I always bring my st croix pack rod. I've caught tarpon, jacks, bass and several tropical species on mine

That reel is so very old school.

My Antares

90 percent shimano and the rest a mix of diawa and Abu. My Calais are my favorite albeit a tad heavy, second closely by my Chronarch d7s super smooth reels

wow nice quiver...... very clean, do you ever fish with them

I have 2 cumaras and have owned several kistlers, i'd give the nod to the cumara. The cumara is a great rod for the money. Light/sensitive/cool looking and since they are closing out right now it's a no brainer

I have one of each, like others have said the calcutta DC is a beautiful reel and has a place on my crankbait setup. The Calais DC is a great real that I use mostly throwing texas rigs/carolina rigs, It casts a mile and is smooth was heck

Probably because the holiday weekend discount is coming up in a couple weeks

I have both reels and personally I don't think you can go wrong with either. Very smooth reel and the chrome finish just looks awesome.

Very nice collection. I love those red zillions, I sure wish I picked a couple up when they were on sale a while back

The new chronarchs are horrible, they are lower priced and made with cheap components, they even feel cheap. I bought 2 when they first came out and quickly sold them and puchased a couple cores..... I stand by my original comment "junk"

Just thought i'd share my experience with this reel. I bought one 4-5 months ago and never threw it, kinda kept it for a back up for when my other reels needed service. Well I finally took it out and used it..... love the thing. Super smooth, casts great and it just feels right fits my hand like a g...