I found the cast control system to be easy to tune and remarkably useful, especially as I got into the lower lure weight ranges, and even with hard-pulling drag smashers (I inadvertently tangled with a 10-pound blue cat while testing the reel), it never stuttered or slipped inappropriately
It scores 74 out of 100
Great lures but stupidly expensive unfortunately so worth reserving for snag-free spots
The one issue I have with the Young is that the design is based on a true centrepin, where the spool bears on the very tip of the pin
And one with a brown trout stained in English Chestnut Colorado artist Cody Richardson, whose license plate silhouettes of a variety of fish species are exquisite, also makes custom rod racks with place-specific and fish-specific art
The 100 sized Calcutta has a relatively small spool so I initially fished it spooled with braided line with a fluorocarbon leader, but that eventually gave way to just straight up fluorocarbon - 10 Seaguar Tatsu fluorocarbon to be exact