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For saltwater the Spheros is the answer.
While it works in the salt, the Stradic is not built for saltwater. The Spheros is.
The Spheros also has the same drag stack as the Sustain and Stella, and the drag is water resistant. The Stradic shares its stack with lower end Shimano spin reels.
We've had both reels on the guide boats at the shop and the Spheros outlasts a current Stradic probably 2 to 1. Older Stradics were a different story. Those were pretty good reels.
The insides just seem to fail very quickly on the new style Stradic. Obviously daily use by clients artificially ages gear, but usually it's a pretty good indication of a product's lifespan.
I agree with DaveS though, especially if the rod you buy is a 10 footer: Penn 704Z
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