Lew's Tournament Pro LFS Speed Spool Baitcast Fishing Reel, Aluminum Frame, Premium 11 Stainless Steel Ball Bearings

Great reel

Excellent reel. Buttery smooth. Use it more my crank baits paired with 7.5 med heavy 6th sense esp. caught a 5 lber no problem

I bought three of them i don't think I need to say anything more

This has been the best baitcaster I have used in years. I was able to take this out of the box, add line, put it on the rod and with very little adjustment have it casting perfectly with no backlash. I tested in the evening in my yard and spent entire next morning casting in the water without a single backlash. It's worth noting that I am familiar with baitcasters but had a bad experience many years ago and gave up on them. I spent good money on one years ago and just could not get it to work for me. It has been a long time since I was throwing a baitcaster. This made my morning on the water exciting. Totally worth the money. I changed baits several times and they all were different weights. I only adjusted the cast control knob and was perfect every cast. I did even start to back off the palm dial brake several clicks to extend my casts and still had no issues. However I wasnt daring enough to go free spool. Love this reel. Would absolutely purchase again. I also bought a Lews mach crush speed spool that I havent tested yet. I hope it performs as well as this one. Although it has a slightly different set up.Update: I purchased another identical reel because I like it so much. Just got finished fishing with it. The first reel I purchased I have 50lb braid on. The second I put 20lb braid on and man does this thing cast well. Super great distance fishing a kvd sexy frog. No backlash for me. I still havent fished the orange crush reel yet. The rod for that arrived but it was broken in two. I added a picture for those asking about size. That's a chatter bait with a 4 inch zako as a trailer.

So far this real is good. Took line like it should, easy to set up. What i like the best is the realing in speed. Had a big lg mouth and it shot straight to me. This real caught up as fast as that guy swam. Good product

So far this reel has been working great. I'm very pleased

This reel looks good, casts on par with most bait casters but with less backlashes. The drag is strong enough to catch any monster that resides in your lake, the grips are slip resistant when wet but I don't find them as comfortable as most of the other reels I have used. That being said they feel like they can really handle the abuse of heavy power fishing or abuse of bank fishing. My favorite part about the reel that makes it outshine any others I have had is the centrifugal braking system that can be adjusted from outside the reel. This feature is GREAT and the reel only backlashes if I do something totally stupid like take the brakes almost totally off and try to really wing something out there on a windy day. I did have a Diawa that I loved back in the day but the brake and drag are better on the Lew's. I would also like to commend Amazon on selling a nice reel at an even better price.

Great reel! Although I would buy the KVD reel next time.