check out the 100 size daiwa lexa i am sure it will meet your needs and well below your budget.

i will take my reels with me when i go back to work this week and will strip them down for a better look and try and post some pictures. should have plenty of time back in my room at night.

i don't believe the 100 size is available yet. can be preordered. i am impressed with my 300 sized reels and will be getting a 100 size when available. will be tough workhorse reels for good price.

seriously would you take something that beautiful of the box let alone fish with it. that is stunning.

got two of the 6.3 models. these are tough. opened up the reel and i saw the biggest gear i,ve ever seen in a baitcaster reel . has dual stopper anti reverse, oneway bearing plus ratchet and pawl. standard magforce. would not need a lower ratio in this reel as has more torque than you could care for...

been on a spending spree lately . spending the tax return. paid way to much tax this year. got 2 x Daiwa lexa 300 h. these are seriously tough reels. made for strength not finesse. 1 daiwa caldia 2000 , 1 daiwa freams 2500 , 1 daiwa ballistic 2500sh , and got and excellent deal on a new 2010 daiwa c...

being a fitter / machinist i have to agree with Carlos with the lower gear ratio requiring more torque to turn the gears giving higher drag settings. which will always be the case when drag stacks are identical and the only difference being gear ratio. all companies reels do it take a look at the st...

by the specs the sol is nearly the same as a certate apart from colour and a bearing or two. the luvias is just about the same as the caldia but the caldia comes with a spare spool as an advantage.

ballistic and freams have oil seal. the caldia has mag seal the same as the certate.

More fishing time.

I have done it with a orange pixy and sol. side plates gears etc are interchangable. cannot put sol spool in pixy though but can put pixy spool in sol with some spacers to take up the gap between sides of spool and frame.

try pulling out the spool and pull the spool inductor cup in an out a few times . I have found this to sometimes get stuck in my pixy spool.

there is a type r version with 6.3 gears . may be another australia only version.

mhood wrote:My spacers predate mundo's (and I can't remember who made them for me) and are made of PVC (I think). I can't help with measurements but I do have a picture:

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I have the same spacers in my sol. they came in a reel I purchased from DR.

I can't answer for bass . But too much drag and you run the risk of pulling hooks out of the fishes mouth. Need to find a balance between power and finess for a lot of fish.