Shimano’s Sustain family of premium spinning reels has developed a strong and extremely loyal following over recent years, especially amongst Australia’s keener specialist anglers: both social fishers and regular tournament competitors. The latest upgrade of this reel range for 2025 — the Sustain FK series — consists of four models: a 2500HGF, C3000HGF, 4000XGF and a C5000XGF.
These four superb new spinning reels feature the very same cutting-edge technologies that have been developed for Shimano’s flagship Stella reels, but in a more affordable package aimed at those on slightly tighter budgets, or anglers keen to purchase multiple reels to fill out a comprehensive arsenal capable of covering all light and medium tackle bases: from trout to tuna.
Now with InfinityDrive, InfinityCross, InfinityLoop and that amazingly effective Anti-Twist Fin — plus all the other features and systems you’d expect to find in a truly high-end Shimano spinning reel — these new Sustain FK models offer improved operation at every level, now with an even greater emphasis on long-term performance and durability. Sustain FK reels will continue to provide powerful, super-smooth and whisper-quiet cranking plus long, trouble-free casts season after season, year after year, generation after generation.
While clearly pitched at specialist, technical lure fishing fans, Shimano’s Sustain FKs are also perfectly suited to working all manner of natural baits in salt or freshwater. The new Shimano Sustain FK is clearly something special and precious — it could truly be called “one reel to rule them all”!
