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Greg Burt:
Don't forget the Paladin gearing Damian, this is what really sets the Saragosa apart from the Spheros, OH' and the extra drag washers.
My three year old one is still cruisin nicely on medium jigging and poppering, the only change I made was upgrade to Carbontex drag washers  :D

Mark Harris:
As Greg says, it is wrong to characterise a Saragosa as Spheros with an extra bearing and a different handle (not a Stella handle btw - the attachment is different). Another difference is a much stronger looking bail arm and roller.

It is by no means a perfect popping (nor jigging) reel, but then for the price you should not expect it to be.

Nathan Green:
Travis, i sent you a PM

Nathan

Luke Wyrsta:

--- Quote from: damian paolo on December 08, 2010, 04:10:04 PM --- there is a bit of play in the main shaft i.e. spool up and down , which bothers me but doesnt seem to affect performance. the line lay on retrieving poppers is not what i would call great but its acceptable. worse on stickbaits.

--- End quote ---

It's not play, there is supposed to be a small amount of movement in the shaft, vertical wise that is.

What line lay issue are you having?

Damian Fantozzi:
Luke,

the play in the shafy im talking about is 3-4mm, which is double the play in similar size/price reels ive looked at. 

As for the line lay, I will take a picture and post it. Basically the line is wavy, and lumpy on the spool after a day testing it with a 60gram popper, pe6 jigman.

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