shakespeare Catera?

[NHfroggin]

i got a rod for christmas its a shakespeare catera im-7 graphite spinning rod and a 5 ball bearing reel.  is this any good?

[crank it]

I own one my self and its a good reel for the money Ive never had any problems with it at all didnt care for the rod it came with not very sensitive so I swaped the rod out for a mh extreme from basspro shops. Just keep it cleaned and oiled and it should last a long time.

[THEbassmaster]

i agree with tony on the reel, cheap and good, but i dont know about the rod. i use the reel for pike with 8lb Trilene XL Smooth Casting and is great.

aaron

[ww2farmer]

I bought one of these reels cheap at wal mart for like $25 to put on a berkley cherrywood rod that I use for bullheads/catfish and for loaning out to my neices/nephews when we walk the banks of my ponds for bass/panfish. I don't like to beat up my nice bass gear for that. This reel is 3 years old and has taken a surprsing amount of abuse with zero maintaince, and still works flawlessly. Good cheap reel IMHO for recreational fishing. I don't imagine it would last long with day in day out fishing with the zero maintanence I have given it, but they are cheap enough that if they break toss them out and buy another.

[rocknfish9001]

Great reel, especially for the price. It actually WON field and stream's tackle test about 3-4 years ago put up against reels in the $100-$150 range

[5bass]

Great reel, especially for the price. It actually WON field and stream's tackle test about 3-4 years ago put up against reels in the $100-$150 range

HA HA....there's a guy in my club that has some of those Catera's and he swears by 'em. He always told everybody about that F&S test but nobody ever believed him.  ;D  ....thats funny,I'll have to mention that the next time I see him.