I picked up a few of the 200D series recently and I've been fishing them quite a bit. Figured I would offer a mini review for anyone considering the purchase.

Pros:

Gears: The gearing on the reel is basically incredible. When you're reeling in your lure it feels like the lure isn't even there. You can crank and crank and crank all day with this thing and it doesn't wear you out at all.

Smoothness: Overall the reel is extremely smooth. No flex in the parts or wobble to anything.

Retrieve Ratio: The 7:1 retrieve ratio is epic. I see no reason to get the 5:1 model unless you really need a reel with a slow gearing to keep you from retrieving too fast. You can crank a Manns 30+ on the 7:1 no problem, seriously.

Drag: A vast improvement over the old Curado. Smooth even set close to the breaking point of 25lb test.

Cons:

Oversize Sideplate: One thing I can't get used to on this reel is the oversized side plate. This probably affects people differently depending on how they grip their reel. For me, I have my hand wrapped almost completely around my reel when I've retrieving and the large sideplate makes it hard for me to control the reel like I like to. I tried to rip with this reel and it was killing me to be honest. I'm curious what other people's experience has been with this issue because I don't know if how I'm holding the reel is unorthodox or what.

Feel: A strange thing I noticed with the reel was that because it is so smooth you lose some feel that you would otherwise get through the reel. I noticed this pitching weightless senkos especially. When I fish a senko on a slack line I always pick up the slack in the line carefully in case a fish has the bait then I can pause a second and swing. It's kind of hard to explain but basically I found myself worrying about whether a fish might have my bait and I wouldn't notice because I was picking up the slack using the reel and not feeling it. Maybe the best way to describe it would be to compare if you closed your eyes and retrieved a senko then closed your eyes and retrieved just your line with nothing at the end. With this reel it would feel virtually the same. Can a reel be too smooth lol? I don't know but its something I'm getting used to.