Awesome ! Can't go wrong with a St.Croix rod either, and definetly go for smoothness, thats one of things I look for in any reel I'm looking at purchasing, especially spinning reels. My Shimano Sedona 1500 (spinning) is soo smooth, love ultra-lighting with it all the time. Although personally I would've went after the Citica (since I'm a shimano freak), you can't go wrong with a Quantum, you made a good choice regardless, and was probably cheaper no ? I remember Quantum had the sweetest spinning reels back in the day, forgot the model# I had, but it was comparable to the Shimano reels of the day.. was such a sweet reel, not exactly sure what I did with it :wink: