cndbasshunter wrote:perfect pitch xx feels much lighter than levante when i had them side to side.

The Levante is tip heavy I put a TD on it I put a steez on it and a tws zillion on it to try to balance it out and it still was tip heavy. Is the xx tip heavy ? (perfect pitch)

TommyG wrote:Had no idea what reel it would be, just a lefty, very happy with the Viola, cool reel, and a darn nice reel bag.

That is awesome! I wish i would have know about this before I spent my money on other reels.

impressive!

So let me get this right... You send them money and they send you a surprise reel? could it be any reel? or did you know the reel just not the colors?

Nice! What type of paint did you use?

thanks!!

does Shimano still have them for order?

nice!

best place to buy? Any one on here have one to sell?

it looks like a reel auction is that the wrong link?

The smaller frame on the zillion might mean that the tatula will also get a smaller frame in the future.

Man that is Fishing ! Got to love it.

There are so many spool options that head and shoulders above the stock ballistic spool. The chinese air may be a great option, but if you want something with more line capacity I opt for the rcs1016. I used to have the ballistic and the stock spook was just ok. I put a 1016 in and it transformed i...

Nice! If the Exsence does not have enough dc brakes try the scorpion dc7 I recently bought both and they are a great deal different when it comes to brake power.

Gamakatsu EWG Treble Short Shank would be a good swap out hook