I'm not a hudge Whorvis fan, but I bought a Battenkill Mid Arbor IV for my wife for steelhead fishing for a valentines day gift a few years ago and honestly it's a pretty damn good reel for the price. Anyway, the deal of the month for January is a free extra spool for the Battenkill and Battenkill Mid Arbor reel. I got her the extra spool for hers so she could run both a shooting head on one and a indicator rig set up on the other and so far it's been a very dependable reel. Anyway, I just thought I would toss this out there in case anyone is interested. The Battenkill MA IV is $149 on orvis.com