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Well, I couldn't wait for the Father's Day special so I trekked to Academy and picked up a Curado 200 E7 on sale. This is after retiring a 20 year old Daiwa ProCaster, then buying a BPS Pro Qualifier Tournament on Friday. Looks like I'm all in now and the funds are beginning to flow from the bank account into my fishing account. So, I fiddled with the BPS PQT all weekend and couldn't believe how smooth and well built this reel was. That is ... until I bought the Curado. Wow, is all I can say! This is one precision reel! Maybe I'm easily impressed after being out of the fishing game since the early 90's, golfing and riding motorcycles. But ... instead of polishing chrome on the bike, now I'm tinkering with these reels in amazement at the engineering in these things. A far cry from the ProCaster PS-10 I use to throw. The technology and engineering in these things is amazing. All that's left now is to spool them up and get to the lake and try them out. I just know there is a 7 lb'er out there hiding from me. More to come ... Hooker!

While shopping yesterday at the local Big Pro Store, I had the opportunity to view the upcoming Father's Day sale paper. Curado's @ $139 ... $40 off. Sounds like an excellent Father's Day gift to me.

Greetings to all from Lake Guntersville in beautiful north Alabama, where's they say there's a lunker hiding under each patch of millfoil. New to the forum and I'm now rediscovering my love for bass fishing that began over 30 years ago. One sunny afternoon and a stringer full of keepers was all it took to remind me what I have been missing for the last 25+ years. And that is the pleasure, challenge, relaxation and thrill that comes from a day of bass fishing on the lake. It's therapy no doctor can subscribe! So, armed with a lifetime fishing license, new rods and reels with features I've never heard of, and a newfound desire to throw a Texas Rig at a sumberged stump, I look forward to catching up on the latest fishing techniques and knowledge I know I will glean from this forum. Later ... there are hooks to be sharpened. "Hooked" again!