Quote Originally Posted by DW72 View Post
Indeed. Mine are also the Magda Pros I should have said. As they fail more often I will definitely spend more for better reels. On 2 of them the handles will spin backwards out of nowhere in "free spool". I can deal with the occasional issue since they are cheap but it isn't as easy when I am hosting less experienced friends and family.
the Daiwa sealine sg lc3b reels have been great for me. the only problem I have encountered so far is the counters get stuck on the half count and doesn't count. but this doesn't happen often. just make sure the counter is zeroed out before letting the line out. I highly recommend them and I use the sg17lc3b for walleye fishing on Erie. I like to run 3 lite bite slide divers off each side to help new people from setting the wrong rod out on the wrong side of the boat. I just replaced the 3 sg17lca reels last year and I replaced them with the 203 cold water reels. I got 4 so I would have a spare. but when I started rigging them 1 wouldn't work at all. but I returned it with a copy of the receipt in an email and they repaired it at no cost except for shipping cost. these are very smooth reels with smooth drags. so far I like using these better than the Daiwa reels but i really haven't used them long enough to see how they stand up. but for now, I really like using the cold water reels very much. each of these reels cost a little over 100.00 each. if you need a better reel for less money the Daiwa accudepth plus or the Okuma convector reels have been good to me.