Why you check out those cheap reels....

[Bill B]

For me it comes down to parts availability.   Something will fail, it will happen,  but can you get the parts to fix it?  With a Penn, I know I can get the parts or at least get it to the factory to get it fixed.  Otherwise it is just another throwaway reel.   

[boon]

It seems that the fly rod market is a whole different animal in the world of fishing tackle.  The high-end models have past $1,000 now. That comes out to about $250 per ounce.  Less than the price of gold but more than silver. Does anybody think that a $1,000 fly rod performs twice as well as a $500 fly rod?  Is it twice as durable?  Twice as pretty?  It's irrational and fickle.

Of course not. It's the world of diminishing gains. A $1000 reel might be 10% better than a $500 model. Comes down to whether you care about that 10%. From experience though, once you've had that 10%, it's hard to go back.

[boon]

What the heck, that entire video is AI generated slop and makes no sense. Half the images in it are like some sort of fever dream of a reel engineer who got drunk and crashed their car on the way home.

[Gfish]

What the heck, that entire video is AI generated slop and makes no sense. Half the images in it are like some sort of fever dream of a reel engineer who got drunk and crashed their car on the way home.

🤪😂. True dat!

[MolBasser]

What the heck, that entire video is AI generated slop and makes no sense. Half the images in it are like some sort of fever dream of a reel engineer who got drunk and crashed their car on the way home.

lol. That's what I thought but couldn't think of a way to express it.