Want to give a shout out to BOCA. I made an order back in mid Nov and according to tracking, it was delivered on Nov 30th in my mail box. I never recieved it so I went to the post office with my tracking number. They said they delivered it and there is nothing they could do. So I called BOCA, actual...

I will give that a try. And also need to look into the aftermarket line roller. Been having a ton of issues with these Certate line rollers.

I have 4 of the Blue Certate: 2 - 2000, 3000, and a 4000. I have brought all of them, the 2000s twice, in to a Daiwa factory authorized repair shop to replace the line roller assembly. Reason I brought them in is because the line roller have a bad rust sound. I like those reels but it is getting exp...

I will give it a few more days and if nothing from the shop, I will call customer service.

This maybe for Bantam1. Is there a parts shortage at Shimano. I brought my Stradic FI 1000 to Fisherman's Warehouse in Sacramento, authorized Shimano dealer, because it was making rough noises during retrieve. I had this reel for less that a year and used maybe a handful of times for panfish. It had...

The handle in the last photo looks like a wiebe handle. I have an older MBR843 GLX with the wiebe handle, IMO, one of the most comfortable handle. Very exciting stuff.

Thanks. Needed that confirmation before I buy one.

I was wondering if a 3000 spool will fit the 2500 model?

Thanks,
James