FROM FLIPPING AND PUNCHING
– AND CASTING AND CRANKING –
SHIMANO METANIUM REELS
AVAILABLE IN THREE SPECIFIC GEAR RATIOS
MSRP: all sizes - $419.99
Built
light for all day fishing comfort, plus with performance features to
effectively fish all types of techniques, Shimano introduces the Metanium
baitcasting reels series – providing North American anglers with one of
Shimano’s lightest casting reels and offered in three different gear ratios.
The new Metanium series includes six reels – the 100/101 (left-hand retrieve)
with a 6.2:1 gear ratio to reel in 26-inches of line per crank; the 100HG and 101HG
reels in 31-inches of line per crank with a 7.4:1 gear ratio; and the 100XG and
101XG with a super fast 8.5:1 gear ratio – ideal for coming tight quick when
flipping or punching by retrieving almost 36-inches of line per crank.
Along with being extremely lightweight
reels (6-ounces total weight for the MET-100, 101, 100HG and 101H – 6.2-ounces
on the 100XG and 101XG), anglers are also introduced to Shimano Micro Module
gear system. “This new gear set makes use of smaller teeth – and more of them –
to provide more contact points between the drive gear and pinion gear,” said
Robby Gant with Shimano’s product development team. “And while anglers
worldwide know our reels are smooth, the Micro Module gear system does take
this smoothness to another level.”
