Looks like Pro Gear is coming out with new reels

[Aiala]

I like my V40. Here it is working on a 40lb yellowfin.

I always been mystified as to why one would want to fish with what appears to be a truck antenna, but hey, as our French friends say, "Chacun à son goût" (each to his own taste). 

~A~

[Lowprofile]

It's a rod I built out of a solid glass tip section to an extendable rod they make here in Japan. It can take a load and feels like nothing in my hands. I had 12-13lbs of drag on that fish and it felt like a bluegill

[Rancanfish]

Thanks for the schematic.  I have to say the new reel is basically the same in design as the old PG Albacore Special and Classic Series.  That is a good thing. 

Dog and a AR bearing, sweet.  Pretty much ready to fish.

The end plate even looks a lot like my CS625 except for the slight cut out on the new version.