SHIMANO Sienna Spinning Fishing Reel

I own 3 Siennas (500, 2000, and a last gen 2500) and I can say for certain - this is all the money you have to spend to get a quality spinning reel. I own more expensive reels, but the Sienna is a great bargain and is as smooth as reels twice the price.I used my previous gen 2500 Sienna for the better half of 10-years on a 6’6” Lightning Rod as an all around bass setup. I accidentally slipped and fell, landing on the reel and warped the bail pretty badly and haven’t gotten around to fixing it unfortunately.My 500 is on a 4’6” ultralight Ugly Stik and is my sole ultralight setup for creek fishing with 1/32-1/16oz jigs for sunfish, rock bass, and whatever else will bite. I’ve caught some pretty nice Smallmouth on it as well and it performs flawlessly. It is a perfect color match for the Ugly Stik too.My one gripe with Shimano is that they do not offer a 2000 size for many of their models. Because of that, I use a Daiwa Regal as my main river/creek Smallmouth setup. I want a reel I can carry and cast all day long, and the 2000 size seems to fits me best - with the 1000s not having enough line capacity and the 2500s being a bit too bulky/heavy. When I saw that this new gen with the black and red color combination had a 2000-size, I purchased one just to keep as a backup (I still prefer my Daiwa Regal over it, but it’s twice the price). I’ve not gotten a lot of time with it but I’m sure it’ll work as well as the others - just need to find a good medium-light rod to pair it with.

I have these reels in a few sizes and they all work well, are smooth to reel and have smooth drags. Easy to take apart to maintain. It would be a hard sell to upgrade from these to a.ore expensive model. I'd rather save in the reel and have a higher quality rod.

I bought a few of these to replace worn out Penn reels for which parts are not readily available. These are very smooth and I like the anti-reverse spools (I assume some type of Sprague clutch is used.) The drags are not perfectly smooth but are totally acceptable at this price point.

Light weight, well balanced, functions flawlessly, and priced fairly. I’d buy again.

Exactly what was expected! Great quality!

Great reel, as expected from Shimano. Super smooth cast and retrieve. Excellent for mid sized fish. Not a pure saltwater reel but good enough for brackish inlets. Just make sure to freshwater rinse every time you take it out. If you use braid line, take the spool off and drop it in a bucket of freshwater over night. Braid line will hold saltwater. Mono you can rinse off. I’ve seen many used saltwater reels. The spools are usually crusted up. So do yourself a favor. Rinse it off before you stow it away.

I saltwater fish with my son and other kids often. We wade fish, that means sometimes the kids dunk the reel on accident, big wave comes. And that’s okay. These reels are light, easy to maintain and if you clean well after being accidentally dunked in saltwater you’ll get years of use out of them.

This is a great reel for the price point. Just finished coming back from camping using this reel w/a med action Shimano FX 6ft rod. Caught my trout limit by 11 on day 1 and by 1130 on day 2. Very smooth, long casting reel, w/anti reverse. Buy it!