At the time I performed the above mentioned contest didn't have any concrete distances to give anybody about the effects that "SUPER TUNING" has on a reel so I took a brand new Shimano Curado off the shelf and put it on a Loomis MBR 783C GL3 ( a 6'6" fairly stiff tipped rod for ¼ to ¾ oz. lures) and spooled it with 12 LB Trilene XL then put a 1/4 oz casting plug on it and took it in the lot to test it. Please note that I used the GL3 because its stiff tip is not going to "launch" the casting plug the way a softer tip rod would. I wanted the rod to have minimal impact on the results and a GL3 loaded at its minimum rating wont give the reel a lot of help in casting.

I cast each combination you will read about here over 30 times and then we averaged the distances and recorded the longest cast at each stage. New out of the box the Curado cast an average of 124 ft. With a long cast of 130 ft. Then I tore the reel down and thoroughly cleaned it, flushed the bearings and re-lubed them. (if you haven't noticed Shimano puts a LOT of grease in their reels this is for preservation purposes but it can hinder casting when it gets in the wrong place). After the cleaning we tested the Curado again, the average cast distance went to 135 feet with a long cast of 138 feet, that is an 11 foot difference just from cleaning a brand new reel!! Then I went and "SUPER TUNED" the Curado! The average distance went to 148 feet!! With a long cast of 153 feet! Wow! That's 50 yards + with a 1/4 oz weight! Super Tuning works!

I will give you the results of one more contest I performed on what are now my absolute favorite reels in the world, the Shimano Calcutta 200/250 series baitcasting reels! These are the only reels I know of that will out distance a Curado when "SUPER TUNED". I used a Calcutta 251 for this test spooling it with 12lb Pline Xtra strong and put it on a G.Loomis GL2 MBR783C rod (6'6" even stiffer tipped than a GL3) with the same ¼ oz casting plug. These Calcutta 200 series reels are amazing! Prior to the "SUPER TUNE" new out of the box the Calcutta 251's average cast distance was 128 feet with a long cast of 137 feet. After the "SUPER TUNE" my average cast distance went to 154 feet with a long cast of 163 feet! WOW again! These long casts are due to the inertia factor again as the Calcutta 200 series spools weight 39.05 grams full of line, the heaviest so far of all of the reels I have tested. SEE NOTE in conclusion about ABU GARCIA reels and their spool mass.

I wanted to see how one of these Calcutta's would throw on a rod that did give the reel a little help so I "SUPER TUNED" a Calcutta 250 and put it on a Loomis IM6 722c (6') rod with a ¼ oz casting plug and 12LB Stren. With this moderate action rod I had a long cast that pulled 168 feet of line off the spool. Can you say unbelievable! I almost didn't put that in this write up as I figured many would think I am lying, but its true."SUPER TUNING" works by greatly reducing unwanted friction letting a reel cast to its fullest potential! Let me give you an interesting chart to look at with the data I have collected concerning spool weights, it will help explain some of the long casts we are talking about here!