Specs and Features: Shimano Curado DC 201HG Price: $314.99 Gear ratio: 7.4:1 Bearings: 6 stainless steel ball bearings + 1 roller bearing Max drag: 12 pounds Mono capacity: 8/180, 10/155, 14/110 Braid capacity: 30/190, 50/120, 65/80 Abu Garcia Revo SX VoltiQ Price: $249.95 Gear ratio: 7.3:1 Bearings: 9 stainless steel ball bearings + 1 roller bearing Max drag: 25 pounds Mono capacity: 10/140, 12/115, 17/80 Braid capacity: 20/150, 30/110, 50/80 Testing the Revo SX VoltiQ and Curado DC After receiving the Revo SX VoltiQ and spooling it up alongside the Curado DC, Ive spent hours fishing with each reel on different setups
In the photo above you can see the two new rubber seals (blue arrows), which fit onto corresponding bushings at both sides of the line roller (red arrow)
A lot of our say up to 9 long lure fishing rods are somewhat more subtle and deft than their US counterparts (damn Henry, youre so subtle this morning), and in my opinion its a spinning reel around the Shimano 3000 that tends to sit so well on these types of rods (apologies, but I am not very up on the equivalent Daiwa sizes these days)
Tighten the coils by pulling on the tag end
They are most often used in conjunction with a fishing rod, though some specialized reels are mounted on crossbows or to boat gunwales or transoms