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I just got two of 'em in the mail about a week ago; they are spooled up with 5lb. PowerPro and ready to fight some eyes . Pre-ordered a while back. I think they are an awesome piece of equipment, if they don't work out, I'll pass them on to someone who will use them.$$$ don't really have a lot to do with satisfaction for me, I'm looking for quality and I think these reels have it; for my use situation. I'm sure they are not for everyone.
Its basically just a fancier inline ice reel.The only real benefit i can see is the push button freespool.But you can get that same feature from the 20$ eagle claw inline ice reel.. Thats what made it such a hot reel last year.For the price of one teardrop, i can equip all my jig rods with the eagle claw reel that does the same thing... Your basically paying for its looks..http://www.basspro.com/Eagle-Claw-Inline-Ice-Reel/product/1307221021/
300yrds is 900 feet.. Thats some serious jigging..As for retrieve,again, those fly reel type reels retrieve is boosted significantly with backing..We can just agree to disagree here, but you are getting the same/comparable features out of a 20$ reel that this 120$ reel is offering..