VTernovski
Contributor
I got the big Manta Sr Reel (600') to explore things and not worrying baout getting lost in poor viz, but I must say that I am not too excite about the reel.
For one thing, on the way back, when you roll the line in, my hand gets really tired presssing on this spring loaded AFS system. I found this to be really annoying and had to switch hands. If I don't press on it, I can still roll th eline in, but it snaps and makes it much harder to do so, so I had no choice by press down on the springs... brrrr...
Also, I was looking for my buddy who was behind, and inadvetrantly made a 360 degree turn while kept on rolling the line in... needless to say, I jammed the reel this way... the got jammed so bad, that I had to cut it. Luckily I was already near my return destination, and I know it was partially my fault to jam it this way, but nevertheless... it found the reel very easy to jam...
If I had to do it all over again I would probably pay a lottle more and get a Halcyon reel.
For one thing, on the way back, when you roll the line in, my hand gets really tired presssing on this spring loaded AFS system. I found this to be really annoying and had to switch hands. If I don't press on it, I can still roll th eline in, but it snaps and makes it much harder to do so, so I had no choice by press down on the springs... brrrr...
Also, I was looking for my buddy who was behind, and inadvetrantly made a 360 degree turn while kept on rolling the line in... needless to say, I jammed the reel this way... the got jammed so bad, that I had to cut it. Luckily I was already near my return destination, and I know it was partially my fault to jam it this way, but nevertheless... it found the reel very easy to jam...
If I had to do it all over again I would probably pay a lottle more and get a Halcyon reel.