dude my vintage abu garcia and shimano rods-n- reels arent going anywhere. you can tell the difference between old vs new
my og curados and stradics are 100 times better than anything they got now. all new reels look the same to me, just different stickers. unfortunately shimano has stopped making parts for them as we tried to have my dads stradic sent in for repairs but they told him they dont stock anything for them.
i used to have a abu garcia morrum, the original silver one......until my brother thought it was a good idea to use it snagging those 60lb plus grass carp while i was in iraq....luckily he did not also break the 400 dollar g-loomis gtx rod it was on....