From Passionable Fishing, our Japanese-language journal.

On my Stella, I cannot tell how securely the drag knob is screwed on simply by feel. It needs care.

“I will just try a cast” is not the way to go.

Off flew the drag knob from my 2018 Stella 2000SHG.

¥10,080!

I had imagined it might be ¥5,000 at the very most. So much for that idea…

My wife: “Shall I order one?”

Me: “If we want to use it, we have no choice…”

The price is the amount recorded in the original 2022 article. The Japanese text calls the reel a 2000SHG; the spool in its photograph is marked C2000SHG.

Originally published on our Japanese-language site, Passionable Fishing, on 14 Jun 2022. Translated for Avantgarde Fishing. These are the author’s personal observations at the time of writing. Product availability and fishing conditions may have changed.
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