TWing,gimmick or worth it?

[Big Rick]

16 hours ago, WRB said:

When the T wing is engaged in the upright retreive live position the line guide performs like any other line guide and lifting the line out of the guide isn't an issue.

Tom

I don't have an issue with it either. And I own six T-wing reels with multiple types of line and leaders. If anything, it's much more accurate in laying the line on the spool because of the narrow slot. However, it is an issue for some that ride the line on their finger. I actually tested my reels by riding the line on my finger while worm fishing and I did have it ride up into the T and start piling up on one side. That's the only negative I could find with the T-wing system. 

[WRB]

3 hours ago, Big Rick said:

I don't have an issue with it either. And I own six T-wing reels with multiple types of line and leaders. If anything, it's much more accurate in laying the line on the spool because of the narrow slot. However, it is an issue for some that ride the line on their finger. I actually tested my reels by riding the line on my finger while worm fishing and I did have it ride up into the T and start piling up on one side. That's the only negative I could find with the T-wing system. 

I don't have that issue because I run line under my thumb tip and over the index finger tip, so the line never is out of the guide slot. This come for decades of holding reels without level winds using the tumb to run line back and forth, plus it gives more line feedback to keep in contact with lures.

I bought my 1st Tatula R's because of the smooth retreive and had 8:1 ratios in 2012, not because of the T wing. I have zero issues with the 3 Tatula reels now 6 years old. I use both Daiwa and Shimano reels and like them equally.

Tom

[Buffdaddy54]

I read somewhere else that instead of buying the Tatula CT Type R I'd be better off and save money in the process of upgrading Bearings in the Fuego. ???????