I been purchasing different bait caster reels looking at some of the magnetic adjustable brakes. I did notice we just don't get away from our educated thumb with the $100 price range reels. My question is are there any reels where we don't use a combination of the friction knob, the adjustable magnetic brake and our thumb we the emergency brake?

I just don't understand why there not using a 150 year old speed governor design?

I think the governor design can be applied on the slow down rather than the over speed it's designed for. The brake shoes can be on the spool to retract on casting yet

apply force on the slow down.

Is there anything being offered today like this?

All my reels that I have at that price range are tuned to where they don't backlash. I get great distance out of my pro max and I don't even have to thumb the spool.

From what I've seen/heard watching fishing videos, many of the pros are using the thumb technique and they're fishing reels far and above that $100 price range....  I think you start doing it and you never really get away from the habit of it.

Ok I understand what your saying. I'm asking is there a more expensive reel that needs no thumb braking at all that uses a governor type brake system?

I searched this and found many patents on this I'm going though them right now. Bill

The closest you're going to come to such technology today is the Shimano DC platform.