I am great full to many of the S-B folks that pitched in last year and gave me a ZB as a gift.
I have not fished it as much as I though I would have as I'm still more prone to grab a conventional
but when spinning I've used it and I like it.
(Steve - if you want to try one out
)
The drag is sweet, the entire reel is solid and smooth, Mercedes like in its precision.
My only complaints are capacity - which looks like that is being resolved with modular options (pretty cool) and in limited experience, wasn't as mono friendly as I would have liked.
This "Rough" seems like a worthy option to check out.
Casting Zs - I believe you are missing a few VS company owners in the history between RobK & VZ/VS. Van Staal was not purchased from Rob. VS had 2 (I think) owners after Rob & before Zebco... That said, he does have a certain pedigree when it comes to reel design