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[ReelMaster]

Does anyone have any experience with Abu Garcia's Silver Max reel? If so would you share you thoughts about it.

Thanks

[lmoore]

Pretty nice reel for the price.  Haven't had the chance to use it for a full season, so I can't comment on the durability, but it seems to be a pretty smooth reel and is well constructed (once again, for the price).

[NCLifetimer]

For the price its a good reel. If I wanted another 60 dollar reel I'd by that one. Been using it for about 3 years, it makes some noise on the cast but still works well.

I would consider bumping your budget up to 100 and looking at a low level lews or a Basspro Pro Qualifier. The PQ is 100 bucks and for the price i can't image a better reel for the price.

[bassmanET]

I have both the silver max & the pro qualifier reels. Bought the silver max as my first bait caster & so,far like it. It is kinda noisey but, does perform well. Then bought the PQ as my crankin' reel & noticed the difference between the two right away. PQ was much smoother reel. BPS is have their spring classic sale soon, which is when I bought my PQ. It was on sale for $79 & I did the reel trade-in & got it $49 or $59! Check out the sale its definitely worth it, you can trade-in any reel as long as it works. Good luck & tight lines!