Shimano 21 ULTEGRA C2000SHG

[gillchaser999]

My new reel arrived today .
It’s a looker IMO .
I decided to try it out today with a couple of my St. Croix 4-piece Triumph ultralight travel rods .
With my going through a vehicle change , I’m looking into multi piece rods .
I spooled it up with 2# P-line and grabbed a sling bag of hand ties , jigs and flies .
I started out with an older black travel rod setup with a dropshot rig and spider fly . No takers . I switch to a double spider fly rig under a float . Still no takers .
After an hour , I walked back to the Rav4 and swapped rods to a newer model Triumph travel rod and set it up with a 1/80 woolybooger jig on a drop shot rig .
Got back to the bridge and on my second cast , caught a colorful redear .
In the next hour I caught two small gills and a largemouth bass of about 12” that put up a good fight on the travel rod .
The redear actually put up the best fight out of them all .
I like the reel a lot . It’s not as big as I thought it was going to be and like the shallow spool .
The drag seems smooth too .
Is it any better than my Daiwa Legalis 1000 lt ? Not really . The big difference is the shallow spool .
While fishing today I observed what I think is the reason I haven’t been catching any of the big gills lately .
Three guys using worms were keeping everything they were catching. Even though the pond is supposed to be catch and release only .
As I was leaving , one of them with a stringer with a 6” bass passed me on the way back to my vehicle.
I told him about the catch and release and told him of the location of the signs. He just thanked me for letting him know .
Burns me up , how a few can ruin a small pond for everybody , not give a darn or e en worry about getting caught .
Problems is , the town makes rules , but doesn’t enforce them .