Not up to the job,
November 3, 2011 D. Jones (Crescent City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Quantum Fishing Optix Spin Fishing Reel (Sports)
I bought the 40 size reel to fish for salmon with 15 pound line. After three salmon, the reel is toast. It should have lasted longer than that.
The first salmon was about 20 pounds. Everything went fine. The next two salmon were much bigger. (They both got away, but it wasn't the reel's fault.) The reel started to skip and grind a little during the second battle. The problem was got much worse during the third. After that, the reel is unusable.
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August 31, 2011 Tom (Portland Area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quantum Fishing Optix Spin Fishing Reel (Sports)
I bought this in Size 10 to use 4# line on my light rod. I don't have any experience bringing in a fish with it yet but it casts and retrieves lures very well.
Although I'm not going to return it there is one feature I really don't like (hence the 3 stars). I expected when the bail lock is on that the bail would stop in the casting position like my other open-face spinning reels. It does not. Wherever you stop cranking is where it stops. That means when I use it locked I have to watch carefully where I stop it to position for the next cast. If I'd realized this I wouldn't have bought it.
Still, it's a nice little reel that should be good for many years.
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