Recommend me a bait casting reel....

[sandhillslayer]

Lews ss

[SCREAMINREELS]

get a lews or an h20 you can get two h20s for about a hundred

First h20 I ever bought and it was a decent one about $60. This weekend. Used for half a trip. Dropped it bend the spool...bo clue how this happend but iys now trash. Luckily I had other rods/reels...buy shimano for salwater citicas aee good for the mo ey or find a used curado thats been taken care of....I fish a lot and ive dunked my shimanos wading cleaned up when I got home and no problems...my revos did not last long fishing salt. Great reels but not for salt

[SCREAMINREELS]

Best bang for the buck, no contest. The H2O Mettle.

The mettle is what stoppesld working on me a few hrs after being out of the box...heard good things about them...wont buy another

[DapperDan]

First h20 I ever bought and it was a decent one about $60. This weekend. Used for half a trip. Dropped it bend the spool...bo clue how this happend but iys now trash. Luckily I had other rods/reels...buy shimano for salwater citicas aee good for the mo ey or find a used curado thats been taken care of....I fish a lot and ive dunked my shimanos wading cleaned up when I got home and no problems...my revos did not last long fishing salt. Great reels but not for salt

x2!!

[PSD Ryan]

I wouldn't trade my curado for anything. Shimano all the way

[Cartman]

H20 has lifetime warranty and well within budget...

[Cletus]

ABU Garcia 5600

[jaime1982]

Shimano curado! Best reel ever made!

[billfromtx]

Definatley check out the Bass Pro Shot EXTREME. Comes in LH or RH retrieve, different gear ratio..I prefer 6:1. I have 5 of them!

[deerslayer64d]

Have not tried the curado but I love my calcatta 's

[Hafernick]

You won't find a better reel for the money than the citica. I have found that other reels on the lower end (H2O, Pfluger) do not fair well in saltwater...I may have gotten a dud but I won't be buying anymore. I have never had any problems with my shimano's!

[Dale Moser]

I've had a Curado SF for 7 or 8 years now, and it's a great reel. But I just bought a Lews Speed Spool Ts1 I believe, and it'll out throw the Curado. I don't like the handle though.....

[Stolle]

H2O @ Academy is going to be the best bang for your buck.

I would go with the H2O. I love Shimano's, but the only one that holds up to the salt water that I have found is the core and the old curados. The citica and new curados have rotted away in a very short period of time.

[bearintex]

H2O @ Academy is going to be the best bang for your buck.

Add a set of Boca bearings to it and it will out cast $200 reels.

[bearintex]

You won't find a better reel for the money than the citica. I have found that other reels on the lower end (H2O, Pfluger) do not fair well in saltwater...I may have gotten a dud but I won't be buying anymore. I have never had any problems with my shimano's!

With a warranty like theirs, who cares how well it holds up? Burn it up for a season, take it back to Academy for a new one!