Cool review and intriguing little bait! Any comparisons to its bigger/older brother, the diving flapslap?

Belated thanks again! Can’t wait to get this slx xt out on the water!

Thank you both! To be sure, is it prying it from the center tube? And is it an insert/twist or brute force deal?

Howdy, all my reels have traditional circle caps with the hole but seemingly these newer reels have oval caps without a hole. Are there instructions on how to remove these anywhere without scuffing them up? Hoping to swap some bushings for bearings..

Iangler, u lookin for lefty or righty knobs?

Another willing tester here!

$1,889.99 Cdn. plus tax. Edit: Thought I'd stress that I'm joking. Wouldn't be that much of a stretch given that Calais and Chronarch B sell at BPS up here for $589.99 and $399.99 respectively before the additioanl 14% in sales taxes. Yer right, it is a joke. Could have a reel ordered from the U.S ...

Non-white-coloured Stradic! Madness!

Bantam, it safe to assume there's no lefty core for at least the time being? And any chance you can post them additional pics of the Cumara? Thanks!

Here's the story: I've been looking for a Calais 201 handle for some time. Being a Canadian, I contacted my nearest authorized Shimano warranty center to see how much a new handle would cost me. $90! Youch. Given that I only need the actual handle and not the knobs/bearings, that's more than it'd co...

The backplay ppl refer to is if you hold down the spool of your shimano reel and try to move yer handle backwards, it'll have a little bit of play to it. The same is not evident in Daiwa reels. Really, I have to purposely look for it to notice it and have never found it to be a factor on the water.

doh, meant a. mixing up my darn alphabet.

like iangler alludes too, i'd think that in the high-end market, there would be a more even (but likely still not equal) distribution of users between left and right. the model that works for a citica, wouldn't necessarily be applicable to a calais.

Woot, just got home and tried giving it a gentle shake to simulate the tapping you suggested and it seemed to pop back into place. And there i'd been previously debating opening it up myself. Thanks again for your help bantam!

I'd trade 25 of those (save the lefty chronarch b) for a calais 101b .

Thank ye very much for your insight bantam. Will try it out tonight when I get home.

I'd ask for it too if it'd make a difference .