avet raptor reel JX 2-Speed Lever Drag Reels I would load it 40lb braid and a topshot or straight 50lb Avet Raptor Plus MC 3

It retrieves well

If and when they bite your line, you want to land them, wearing them out enough they leave your trout alone and go somewhere else

Its not just how they feel the first time you use them because most reels are pretty impressive at that point, but rather how they function after banging through big waves, falling on the deck of a boat, and muscling in a bunch of big fish

Our practice is a collaborative of the Tampa Bay area's leading chiropractors and surgeons

After years of slinging a spinning reel for striped bass, speckled trout and redfish, the first time I used a baitcasting reel for saltwater, I switched allegiance and never looked back