Thread: Well, one new toy got here safe and sound

I almost got an Ultegra when I bought my Vanford. I held them both and just by hand, to me, there was not a lot of difference. My Vanford quickly became go to reel and has spent time on a lot of my rods, but every time I saw the Ultegras in the case I would want to buy one. While rod shopping on Digitaka I noticed the Ultegras had a much better price then I had ever seen here at a retailer so I pulled the trigger on this 2000 size. I was surprised when it came out of the box in a darker color than I has seen it at Bass Pro. They were more of a light blue, maybe a year model change, either way, I like this color more. I never thought I would order a JDM reel to save money but here we are. I do have one question though. How do you know which reels are going to have shallow spools? I ordered a Legalis and a Sahara from Digitaka last year and the Daiwa had the same deep spool as we get here but the Shimmano has a shallow spool. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other, just a curiosity.