I fish about 25 tournaments mostly smallmouth each year and fish Lake Erie for Steelhead every fall with the Shimano Spirex 2500's and they are great reels
The reel uses a graphite body, anodised aluminium spool and handle, AirBail, Twist Buster and Daiwa Bite and Run freespool control.
Quality comes down to material, construction, weight, and drag system
It has multiple compartments for rods and reels aimed at fly anglers, but theres no reason conventional tackle users couldnt implement it
However, if done properly, the Australian Braid allows you to retain 100 percent of your line strength
Although I felt the rod was a little too strong for the size of arapaima I caught, I felt more secure with this power when facing a 3-meter-long arapaima, which was my target