[TheSpecialist]

OK I guess I will throw my 2cents in. Some of the Nautils, the black ones, had some gear problems. I am on my 2nd 6500 yellow Nautil. When you get the reel, follow the reelseat stem to the body. Where it attatches to the body, the is a rubber insert that covers 2 screws. Before you use the reel, take one screw out, and put a tiny drop of Loctite on it, put it back in and tighten it. Now do the other screw. It is important to do one screw at a time, or you will screw up the internal gears. On my first one the screws loosened, and caused the gears to wear out, and grind. If you do the above you will have no problem. The drag on these reels is unbelievably smooth. They are excellent drags, I think the fact that Slipnot, and J Powers, and JettyJockey use them on jigging rods, catching large in the swift, and strong currents of the canal speaks for thew quality of the reels. The reels come with a velour bag, aluminum cartridge spool, and 2 spare graphite cartidges. By the way when my first one crapped out it was a week or so before Cuttyhunk. I contacted Purefishing, the distributor, they sent me a replacement overnight, without getting the old one first. When I recieved the new one I shipped back the old one. Now thats customer service. I will be buying a couple of more of these reels next year, you can bet on it. Also forgot these reels have a large line roller and are very braid friendly, waterproof, and sand proof.