Shimano Curado MGL 150

[jejenkyns]

I own a number of reels and this is my favorite. Perhaps it is important to say that it is my most expensive reel, but not all my reels can be placed in an order of preference by their pricetag.

 

It just feels right to me, the size, the way it casts lighter lures, heavier lures. I love the breaks most of all. I haven't opened it since the day I bought it. I do adjust the outer brake dial when necessary but they just work. And most importantly I can't *feel* the brakes like I can with mag brakes.

[SuperDuty]

I just picked up the 151 MGL and a Daiwa SV TW. I am having a very hard time deciding which one I like better, if there is a better one. It seems the MGL casts better or maybe, I just set it up better. Either way, I am loving the MGL. 

[Tatulatard]

Flouro and skip plastics with the sv and braid to leader the mgl for open water casting.  Set both with no spool tension once you're ready.

[Brycecover]

On 1/11/2022 at 12:21 PM, Bass Rutten said:

Picked up the 71 mgl last spring and I love it, my last few curados went to heck in a handbasket in less than two seasons, started feeling geary, drags became sketchy, but this one is still solid after a full season, ??. I’ll pick up a 150 before spring.

 

I ran a 200k for boot tails like the 6” magdraft, 5.8’s, bigger spinners, chatters and wound up replacing it with a tatula 200 for the capacity. Larger diameter line was an issue for me with  the curado 200 with cast n crank presentations and 17-20lb line, I could easily empty over half the line on a cast, bye-bye ipt’s.

Yeah that’s what happened to my slx xt in one season. Looking for something more durable