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If you have the money to buy an Ardent XS1000 baitcasting reel priced at about USD$289.99 then consider buying an Abu Garcia Revo Skeet Reese 6.4:1 baitcasting reel http://www.abugarcia.com/prod.php?k=132609...2584&u=REVO SKEET REESE. If you want the rod and reel colour scheme to match/compliment each other, the Revo SK reel, black with yellow trim, will match the black and mostly yellow coloured Wright & McGill SR Tessera rod better than the dark green coloured Shimano Curado reel. I have the Revo SR reel and like it. The Revo SR is an upgraded version of the 2008/2009 Revo Premier reel. Skeet Reese changed the Revo Premier reel from magnetic linear braking to centrifugal braking, which Shimano baitcasting reels use. The centrifugal brakes are easier to change on a Shimano than an Abu Garcia reel. I can live with it since I set the brake pins once and screw on the sideplate and rarely make any further setting changes. Reese added more ball bearings for more smoother retrieve and replaced the retrieve paddle with a bigger one for more torque power. Of course, Reese added his trademark black and yellow colours to the reel. The 2010 higher end Revo reels have the Infini Brake System which uses sealed centrifugal brakes and linear magnetic brakes. I bought my Revo SK on sale for about $280 from www.gagnonsports.com in Oshawa, ON. I think www.paddletales.com in Windchester, ON has them also.

When I first learned to use a baitcasting reel, it was a right hand retrieve reel. I cast with one hand and couldn't stand transferring the rod from my right hand to my left hand so my right hand could start reeling in line. It would be too tiring transferring the rod all day. I switched to left hand retrieve baitcasting reels and I still use them today. When I do a hookset, the power is coming from my right arm. The left hand/arm is justing hanging onto the reel handle. When I used to fish for muskies, I used a one arm (right) hookset for the figure 8 retrieve at the side of the boat

Re: Post # 16 The Markham, ON store is Bass City Bait & Tackle This is a link to their Kistler fishing rod sale with no taxes* ending February 28, 2010 (* first 50 Kistler rod customers) http://www.smartanglers.com/main/node/8008