G,
Thanks for your review on the new Met DC. I for one was waiting to see what this reel would produce in the distance category and came up somewhat disheartened. Since I am a DC fan owning the Calais DC 4X8,Calcutta DC,Conquest DC+ and Conquest IDC4, I was hoping the new Met DC would perform it that category. When you take into consideration the spool rpm's alone that are created by a DC equipped reel it sort of contradicts the purpose of it. Why rev it up just to shut it down and not use it to the fullest potential that it creates . Now I realize there is a market out there for users other than just distance but to some degree you would think by now they could have improved upon their best performer which was born in 2006 the 4X8. This is not to say I do not enjoy using the other models I own however I for one was once again hoping to see a different result.