With out question the Tica Caiman CA is the smoothest, most precise casting round reel on the market today. Unfortunately they only make the left-hander in the larger 201 size. If they had left-hand versions in their smaller 100-150 sizes, this is what I would use for all my freshwater big-bait fishing. The CA201 is a large, heavy reel (12.2 oz.) and has limited freshwater use. I occasionally use this reel for casting the largest swimbaits on a custom Calstar 800L, but use it mostly for stripers, yellowtail and white seabass. I use the smaller(10.9oz.)Millionaire as my 20# reel for general freshwater and small to medium swimbaits. This is also a nice reel for inshore bay bass and halibut. This reel matches up well with most med-hvy to hvy freshwater rods, but not so with heavy swimbait rods. For most of my large swimbait fishing I use the Calcutta TE401 on a custom Loomis BB965. The Tica and Calcutta are similar in weight and line capacity, but the Calcutta isn't as wide and balances better on most heavy freshwater rods, although the 300 would be better if they made a left-hand version. All three reels have similar gear ratios, line capacity and drags. The big difference is in price and bearings. The Tica $100-13b.b, Millionaire $200-7b.b. and the Calcutta $350-5b.b. The Calcutta has a nice drag, but way over priced for a 5 bearing reel. The Tica is the smoothest casting and best priced reel and the Millionaire is about in the middle, but they all have there ideal applications. It just depends on there intended use. If I had to rate them over-all, it would be 1) Tica 2) Millionaire 3) Calcutta.