Metanium dc, curado dc, or lews tournament pro

[Jimmy Woolcott]

I am trying to decide which reel to get out of the three. Mainly using crankbaits, jigs, and sankos. Like to pitch under trees and in Lilly pads. Just looking for something reliable, longevity, accuracy, and all around best for everything I am planning on using and doing with it. Thank you. 

[jbsoonerfan]

2020 Met, skip the DC

[GreenPig]

100% agree with BaitFinesse. I'd use my Curado MGL.

[ATA]

It is matter of money, If you can buy Metanium DC, Don't think twice, I have one forever and it is still working like brand new.

 

If you want to spend less, Get Curado DC, thats best Dc reel for the money in my idea, when I use it first time, I was amazed by how feel smooth it is.

 

I have both of them and I love them both. 

[new2BC4bass]

19 hours ago, ATA said:

It is matter of money, If you can buy Metanium DC, Don't think twice, I have one forever and it is still working like brand new.

 

If you want to spend less, Get Curado DC, thats best Dc reel for the money in my idea, when I use it first time, I was amazed by how feel smooth it is.

 

I have both of them and I love them both. 

Yeah, but how does it pitch?  Serious question based on the other posts.  Off the top of my head (some gray matter missing, tho) I'd tend to agree with them based on my extremely limited pitching experience.  I do love my older Exsence DC reel, tho, but have never tried pitching with it.

[ATA]

6 minutes ago, new2BC4bass said:

Yeah, but how does it pitch?  Serious question based on the other posts.  Off the top of my head (some gray matter missing, tho) I'd tend to agree with them based on my extremely limited pitching experience.  I do love my older Exsence DC reel, tho, but have never tried pitching with it.

I am not pitching a lot, But as amateur pitcher, So far no problem with that.

[jbsoonerfan]

As already mentioned, the DC spools are heavier and harder to get going, that is why they excel at bombing heavier baits. You can set them and cast them as hard as you can and rarely get an overrun. 

 

The MGL spool shines at pitching. I have the Bantam MGL, Curado 70 MGL, Scorpion MGL and 20 Met. I would go with the 20 Met because I prefer the solid core body, but the Curado 70 MGL is a close second.

[NOC 1]

On 4/26/2021 at 10:09 PM, BaitFinesse said:

DC reels are pretty poor choices for pitching.  The heavy DC spools have lots of startup inertia and produce little meaningful braking those low pitching spool speeds.  Useable for sure but far from ideal.  The Shimano MGL spool reels like the Curado 70 MGL, Met MGL, Bantam MGLband the sexy Scorpion MGL would be my top picks for Shimano pitching reels.  The new Zillion with the SV boost spool is supposed to be phenomenal too.  

I have the 20 Met (MGL spool), Bantam MGL, and Scorpion MGL. I don't pitch a whole lot, but from what I can see, the Bantam would not be my choice unless you are pitching something pretty big. The Met and the Scorpion MGL work well. As far as I can tell, anything by Diawa using any SV spool pitches pretty darned well.

 

The Met 20 is such a great caster that I wouldn't want to "waste" it on a pitching rod when a Tat SV will work just as well. Put it to use bombing something out there. YMMV

[Dumbbassanglr]

I agree if you have the funds get the metanium mgl not the dc. It is the all around best reel on the market right now to me and I have a few dc reels as well. 

[jeffo21]

I have 2 of the Lew's tournament Pro reels and love both of them smooth and quiet. I send mine to lews to be serviced and oiled once a year. They are great reels. I use mine for a little bit of everything from plastics to chatterbaits to cranks. Go somewhere that carries all 3 reels and get all of them in your hands and see which one feels the best to you.