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[Daniel Beast]

Shimano Curado 200E7 Vs 300E

Hi Guys,

Recently I made the purchase of a Shimano Curado 200E7, to go along with this Sage 3113M Gear rod. The purpose is for drift fishing, rivers like the vedder/stave etc.
Just wondering if anyone here uses the 200E model, and whether or not the 300E would have been the better choice, since its able to hold more line, higher drag system etc.

Looking for your opinions.

    Might end up swapping this one for a 300E if you can convince me.



The one great thing about the 200E7 is the faster Gear Ratio: 7.0:1
(Quicker retrieves, more time spent drifting (at least thats what im telling myself)


The gear ratio and the lightness of the reel basically won me over. What are your thoughts.. would the 300E of been a better choice for fishing all types of salmon, springs included?

Note: Using Braided line 30LB, which carries a diamater of 12LB Mono, this gives me 240 yards with the 300E, and only around 130 with the 200E.

Will a 130 Yards be enough? taking into consideration line breaks, shortenings every once and a while for retying knots, cutting a few feed for that sliding weight once and a while, etc... what is your opinion/experience with this kind of length on a drift reel, fishing places like fraser river, vedder, stave, is 130 yards sufficient? keep in mind im drift fishing from shore. no boating/down rigging..


See below for a quick comparison:


    Model: CU300E

    Retrieve: Right
    Lince Capacity(#Test/yd): 12/240, 14/190, 20/120
    Max Drag (lb): 15.0
    S A-RB Ball Bearings: 1
    Shielded Stainless Steel Ball Bearings: 5
    A-RB Roller Clutch Bearings: 1
    Gear Ratio: 6.2:1
    Weight : 10.5 oz





    Model: CU200E7

    - Retrieve: Right
    - Lince Capacity(# Test/yd: 8/180, 10/155, 14/110
    - Max Drag (lb): 11.0
    - S A-RB Ball Bearings: 1
    - Shielded Stainless Steel Ball Bearings: 5
    - A-RB Roller Clutch Bearings: 1
    - Gear Ratio: 7.0:1
    - Weight : 7.6




Looking forward to your expertise!


Thanks guys,

  -Dan

 

[hue-nut]

the 300 you would need for bouncing the Fraser but for the smaller rivers the 200 is all you would need. I used the 200 for about a year before my center pin. One thing for sure though is getting some low vis braided line on there, which will really increase line capacity.

[EZ_Rolling]

I have the 200 and find it to be excellent for steelhead but would think it would be a little small for salmon if you only want 1 reel the 300 would be a better match for your rod IMO

braided line helps with the line capacity but the drag may be too light on the 200 to handle a spring or vedder chum

good luck

[Verdi]

I would go with the 300, Even the 300 i think is too small for springs in the Fraser.
The 200 is fine for the vedder. the only thing is when you bust off the line a few times you will need to re-spool sooner than later, as your capacity will be lower

I use the my 300 for coho and up, on the vedder.

It also depend on what you spool it up with, as long as you can got 100-120 yards of line you are find, for anything in the Vedder. If something gets that far in the vedder you are done anyway.

[bentrod]

I have both and prefer the 300