"fish.iddx.net" wrote:

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ) I'm not crazy bout' the design
either, but it works all the time, has the lowest weight available, very
large spool diameter ( very fast retrival ) and a superbbreak. When i fish I
look at the actual reel less than 1% of the time, so i dont care bout' the
look of the little *******. As long as it performs, im a happy flyfisher )

Good thing it's almost as expensive as it is, um, beauty-challenged in
the eye of the beholder, 'cause that "it's just a tool" talk has been
known to be a bit flammable when applied on ROFF to lower end gear....
g

JR
--who *has* been thinking of doing more night fishing.....