Here is my take on the new reel. I used it on Saturday to boat several common's. Then it started to seize up on me. I would shoot and the reel handles just would not budge. I would have to take the front cap off and the pick up pins would be down inside the housing. So I would have to take my knife and pry them out, then after a couple of shots it would do it again. When I got home I remembered what Robow7 had said about taking the pins out. And sure enough the pins are just stuck in. So I took my pliers out and pulled them all the way out and put a drop of Krazy glue on each and put them back in. Hopefull that will help. Other than that I think it should be a good reel. Holds a ton of line. If you used 150# or 80# would even hold a lot more.