KastKing Zephyr Bait Finesse Baitcasting Reel, Carbon Fiber Fishing Reel - Drag Clicker Version, 7.2:1 Gear Ratio Fishing Reel - 5.6oz Lightweight Bait Finesse System Freshwater Saltwater Casting Reel

Nice cheap bfs reel

Let me just say this first I have never been a big bait caster typ of guy but this one I absolutely love! First off it is super light weight you can definitely tell it’s carbon fiber. As well as smooth with casting and once set up right no backlash occurrence. But the thing that sold me was I was fishing for bass in my local river and ended up hooking a big fish after about 6 minutes fighting this fish I finally landed a 10lb channel catfish and the reel performed flawlessly the drag didn’t stutter it was smooth and the reel stayed consistent the entire fight! I highly recommend this reel to anyone looking to get into some light weight fishing it performs when you need it to!!

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Item is severely over-priced. You can do much better buying a $50 dollar reel than this one. Had issues with the adjustments such as the tensioner and the magnetic bearings.

I'm a crappie fisherman who got into bait casting last year and bought a couple higher end combo's. Wasn't very impressed with them but bumped into the idea of using a BFS caster for crappie. I have several ultra light setups but the idea of not having to flip a bail and smoothing out the process appealed to me. So the KastKing BFS immediately comes up with it's attractive price and reputation. I decided to take a chance for science. Right out of the box it feels lightweight, grips are /meh and it's obviously not high precision equipment. But the more I looked at it the happier I was with it. I paired it with a Carbonlite 2.0, 6 lbs mono just to keep it close to what I normally use for comparisons. Felt great in my hand. Threw on a casting plug and went to the yard. Very easy to dial in, I slowly started getting used to it and increasing distance. Within about 10 minutes I was matching some of my longer casts records across the yard. Decided to give it a really hard throw - it cleared my yard, the neighbors yard the cleared the top of the far tree (2 stories) for a new casting record. Yeah, it'll do. Spent all day at the lake with it, typical bait caster issues like don't cast into heavy wind or dang if I didn't hit a tree and caused some backlash. But they all cleared out easily and I'm pretty excited using it. I swapped out to some really light jigs and reached really good cast distances. Very happy with the setup. For science I decided to swap out default bearings with the bearing kit from eBay (ceramics). I've only did yard casts but it's an obvious upgrade in casting distance and has added a good chunk of yards to the throws. So my take after several hours of testing is that this reel earned its rep. Adding ceramic bearings will increase the cost of the reel by $25 or so (more if you don't have the tool) but it didn't need them for my purposes. I can't speak to the reels longevity, but I think it'll last as long as most and is less than half the cost. If you're interested in BFS this is a good entry point.