The CV2 8000 Captiva is a decent reel for the price just be sure to buy 2 or 3 for replacement parts. The parts that are most likely to give out Penn has decided to discontinue. I wonder why ??
I purchased [2] STX 70 Sorons two years ago and they have several hundred pounds of fish each ,over the bail . The carbon matrix drag is very smooth . Have not had one single bail closure...
Welcome to the world of spending money!! Buy once cry once.
These should be the last fly reels that I have to buy during my lifetime.
Nicely built, great drag.
Took my 10 wt out to the gulf...
My first impression of the rod was the rich blue color of the blank. The wraps were clean and well designed with no visible blemishes or misalignment. of the Fuji guides.The cork tape grip was...
I caught fish in three different sections of Florida, although the most memorable catches came from the Juno area (also caught in excess of 50 spanish macks over in Naples as well)...here are a couple of highlights from the juno area:
did you have any x-craps blow up on you? if not im suprised.
Not from a fish itself - but on one occasion, I was landing a fair sized spanish mackerel up on the pier and the force of the 'flop' shattered the x rap (which is why I typically don't 'flip' fish on the pier but more or less experienced a brain fart on that one occasion)