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recently i was in a dilemma.
i have always been happy & content with my Daiwa Alphas 103L R-edition. i use it for casting for mangove jacks, siakap, toman, sebarau & grouper. in fact, it has been my ‘default’ reel for all my fishing, including apollo jigging. gets the job done, with flying colours everytime.
it casts extremely well with magforce V, much lighter than many reels out there, smooth, and palms well in my hands. add to that a decent line capacity, handsome sharp looks and a touch of enthusiast feel, the reel was the perfect low-profile BC for me.
until last week when i fished with my friend who was using a Shimano Calcutta Conquest 201 DC, that is…
if there’s something about the gimmick called DC (digital control), it has got to be that addictive ‘zzzzzeeeeetttt’ sound when casting.
cast’zzzzzeeeeetttt’, crank crank crank…cast ‘zzzzzeeeeetttt’, crank crank crank…cast’zzzzzeeeeetttt’, crank crank crank…cast’zzzzzeeeeetttt’…
while i do not like the bulky reel, the round profile, the hefty drag, the price tag… somehow the ‘zzzzeeeeetttt’ sound when casting seems to eliminate the visual & tactile senses of mine.
my dilemma: a ‘perfect reel’ became less than perfect because of a dull sounding cast… a reel i would never buy with the most addictive casting sound. damn me…
since i am not a big fan of round reels, i have turned towards the Antares DC. still too heavy, too shiny, too pricey.
stopped down to a metanium DC, but didn’t like the look & feel of it.
what other DC choices am i left with?
IF, a big IF, i am going to get a DC reel for the sake of that *&^^%£$!"£@ sound, might as well get the cheapest of the DC series?
and then i sat down for a while, and let the issue with the sound pass by. after about a week now, i am still with my old reel. i wondered about the sound made me doubt my little reel. holding it now, i look at it and smile.
good try there, DC. almost got me there. hehehehe
it really boils down to ‘wants’ and ‘needs’.
no matter how much i wanted the reel with the ‘zzeeeettt’ sound, there is really no need for it(yet), in the type of fishing that i do.
and no matter how much i needed to hear the ‘zzzeeeeeettt’ sound of the cast, i really do not want the other attributes of that reel.
some of us buy impulsively, and end up with more than we can chew.
some of us think too much, and then let the moment pass you by.
was just wondering about the rest of you guys here.
have u ever wondered which category of tackle-shoppers u belong to? [:D]
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