baitcasting reel and rod combo ProFISHiency Retro Baitcast The Royale Legend Pro Baitcasting Reel’s Auto One Bass Fishing Rod and

The inclusion of brass side plates and a strengthened, more robust spindle makes this a super tough reel as well.

On paper, you might look at the 72 medium-heavy/fast rod and think it would be too light for fighting big fish out of dense cover, but as soon as I put my hands on it and gave it the old rod-tip-against-the-carpet test to see how it would bend, I was surprised to see how beefy it was

After I spooled this reel, I headed to a calm pocket and put my Power-Poles down so I could spend some time tuning it and getting everything set up properly

But it had what I considered to be a very weak spring in the spool release mechanism