Just got back from the local outdoors show and I found some great deals.

Skeet reese rods for 69.00 (picked up 2) I thought that was a very good price, 20.00 less than I had seen anywhere else.

I also saw a Lews baitcaster that seemed like a really nice feeling unit for 80.00 (speedcast 10 or something similar) anyone know much about Lews reels?

I can go back tomorrow and get the reel if I want to but thought I might throw it out here and see what you experts here say about this brand.

Thanks for any inpuit you might be able to give....

Far from an expert, but I have a Lew's TP Speed Spool that has been exceptional. You may want to check out TW or another large online dealer so you can see what the retail price is on the specic reel you were looking at. Just about every review I've read about Lew's has been positive.

ive got some lews reels and yea like norcalbassin said, they are great. you know youve found a great reel company when every single model is super smooth, quiet, tight, great casting, easy to dial in, and just straight handles fish lol but yea look around and see if you can find anymore info on that specific reel and sorry for gettin excited there lol

lews is great! all my reels are lews tournament, or tournament pro

for $80 sounds like you got a Speed Spool, great reel. I would say it is the best reel under $100.

ive got some lews reels and yea like norcalbassin said, they are great. you know youve found a great reel company when every single model is super smooth, quiet, tight, great casting, easy to dial in, and just straight handles fish lol but yea look around and see if you can find anymore info on that specific reel and sorry for gettin excited there lol

I'm glad your local sports show was good this year. I can't say that about the local Kansas City Sports show. This year, and for the past few years it has sucked. This year there was only one or two tackle dealers. I can remember in years past where there were 20+ tackle dealers. There were NO tackle deals at this years sports show. The closest thing to a deal was the one tackle dealer who was there had Megabass jerk baits and the new Rick Clunn jerk baits side by side and he would sell you some for exactly the same price as the Bass Pro catalog. What a deal. No discounts for cash, nothing for buying several, nothing.

This year the show "featured" a guy calling himself "the outboard doc" or something like that. Apparently, from what I heard, should you have a newer Mercury, he knew all about it. Guys who had questions about their older Force engines, or their older Tohatsu engines or in my case a 2002 Yamaha, all got the same answer, which was "I'm not sure, I don't want to give you incorrect advice, you should go to a ( fill in the brand) dealer and ask them."

Sorry about the rant, but I'm pretty steamed about just how pitiful the KC sports show was I couldn't help myself..