loudcherokee Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Awesome to know they're taking care of you so quickly. Please let us know how the replacement performs. Im about to drop $80 on the tournament HS. LC Quote
birdseyelespaul Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 I've got a speed spin and I love it. I use it primarily for drop shotting. The drag is as smooth as it can be. I'm really impressed with mine and I will probably be buying a Lews baitcaster soon as well. Quote
Capt.Bob Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 I am a big fan of the Lew's Baitcasters, but when it comes to their spinning reels I have never been a fan, I am quiet sure from the ones I have seen and those that have them Hi Sal's response is the norm. I hate to say it but I thought maybe with this new reel Lew's was going to break into the spinning reel market with competition for the Sahara but I think I saw this coming. I will continue to recamend Shimano to all looking for the best spinning reel in any price range, but when I recamend Baitcaster, it's Lew's all the way and I won't look back with either of those choices. Quote
Super User MarkH024 Posted October 3, 2013 Super User Posted October 3, 2013 UPDATE Ok, so I spooled it up with 8# Abrazx last night and sprayed the line down with KVD L&L. After I got the line on It I was setting the drag and noticed it had a spot the drag would pull hard. It was not smooth at all so I figures maybe it would wear in smoother if not I'd try the drag off the other spool ... I got on the water a little before daylight and at first I wasn't having any luck catching fish with what I had rigged up on that reel so it sat in the boat for the first half of the morning as I caught fish on my other rods... By about 9:30 the winds had picked up and I headed for a spot out of the wind and started throwing a grub at the bank with the Lew's. The dinks were cooperating pretty good and it didn't take long to catch a couple of dozen smallies and a small flathead! Lol. I pretty Much got the goody out of the Lew's reel as it started to freeze up! Once you get the handle to turn it was not so bad but it was hard to get it to start to spin. It was bad enough that if I was getting a bite I couldn't pick up the slack with the reel smoothly. And on an unrelated note the handle I'd now loose. I really wanted to like this reel but my impressions so far are 1 poor drag 2 finish is easily scuffed 3 are they souposed to lock up 4 loose handle 5 this things junk Are you closing the bail by hand and it's still binding up on the initial turn? Quote
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