Before I start the story........be aware that I fish with my wife regularly, so I need to buy 2 of everything.
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When I saw the Walmart clearance deals.........I originally bought 2 Solstace reels and 2 rolls of 20# 832. (to get free shipping)
Then I decided I wanted some Sedonas, so I ordered 2 of them as well.
So I thought, what the hell......let see if the Mitchells are any good. So I ordered 2 of them and 2 more rolls of 20# 832 (to get free shipping)
Then the Solstace reels arrived. I tried them and thought....WOW!!! These are fantastic reels and only $15.00 ............I should have bought more! Damn it!!!
Then the Sedonas and Mitchells arrived. I was so impressed with the Solstace reels for $15............ I thought why should I keep the $40 Sedona's??
As for the Mitchell reels ......they were not what was advertised so they are definately going back. --Rear drag and not smooth enough for me.
So I kept an eye on the Walmart site, and luckily saw they changed the Solstace reels from "out of stock" back to "In Stock"!!!! Needless to say..... I quickly ordered 4 more Solstace reels. (and notified this board with an update that they were available again--- buy buy buy)
Now I have 10 reels sitting here and I have to decide what I'm keeping and what's going back.....
I think to myself......Let's see how the Sedona's compare to the Solstace reels. Fortunately.......one of the Sedona packages was open enough I could get the reel out. Great!
Where's the handle???? WTF??? There's no handle!!!
So I figure I'm taking the Sedonas back. ......Oh Wait!!!! Let me see if the handles are the same between the Sedona and the Solstace
Fantastic......they are the same! Let's try it.
Wow, this Sedona is feels really nice. ......Hmmm is it worth $40 for me to keep it? Well.....I'm not gonna find a nicer reel for $40, so let's keep it. I'll just return the Solstace package that I took the handle from.
Funny enough.....My neighbour happened to come by and see all my reels and he wanted one of the Mitchells that I'm going to return, so he got in on the action too.
Bottom line......I managed to put reels on all my rods that needed reels. I'm keeping a total of 5 Solstace and 2 Sedonas.
Thanks Walmart!!!
Here's 6 of the the soldiers. (The 7th soldier is waiting patiently for a new light/moderate I have ordered from Amazon)
