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I have found the Gander Mountain brand ice reels are extremely reliable with a very smooth drag. Just last week I brought home over 100 perch using only that reel with 2# line. A lot of the perch were hogs and got my drag screaming but it never snapped my 2# line once.As for the famous Tica reel everyone loves, I found the drag on that is very sub par for pan fishing. It isn't smooth enough to use with anything less than 4# line IMO.