I have lots of favorites...my wife wants to know who "Stella" is.
Anyway my favorite reel is without a doubt the talica II 25 with a custom handle. about 1.5 seasons with it now. I have landed several real nice fish with it on the heavy terez and it is the best stand up rod I have ever fished with. Simply amazing. Light weight, incredible mechanical advantage and powerful drag. I have mine with 100/130 topshot but I am buying another one this winter and setting up both with 80/100topshot. It can whip a fish under 250# faster than anything I I have ever fished with and it is super comfortable to use.
IRT looks interesting. They have a schematic, but I can't find any info on weight (they list "5 lbs" !!!!! Probably shipping wt), line capacity, drag strength. Seems like they have smaller reels in the pipeline.