Fishing with a beautifully-made spinning reel is as graceful as ballet dancers moving across the stage.

Of course, in this case, the stage could be anything from your uncle's bass pond to an endless stretch of saltwater flats. And the dancer is a honey of a reel called a Stradic. Outfitted with the kind of features that make it a favorite of tournament anglers, it's smooth, silky and irresistibly entrancing to any number of your fine finned friends.

Put one in your collection. And let's dance.*

*Aluminum spare spool also included

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Ever lost a fish because you had just a little too much back play in your reel? We have. And it wasn't pretty.

Perfectionists as they are, engineers at Shimano have very little tolerance for equipment that does not respond to the specific needs of anglers. Enter Symetre. A reel equipped with all the neat features you need to catch fish: Super Stopper II, Dynabalance and Aerowrap®, a two-speed oscillation system that layers the line evenly on the spool to avoid overruns and improve your casting abilities. And don't forget Fightin' Drag II! This great feature allows you to set the drag of your reel to the tension where most of your fishing is done, adjust it while fishing, and return to the original tension when needed.

Good news for you. Bad news for the fish.

*Spare graphite spool included.

For some anglers, nothing tops the challenge of an unfamiliar lake. But the rest of us dream of pulling a trophy-sized redfish out of the Gulf of Florida, then landing a choice brown trout in the California Sierras the very next week.

The Sahara is a reel that can keep pace, no matter where your imagination takes you. Its solid construction and smooth operation are combined with all the cutting-edge features you've come to expect - from Super Stopper II and Fluidrive II to DynaBalance and a metal frame.

So who says fishing your way from one coast to the other has to be a distant fantasy? As long as you've got the Sahara, you'll be ready when the opportunity presents itself.

*Aluminum spare spool included.