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Old 08-24-2007, 05:43 PM
Teezer Teezer is offline
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I fish the Everglades, Abel and the Nautilus. I must say I have not used the the Nautilus enough yet but it seems to be great.

I can speak about the Abel and Tibor from years of experience.
Both reels are great, the Abel takes a little more TLC than the Tibor. As Peter said they are tanks. You can abuse them and they will work just fine. The Abel is beautiful but they need to be oiled. I have had the drag squeak on me.

You also might want to consider the drag noise. Some reels sound sweeeeter than others. I don't think you could go wrong with any of them. It could come down to the audio and aesthetics. You also sound balance it with the rod you want to put it on.

Good luck, it is a good problem to have!!
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