Need a braid-friendly and light spinning reel

[plankton]

I can recommend the Penn Slammer 260 and 360, I own both and they work great, nice braid-friendly line roller and smooth, strong drag. I use fireline on them and the 260 will hold 300 yds of 10#, the 360, 300 yds of 14# (which is in reality more like 27#).

[RedHerring]

The junker reel I bought from Walmart is the Shimano FX4000FB, but, of course, it died at a critical time. Arrrg. I would not mind getting a more upscale Shimano.

Can I safely assume that all the Shimanos's are designed for braid? None have the long-spool design...

[RedHerring]

Has anyone tried the Shimano® Saros F Spinning Reels? Looks pretty durable for a small reel:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...3Doff%26sa%3DN

[zimmy]

tica libra is a steal. I have used em for several years now and landed some decent fish in heavy current.