Oh man! You're taking me back to childhood fishing memories! I had a Cardinal for a looong time. It was my first real (no pun intended) fishing reel. great reel. Bail spring eventually broke and then I got my first Shimano, with - you guessed it - the "no-fail bail".

Wife recently bought me a Daiwa Laguna. She's a good woman.

It's funny. When I was a kid, I had nothing but time to kill and fished tons, with a crappy rod and reel and a handful of lures. Now I have expensive gear, tons of lures and no time to fish. I think I went once last season. Sad days...

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Chris
2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon