Tim, I can see you really enjoying the 500 size Soare. I am mostly a Daiwa only man but they don’t really make a quality size 500 so I bought the Shimano Soare XR for small trout streams. It is a good quality reel that would be comparable in size to the smaller reels you like. Here are a few pics of it in action.
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