svnative - that's funny. That would have been my next post (pflugler presedent) if you said spinning. I never use bait casters, but I picked up 2 identical pflugler presedent (6730 I think) and put one on a 7' shimano compre med/fast rod, and one on a 7ft abu garcia veritas med/fast rod. Those reels are just as good as teh reviews say....I can't believe how smooth they are, they are light, and teh drag works like a dream. I haven't beat mine up too bad yet (did take them out in early april, cold water fishing) and I use them about 3-5 times per week for bass, pike, walleye, and panfish. I have no complaints and I'd be surpirsed if you found a better reel for the money. There's probably nicer ones in teh $200+ range...but I have yet to find a short-coming on those reels. Go buy one, you'll love it!