BradH
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Currently, Bulk spools of Berkley Big Game braid from WM.
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Unless your original bearings are worn out, just cleaning them and adding a single drop of low viscosity oil is the biggest improvement. The original spool bearings in a Lew's reel will be very good. Quite likely, as good or better than anything they'd be replaced by.
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On paper, yes.
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My biggest gripe. The drag. If fishing treble hooked baits, it's fine, although I'd still put a carbon drag washer in it. For something with a big, single hook, like a jig, Texas rig, or a spinnerbait, I'd like more drag.
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6 something, around 26 to 28 IPT. With some of the casting reels getting smaller, I tend to look at IPT more than I used to. Handle length is also a factor. I can handle more IPT with a longer handle.
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In one of the lakes I fish, rainbow trout are one of the primary prey species for the larger predators. Pink & white spinnerbaits have been effective there. I might also consider using them in pressured water where a chartreuse & white spinnerbait isn't working.
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I did the drag washers on the Gen3 LFS, which by the way, are the same as the Gen2, in case you were looking for some. While there was slight improvement, it's still very underwhelming in the drag department.
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Several. Big, deep diving crankbaits and big spinnerbaits. I use a Curado E5 for the big, deep diving crankbats. The single disk drag is fine for treble hooked baits. For big spinnerbaits I like more drag washers. A first gen Revo S with a set of winch gears and a toro handle.
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I have one. I'm not crazy about the drag. Other than that, it's fine. It's a single disk, white nylon washer. I should swap it for a carbon washer and see how that works.
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No. If I upgrade, I either keep the old as a backup, or I give it to a kid.
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I bought 2 HMX rods last year. If you stay off the internet, they are great.
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For me, it's usually oil getting into the drag or the wrong grease. I buy used reels frequently, 99% of the time, it's oil in the drag.
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If I needed another reel in that price range I'd get the Daiwa, or a Shimano SLX. That said, my local WM had an Abu Garcia Revo X on clearance for $61. I bought it.
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It has not.
