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I own a few, and it is not the most comfortable reel that is for sure, but if you are fishing deep for panfish nothing drops a tungsten faster. That can add up to many more fish when the bite is coming in waves, and every second makes a difference.
Sticking with spinning reels. Superior drags that actually work, always comfortable to use , and there's no way an inline can drop a jig faster than any other type of reel.
It can't free spool faster than I can pull line off an open bail. They will both fall at the maximum allowed speed based on the weight of the jig and the drag of the line. Just because you have an inline reel doesn't mean you have more gravitational advantage.