Shimano Fishing Sahara C3000HG FI Spinning Reel [SHC3000HGFI]

Shimano reels always perform as expected. This particular one is ideal for inshore fishing when equipped with braided lines. I fish with this reel all the time because it can handle fish of all sizes one catches around inshore water of the gulf.

I have owned many different Spinning and Baitcasting Reels in the over 50 years I have been fishing. Many of them have held their quality and many have fallen below the quality they were, and many new Companies have come up, and today make some outstanding products. Shimano has been around for nearly a hundred years, there gearing products are "tried and true", and have always been outstanding, and still are today. They are one of just a few that haven't lost their precision quality like so many other Companies have. I bought this reel to fill a gap from the larger 5000 to the 2500, and I feel that the Sahara with the new Hagane Gearing, X-Ship support feature in the G-Free Body, and the excellent Drag system it has, you are getting some of Shimano's best features that are in their higher end reels without going over the hundred dollar mark. The reel has been flawless, I do recommend that if you are strictly using this reel in an environment such as Surf fishing or saltwater where contaminants or water can penetrate the bearings and you want to stay in this price range, consider the Shimano Nasci, same Reel, but with better gear protection.