Gear ratio is proportional to inches per turn. So lower ratios will stay in the strike zone longer; higher ratios are obviously faster, so you'll want that for plastics, topwaters, anything where you need to reel in slack line very quickly. Kind of like a car, lower gears will have more power, so high resistance baits, like swimbaits or crankbaits call for a lower ratio.
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