues Either Brand.. The PQers are 12/15 years old and built like a Tank.. Cleaned & Lubed every year or 2 maybe and but still Going Strong..

[fly by night]

This!

I work at BPS and we sell a ton of reels. Based on your criteria, I would say that a Curado 200M or the Curado 200DC would be a great choice.

[printman71]

Shimano Curado is very hard to beat for the money.

[Fish Whisperer]

Shimano Chronarch is going for $299. Great reel.
Curado for a couple of dollars less.
Not sure if they fall into wide spool category.

[JJohnSind]

Spool width doesn't contribute to casting distance, spool diameter (spool height) does. A cheap, long casting reel is the Lew's BB1 Pro ($160'ish of Ebay new). For everything else, consider buying JDM reels (Daiwa or Shimano) of a reputable JDM site like Digitaka.com. You will save SIGNIFICANT money. Keep your orders under $800 at a time though to avoid potential customs delays (shipping is free anyway). You're looking at Shimano Metaniums (100 size) at about the $270 range, or Daiwa Zillions at about $230ish (as an example).

[Houndsman]

Daiwa tatula with your rod preferences

[GPtimes2]

You can get a Shimano Antares for 343 at Digitaka. Arguably one of the best bait cast you can get and maybe nothing will out cast it.

[jatkins1981]

Tatula, I have 28 of them. That's how much I like them.

[Canman_83]

What is JDM?

[Kbob]

Of the reels I own the tatula sv is my favorite.

[DrewFlu33]

While they're great reels, I don't think any of the Daiwa SV (and I assume Shimano DC--I haven't used them) suggestions fit the bill for casting distance. I love my Zillion SVs and Tatula SVs, but they're made for control, not distance. My old Type Rs are bomb casters, but of course they're not made anymore. If I were in this spot, I'd be looking at the Tatula Elite--a reel purpose built for distance casting.

[styler]

Tatula Elite or Curodo 200M You wont go wrong with either.

[DaveBrabec]

Curado for me. Have almost every version. New ones are great. Still using some I bought in 80s.

[willwork4fish]

While they're great reels, I don't think any of the Daiwa SV (and I assume Shimano DC--I haven't used them) suggestions fit the bill for casting distance. I love my Zillion SVs and Tatula SVs, but they're made for control, not distance. My old Type Rs are bomb casters, but of course they're not made anymore. If I were in this spot, I'd be looking at the Tatula Elite--a reel purpose built for distance casting.

I don't know Dru, I can bomb a 3/8 football head jig/trailer with my Zillion G's. They cast a good bit further than the Chronarchs I came out of.

[davidsa]

sorry for the loss. My data is dated but

every bottom bouncing rig I love is a shimano metanium reel on a Loomis NRX rod or Kistler zbone


every top water or crankin reel I love is an Abu Premier over different generations.

Every diawa I owned is gone; even when I supertuned them. Excpetion is two old spinning reels that keep delivering the business.

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