FWIW I bought one of those Guide Series reels to save ten bucks over a president and it broke after a month.(took it back, b!tched up a storm, paid the ten extra bucks and got a president.) Even though it looks the same it was mostly plastic where as the flooger is graphite
. I have presidents that are over four years old with more miles than most guys fish in a lifetime and they all work as good as day one. Just my $0.02