Shimano Curado 200e7 (Classic Reel Review)

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HazyBaits

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@tonym7999 14 күн бұрын

What bout 2024 ? 👀

@victorsimonsen921 Жыл бұрын

e7 have been in my line up since 2008 still work like new. just something about how they feel in your hands make them my all time favorite. hope to always have one they make fishing a pleasure.

@christianflores7583 4 жыл бұрын

Used my e7 for 6 years straight, inshore , beatup from redfish after redfish, also pitched heavy ass tungsten weights and t rigs in freshwater, recently reconditioned the reel, replaced every steel bearing and bushing in the reel for ceramic ones, carbon fiber handle, carbontex drag and a gear swap to a 5.0:1 ratio, now its my go to cranking reel.

@MuahMan 5 жыл бұрын

This is still one of my best casting reels. Slayed 7-10 Florida bass with this thing.

@manifestgtr 5 жыл бұрын

I fish the scorpion xt 1000...basically the small format, jdm version of this reel. I can’t say enough good about it. It’s a tank little reel that bombs with almost no effort. I was cleaning/respooling it the other day and came to two realizations. First of all, I hadn’t changed the brake settings in so long that I forgot how many brake shoes I had on. Secondly, I don’t remember ever backlashing it on the water. The rest of my reels, I can look at each and remember a significant backlash that ended or almost ended its day on the water. Looking at the scorpion xt, I don’t remember ever having one of those incidents. I’m sure I have but they’re so rare, that I can’t even recall one. The best part is....you can get these things on eBay for around $100....$100! A made in Japan, jdm version of one of the greatest reels of all time. If it’s green, $250....if it’s red, $100. It’s one of the best kept, open secrets in bass fishing.

@alldaytony2751 4 жыл бұрын

Very true, but now prices are going up.

@editorodriguez6554 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought this reel brand new from a seller that put line on it but never used it. It is such a great reel and a classic. Best part it’s the last Curado made in Japan

@sgtcaco 4 жыл бұрын

Well technically yes but after that,the next year they painted it black and white,put a cheap looking handle on it and called it a chronarch, it’s actually the exact same reel made in Japan and the Curados were made in Malaysia or Korea, one of the two. The Curado DSV are amazing as well.

@editorodriguez6554 4 жыл бұрын

Sgtcaco yeah i know they used the same body for the chronarch but curado name wise it was the last one made in japan. I do think they should have kept the green color everyone loved it and it was synonymous with the curado line.

@sgtcaco 4 жыл бұрын

@@editorodriguez6554 I still have 2 of them but I prefer the dsv colour scheme and the tranx. If you ever want the best small bait caster ever made, the stile 100pg beats them all. I still have my old dsv 300 and it’s hard to beat and the tranx 400 and 500 are also very good reels.

@editorodriguez6554 4 жыл бұрын

@@sgtcaco Well I have this curado that I just got and I love it. I also have the Shimano Calcutta Conquest 100 which is the best Shimano reel I ever used. I have had the Shimano Metanium both first gen and second which were great reels but nothing have tome close to the way the Calcutta conquest feels.

@sgtcaco 4 жыл бұрын

@@editorodriguez6554 interesting I never used the cal con, I was always strictly Curado untill they started making them in Japan. All my green E models have ceramic bearing ,I have looked after them very well and they are a fantastic reel. I don’t like the new ones at all.I would love to have an alderberan, them and the stile have a superior line guide in my opinion.

@Basswhisperer 5 жыл бұрын

I have around 20 of these e series. Most of the 50s but a few 200s. They are simply bullet proof. No matter what type of fishing I’m doing, I always have a couple rigged up in the boat.

@HazyBaits 5 жыл бұрын

I've had it a month or so now. Definitely a tough reel. Had it rigged up for belly weighted 4 inch swimbaits. Casts like a dream

@russdennis7026 3 жыл бұрын

Still using mine and love it!! This reel is a straight work horse.

@dimebag1212 3 жыл бұрын

How do you adjust the brakes on this reel?, i just bought same one used.......cant figure out what or how the pins get adjusted on brakes.......TIA

@HazyBaits 3 жыл бұрын

When you take the side plate off there's 5 or 6 pins and you can push the plastic on those pins into up or down position. That's the brakes. Up, more brakes, down, less breaks. I think if you do every other one up it's a good moderate breaking.

@tnbass2833 Жыл бұрын

As good as the curado e reels are the jdm xt 1500 is better imo. I've been buying every good condition scorpion I can find. The alderbaran mg is also an awesome reel.