Quote Originally Posted by Drew1233 View Post
I've been lookin at the abu gracias. One of my buddy's recommended them and I got a black max that performs just as good as about any of my other baitcasters. Have had it for about two years and still hasn't worn out
Drew,
I love my Shimano's, but the Black Max so far have inpressed me. My dad started using my baitcasters and we fished a tour together and the Zebco's had to go. I went and got him two of the Black Max and one Silver Max. The black is smooth and so far have been holding up. I admit after we fished that tour I put one of the black's on my main worm rod and 1 1/2 later its still on there. I am a beliver in using the same reel so you can control speed and casting but money doesnt grow on trees and the Shimano's take a chunk out of the fishing budget. They may quit working tommorrow but for the money they are nice.
Crank