Wow, I can not belive people pay $700.00 for surfcasting reels. Way too rich for my blood. I thought VS were expensive. I have never seen this $700 reel before. Any pictures? I have been telling a co-worker that we should go into buisness and hand make small amounts of high price reels. Maybe all titanium and charge $1000.00 a piece. I am sure someone would buy them. All hand made in the USA. I know Fly guys pay upwards of $700.00 for fly reels and they are even simplier to make than a spinning reel or a conventional reel, really not much to them. If I had the time I think I could make a buisness out of retro fitting upgrade parts for all the reels that are out there now, esp. with all the complaints with the 1000's of Penn products out there voiced in another post. Probably patent infringement issues involved though. Although I have seen many upgrades for the Penn jigmasters and 112H and 113H. I think Newell made a bunch of stuff and Accurite too. Frames, spools, etc. They just used the guts of the Penn reels and made everything else. Not enough hours in the day though for me at this time in my life.
Paul