I bought one of the previous gen Caius after a freak accident where I lost a ton of rods/reels in a freak kayak flipping accident. I bought it as a cheap budget reel and constantly found myself using it and thinking that it has absolutely no business being as smooth and casting as far as it did. I had 30 lb braid on it and used it for a mix of fishing a football jig for deeper smallmouth and also throwing a chatterbait/spinnerbait and it launched baits a country mile. The plastic tension knob itself felt really cheap but I found myself using it a lot. Excited to see what this new version fishes like!
I have wrist issues so lighter weight rods and reels help a lot in cutting down the strain, biggest issue is usually lighter reels are 200+ dollars, love my Curado 150MGL’s, but I think the Caius has potential to become my workhorse as its the same weight. Gotta get my hands on a few, thanks for the video🤙
nice! This new one looks great and I've fished with it once since this video. Will be doing a further review once I can test it more. Thanks for watching!
I bought one of the previous gen Caius after a freak accident where I lost a ton of rods/reels in a freak kayak flipping accident. I bought it as a cheap budget reel and constantly found myself using it and thinking that it has absolutely no business being as smooth and casting as far as it did. I had 30 lb braid on it and used it for a mix of fishing a football jig for deeper smallmouth and also throwing a chatterbait/spinnerbait and it launched baits a country mile. The plastic tension knob itself felt really cheap but I found myself using it a lot. Excited to see what this new version fishes like!
That's cool it worked out for you, excited to put this one to the test!
I'm looking forward to getting one! BTW, that is the Caius C, not B.
thanks and thanks for watching!
Looks great!
I have wrist issues so lighter weight rods and reels help a lot in cutting down the strain, biggest issue is usually lighter reels are 200+ dollars, love my Curado 150MGL’s, but I think the Caius has potential to become my workhorse as its the same weight. Gotta get my hands on a few, thanks for the video🤙
Thanks.
First gen Caius was mainly sold as a combo . JDM market it is the Bass Rise ..check out the Bass One Xt it has the old school hat style brake shoes
good to know! Just checked out that Bass One XT on ebay and see alot of similarities to older Shimano reels. Thanks for watching!
I got the gold version caius
nice! This new one looks great and I've fished with it once since this video. Will be doing a further review once I can test it more. Thanks for watching!
You have a red and gold version