New reel?

[rustyb]

Originally Posted by Seeing Spots

Mettle all the way... that's all I buy now...I do not rinse them because i have found the water gets in and freezes the bearing that is on the handle.. these are easy to pull apart and clean... I spray them with reel majic after trips... the main problem that you will have is the bearing on the handle..I use to buy expensive reels but cost 20 bucks to have them cleaned so I figure I would just by a new one and keep the old one for parts...They cast just as good as any other reel beside my supercaster but the supercaster didn't hold up at all.

I agree it cast better than anything. I pull apart spray it well with reel magic and so far so good. 29.95 is just crazy cheap.