Weight: Ranges from 9.8 oz (2500) to 29.1 oz (8000)
Regarding life duration of the FAD, it is also worth reporting that in French Polynesia, fishing gear tangling with the mooring line, in particular with mid-water techniques, was found to be the main cause of FAD loss (up to around 70-80%)
Key features include a super-grade high-density cork composite grip (available in split or full), guides placed using the Morton Equal Angle System, and spiral-wrapped guides for casting rods
The walk-the-dog style baits have been my best producers
At the end of this review I'm going to tell you something interesting that would require me to reference 5 areas mentioned in this article
I knew that the last Stella SW to have a brass pinion was the 2001 model (FA) and that Shimano has since moved up to stainless steel in the 2008 reel, so I assumed that something was lost in translation and that it was a hardened stainless steel pinion since the colour of steel changes when it's heat treated