Introduction: 13 Fishing made quite a splash in the bass fishing industry with the launch of their Omen and Envy rods at ICAST just a couple years ago. Not only are these sticks refined, but they are priced within reach of many anglers' budgets. When we received word last year about a new family of casting reels being developed, it immediately piqued our interest. Even though we had the rare chance to play with a couple of the prototypes at the 2013 ICAST show, nothing beats experiencing the finished product. With that said, we were quietly able to acquire a couple of Concept-A reels for testing and a full lab breakdown well before their scheduled release to the general public.
After reading the review sounds like a pretty decent reel for the money. Wonder if the drag had an issue? Seems way off for the advertised poundage. Overall sounds good to go. Might have to try one out.
I read on another post that the Concept A has single bearing knobs if this is true wouldn’t that change the Feature ratings slightly from 7.14 to 6.42 by adjusting the knob bearings rating of 3 to 2 and the total from 10 to 9. This would only drop the final rating from 7.95 to 7.84 (7.836).
Wouldn't a Concept A/ Curado I "shoot-out" be interesting? Going strictly off the specifications, the Concept A seems to offer quite a bit vs. the competition.
Wouldn't a Concept A/ Curado I "shoot-out" be interesting? Going strictly off the specifications, the Concept A seems to offer quite a bit vs. the competition.
The review will return soon. The guys out in CA are performing additional tests on the lab reel (I have my own reel here in FL seperate from our lab-tester) that may alter the review.
