Go baitcaster and you'll be investing In years of fishing. Only flaw with the revo Sx is the spinning version is just utter garbage don't buy that. so y'all think what ya want, but 10/10 recommend this reel I'm usually harsh on reviews to. My two oldest don't even have much paint left on em. I've never had a issue with them they act brand new. Hopefully they address this problem whenever they make the REVO gen 5.Ĭomments: I own 5 of these I've had 2 since 2015.

The switch either needs to be moved to the front or not stick up as much. It has happened to me twice and fortunately it feel into the kayak and not the water. I'm a kayak angler and the rod holders on most yak crates can flip that switch and your side plate will fall off. If I fish a spook all day I will have a blister on my hand from that switch. Abu Garcia should have put it on the front of the reel instead of the back. I only have one complaint and that is the side plate switch. If it aint broke don't fix it !!!Ĭomments: This reel is my go to topwater reel. I guess this new design was cheaper to make. I don't recommend this reel and will no longer be buying Abu Garcia because of this crappy reel. I have tried clicking in or out individual brakes and I cant seem to get it perfect. It either wont cast but 30 feet or it backlashes really bad. The gen 4 has a different braking system on it and I can't find the sweet spot. I am now on the shimano teamĬomments: I have been an Abu Garcia fan for 30 years but I don't recommend this reel. Really hope abu steps up their game in the future. Castability sucks, just doest feel comfortable. Been an abu guy my entire life but the gen 4 is terrible. This has proven valuable in my testing because as you know, bass will spit a bait in a hurry especially when you’re finesse fishing in tough conditions.Comments: Took me a while to figure this reel out but if you turn all the magnets in then adjust your spool tension knob so that your bait is barely falling it will cast farther than a country mile!! Seriously, it castes farther than my $250 Tatula elite designed for long casting now lol.Ĭomments: Abu kinda fell off. No matter how much line I have out or which direction the bass is swimming, I’m able to quickly retrieve all of my slack and execute a fast hookset. I do a lot of dragging when using a spinning reelâshaky heads, lightweight Texas rigs and even finesse Carolina rigsâand it’s hard to believe how easy it has made the hookset process. The speed at which this reel eats up line is remarkable, to be honest. It’s totally comfortable and natural regardless of your preferred technique. Its compact, bent carbon handle makes the retrieve process no different than other Abu Garcia spinning reels. I was afraid that this reel would have some sort of extra-long handle to help with the high-speed mantra, but fortunately that isn’t the case.

I can comfortably say that the Abu Garcia REVO Rocket Spinning Reel makes both of those issues a complete afterthought.

Aside from common line management issues, low gear ratios have been my most common complaint with spinning reels in general. The way I see it, I can always slow down but I can only speed up as much as a reel will let me.

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