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I will break down my dislikes about inlines again.the drags suck,off balance on the handle side,jig still spins in the water,they dont free fall micro jigs worth a crap and still have to strip line off by hand and most are designed where the spool rubs my hand in pencil grip.a cheap shimano sienna 500 is way better.jmo
Take it from a guy who just bought one, they aren't much use if you are bucket sitting when it's cold. You will need to be inside a shack use it when the weather conditions won't ice up line and reel. They are glorified Schooley's in a way. They aren't bad. I bought one to check it out. Caught fish on it, but I would return it for the $40 bucks for other gear if I had to do it over again. Thanks. Used a old Schooley last year in shallow water. Worked well except for winding in was a pain. Hand over handed some fish to bring them in.
You answered it! If an in-line will help "limit" line twist, it should be better than using a "spinning" reel. I went to in-line reels about five years ago and haven't looked back. Here's the bottom line, buy an in-line and find out for yourself if you like it or not. Hell, they're not that expensive and shouldn't break your bank. I think I paid $30 each for mine! If you find you like the spinning reels more, use them for both summer and winter, if you don't just use them on soft water. Either way your really not out much. If you don't like the in-lines, I'm sure someone will give you half of what you spent on them. So you lose $15, you will find out what kind "you" like! And, if your worried about losing $15, you probably can't afford much of the other equipment you spend on the sport.
Not worth the hassle in my opinion. Couldn't bring myself to use one enough to find fishing with it tolerable. Spin will happen with any reel. The inline may help limit line twist but it cant be eliminated
To me it has its place, that being to be able to drop a small light weight jig down "QUICKLY" to feeding fish, as in school of perch. You just ice one, and while you mess with it, the risk is the remaining ones will move on if nothing there to interest them. sure as hell you don't need a healthy drag fishing pan fish.
Pick up a Schooley at a yard sale for a buck this Spring.