Sorry Dan J. - not trying to start an arguement, but your information on Pflueger is not entirely accurate. Bass Pro Shops has NEVER owned Pflueger. Pflueger was bought out a long time ago by Shakespeare - which, at the time, was their biggest competitor. Long before the Shimano / Daiwa wars ever started... heck... probably before those companies existed. Pflueger freshwater reels were discontinued shortly thereafter, and the company only built fly-fishing equipment for the longest time. When Shakespeare decided to start building high end baitcasters / spinning reels again, the first of them were built by the factories that BPS owns, and labeled as Pflueger. Pflueger did this for the first year or two, and then all manufacturing of reels after that time were done by Pflueger plants - owned and operated by Pflueger under Shakespeare, allowed to use patents owned by and also used by BPS (their anti-reverse for example). Pflueger / BPS still share a lot of design qualities, and the parts are interchangable on a lot of their reels. But BPS has never owned Pflueger. This was confirmed by me with executives from the company a few years back. I'm on their Pro-staff (Pflueger / Shakespeare), and I wanted to ensure that I got all the facts straight, just in case anyone asked.... which a lot of people routinely do.
All the best,
Glenn