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I love reel talk..
Specially when Toby an PeterG chime in.
Toby beats em up good.
Peter is well spoken an Knows the product well.
There was a considerable buzz around the new High speed VS 275 when they where in the hands of the demo guys..
Seems they where trying to compete with the new Japanese Saltiga's.
There is a new market for these boat guys trying to land these big game fish on spinning gear..Not sure why perhaps casting is part of the equasion an most upper line class convetional gear is not suited for these applications.
There are times a faster reel could certainly be a asset.
Like in the canal.I use a saltiga 5000 Z there without the GT spool.
I would highly recommend making sure u get the GT spool if u decide on one in the 5000 size.I love it it's as fine an smooth a machine as I have ever feltl.While destroying every other fast retrieve reel I have tried at the canal the Saltiga has held up well for me..While it's kinda big for most humans, Slip uses one in the surf.
As far as tightness goes thats one of the reasons I sold my VS.
I use a 706 Z an I could not get use to it.
I want to get a VS 300 this season if I can find a decent (Loose) used one..
Or when my back pension comes in..
Here lots of good things about the shimano sphero's reels.Seems like a good quality affordable reel...I think if I had to knowing what I do now.I would go that way before I got whatever is currently available from penn.
I might also consider a diawa emblem.
While both these reels won't take a pure submerging on a regular basis they will certainly do the job for most surf applications..
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