Muddskipper
07-06-2007, 05:09 PM
I recently fished a 250 Calcutta TE DC....YES the one that cost $400 +++
I guide let me barrow it for the day, and I was pleasntly surprised.
It was paired with a Amercian Rodsmith H3 Titanium rod and I decided to toss a proto-type Corky.
It out-casted everything else on the boat.
I could cast 30 yards into the wind (15-17 mph)....with out back lashing.
It was very smooth, as it should, and it felt like a new reel, eventhough it had been fished for about a month.
It was spooled with mono, but not sure of the lb. test.
I did back-lash it once, testing out the calabrations....you can only loosen it up so much.....hehehe....
After talking with the guide, he said this is not the reel for a guy that fishes 8 - 10 times a year, but if you fish on a regular basis, its something you might want to consider.
The real feature that got me was, you get a service from the factory.
Once you send the real in, it has a 48hr. return policy, so you wont be out of your reel for long.
Concerns: not sure how well it will hold up to the GOM salt water enviorment.
Exspecially the electronics that are under the drilled spool.
Also, the bulkyness of the calcutta is not as nice as the low-profile reels.
Final thoughts: If you want the best, this is it!
If you can afford it, buy it, exspecially if you spend every day off fishing, like myself.
I guide let me barrow it for the day, and I was pleasntly surprised.
It was paired with a Amercian Rodsmith H3 Titanium rod and I decided to toss a proto-type Corky.
It out-casted everything else on the boat.
I could cast 30 yards into the wind (15-17 mph)....with out back lashing.
It was very smooth, as it should, and it felt like a new reel, eventhough it had been fished for about a month.
It was spooled with mono, but not sure of the lb. test.
I did back-lash it once, testing out the calabrations....you can only loosen it up so much.....hehehe....
After talking with the guide, he said this is not the reel for a guy that fishes 8 - 10 times a year, but if you fish on a regular basis, its something you might want to consider.
The real feature that got me was, you get a service from the factory.
Once you send the real in, it has a 48hr. return policy, so you wont be out of your reel for long.
Concerns: not sure how well it will hold up to the GOM salt water enviorment.
Exspecially the electronics that are under the drilled spool.
Also, the bulkyness of the calcutta is not as nice as the low-profile reels.
Final thoughts: If you want the best, this is it!
If you can afford it, buy it, exspecially if you spend every day off fishing, like myself.