shimano sahara
2000 spinning reel
Bass Fishing Reels
Manufacturer: shimano sahara
Model: 2000 spinning reel
Category: Bass Fishing Reels
Purchase: I did not succeed at acquiring the reel. You might say I fished for it but did not catch it. A friend had informed me he fished with Shimano Sahara 2000 reel that he had borrowed for a day and that it was the best reel he ever used. I was impressed. He has been fishing for about 40 years, and never once had I heard him praise a reel. I would get me one, I thought, idiomatically. At the best price, of course. And so I approached e-bay with caution. I found a steady stream of Shimano 2000s on the block but most petered out at about $35, plus $5 or more postage, which seemed to close to the $59 I could spend at a local Cabelas. So I waited for a better bite. Finally , one turned up. The clock was running out and the price seemed stuck at $20. Had buyers all finally got theirs? But by then I had learned you have not won the auction until the final second rolls down. So I waited. And waited. Half a minute to run, I hurriedly bid a buck more. I became the top bidder! I had my Shimano! My friend will be eating his heart out! But wait, I didn't. Another bid slipped in behind mine. Too late for me. Then another, and another bid won out, one after the other. Yikes! They must have used stop watches. Was it fun, like fishing? Yes and no. Fin if you win, I'm sure, but a feeling of defeat if you lose. Yet you don't want to get carried away and win by bidding more than you thought you should have--which would be just another kind of defeat. Anyhow, fisherman know fishing can be fun and frustrating at once. Anybody got a like-new Shimano they're throwing away?
Likes: My friend convinced me it worked like magic.
Dislikes: I did not find one at the local Walmart, and until I visit Cabelas (50 miles down the road), I won't know what it feels like. However, fishing involves imagination about what could have been, and about the one that got away.
Quality: E-bay's photos of the unit all look the same, and impressive. Maybe bigger than most similar reels, but sporting a gold underside rear end that probably glistens in the sunlight.
Summary: Don't rub it in. So the biggest reel I would ecver have owned got away. But there is always a next time. I'll hit on E-bay again, do't you worry. Look, fishermen don't give up that easily. My friend always maintained you can catch fish with string and a bamboo pole and the right bait, if you know what you're doing, and he apparently knows because he does catch the fish, from New York Salmon to Pennsylvania's trout, bass, walleyes and all, and occasionally the Chesapeake Bay's variety. So when he says the Shimano Sahara is something, it must be something. Fishermen lie, of course, but not about basics like a reel that doesn't tangle up on you.
Rating: 5
Author: Nick Sivulich
Date: 2004-02-10
Usefulness Rating: 3.28571 out of 5.
14 reader(s) voted.
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