![]() ![]() The reel is so smooth you can’t feel the handle turning in the hand gripping the stem. The Stella FK uses the finest materials and Shimano’s decades of engineering and technology advancements to pack as many features as I’ve seen in a single piece of equipment. At this level it’s nearly luxury engineering at its finest. I’ve tested tens of thousands of products over the last two-plus decades in fishing, and the Shimano Stella FK is the finest piece of fishing equipment I have fished with. So you have to be a finesse fishing enthusiast to warrant this top of the line purchase. Like it’s that noticeable.īut it also comes at the absolute highest price point in the market. The bail, the handle, the rotor are all so solid but smooth in their operations that you feel weird going back to any other reel. It’s an incredible reel that is an absolute joy to fish with. I have fished it on heavier gear for bass and stripers. I have personally fished it on light gear for panfish. It’s such an incredibly fun reel and one of the top two if not the best spinning reel in the whole world available to anglers in our opinion. The screwless Zaion Air Drive Rotor has super low startup inertia and make this reel feel light and airy on the retrieve. This thinner and more rigid body provides more internal area to house larger DigiGears for a longer lasting reel that will remain smoothly operating over its entire lifespan. The frame creates a thinner rigid body that makes reel torque seem to disappear while simultaneously eliminating the need for added component weight. The Exist’s Magnesium Monocoque Frame stands out as the feature that makes this reel uniquely exquisite. The Daiwa Exist is the new flagship for Daiwa’s freshwater reel line-up and it’s an incredible enthusiast spinning reel that incorporates the top materials and technologies available to build the most impressive spinning reel we’ve seen in a long time. We tested more than 20 of the latest spinning reels and here is what we found. A lot of these brands and even models we are familiar with because the are the latest offerings of that model we already know from brands we know and trust. We have tested a barrel full of spinning reels over the years, and we use that large breadth of knowledge and experience to quickly assess quality equipment. So based on these factors, we have collected a large sample of the top spinning reels available for this season and upcoming season and put each spinning reel through our tests and fishing to get on the water application experience with every reel we could get our hands on. I will explain each of these factors at the end of this guide so you can make your own determinations on best reels for you. While price matters in any purchasing decision, if you’re looking for a good spinning reel for fishing, it really comes down to these factors: Well you factor in all the things that makes a spinning reel good. So while price is a factor, I think the majority of us anglers fall in that middle category where we want the absolute best reel we can get in our budget. And finally there is the angler who just wants a reel that works for the least amount possible. Then, there is the angler that wants the most bang for their buck. There’s the super avid enthusiast angler who wants the absolute best there is if they can afford it. But that also made choosing the right spinning reel for your specific fishing a little more difficult.Īt the end of the day I feel like there are three different types of anglers when it comes to buying spinning reels. Now there are dozens of manufacturers making hundreds of different models of spinning reels for the angling community. Back when I grew up fishing in the 1980s and 1990s there weren’t many spinning reels to choose from. It combines a Zenon inspired A-SYM body design to minimize the body size and optimize weight and balance with the AM-G fully machined gear systems for the ultimate in smoothness and cranking power.Ĭasting performance is maximized by the V-Rotor design and Rocket line management system that allows anglers to fish mono, braid, and even difficult-to-manage fluorocarbon.Many of us that grew up fishing spinning reels to learn how to fish. ![]() Featuring the new 7.6:1 gear ratio, the Revo Rocket delivers blazing fasts speeds up to 47" IPT* (40 size). Redesigned from the ground up to provide anglers the speed they need, no matter the technique. ![]()
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