Roachbjm

I have fished some of the brand new stuff and just casting distance wise you get more out of a newer reel such as a curado m, but for light weight and especially floro the cores are great because that’s what they were built for. Also the size is why I go back to some of these reels, it is much smaller in the palm then most of the new ones

So the aldes/cores do have a different cone level wind line guide than curados/scorpions/chronarchs(I have a few 51es and a 1001xt and none of those have the bigger cone one. What I am referring to though is me being super ocd and noticing the bigger cone line guides on the cores are a tiny bit different based on whether they were silver or black, ledge or no ledge versions. The outside rim on the side that the line threads from is rounded more like the a full 180 degree lip on the silver screw ledge one, and the other entrance is closer to a rounded sidewalk curb angle. Super ocd and nerdy but things like that I find interesting to find the backstory lol

I have pictures now of a few more cores I can get my hands on, we have 2 51s with the ledge and silver screws and more rounded line guide, then 1 50 with them, then 2 51s with the black screws flat front and more angled cone line guide. It must’ve been something along the lines of using aldebaren molds for some of the cores then having another set of molds and parts bin for some of the others. No confirms just an observation and assumption looking at all of these. Would love if someone who has some more insight at shimano when they were in production could chime in. Also fish tank I have 101 mg like yours and I’ve included a pic of a 100mgfv core I believe is the model name I had my hands on. If I could find a lefty I would definitely like one for flipping but that is the NA version of your metanium, they did make them here.

Will take more of a few other cores I can get my hands on tomorrow but here is the ledge I was talking about that I saw on a Japanese aldebaren, then the rounded line guide, also i believe the piece under the c clip is brass on this one and stainless on the other two

I am going to take some pics maybe tomorrow but I believe the one may be an aldebaren because I found an eBay listing where it has the same ledge infront of the line guide, still is core colour and branding, maybe they made a couple batches and used the aldebaren molds for some

I just purchased 3 core 51mg7s, one for myself, one for my buddy, and one for a gift for my father(who has a core 101) and I was looking at them and realized two are the same and one has some slight tweaks, so it looks like there must have been a production update at some point, so far I can notice there is a ledge molded into the main frame body on the one, along with that one having a more rounded line guide brass entrance piece. The screws holding the side in are silver and the other two are black, so was interested to see if anyone knows anything about this (I would tag bantam1 if I knew how) looking to figure out which is the updated one which I am guessing would be the ledged one. But I have access to another core 50 and 51 aswell so will take a look at those to see if I can notice some other differences in the coming days

I know this is many years late but I make my own spinnerbaits taking over for my dad. I have been diving deep into optimizing every part of the bait and am on arm size now doing testing and research. I was wondering if you would share some of your findings on arm length either publicly or privately with me, I am going to the point where I am looking at anatomy of a bass mouth so I’d say I’m a fanatic about this stuff like you.

Hey I make spinnerbaits in Canada for me and my friends but am starting to run out of lumaflex, is there anywhere you know to get it?