baitcast reels for crappie Lew's Thunder Spincast Fishing Reel, 4.3:1 Gear Ratio, Right or Left-Hand Retrieve, Crappie Thunder Green : Sports & Outdoors Its anodized aluminum spool is corrosion Lew's Custom Lite Shallow Spool

Also you might want to mention that on baitcasting reels there is a braking system that I know for a fact newbies fail to set properly and sometimes its either to tight or loose meaning if to tight casts will be much shorter if to loose backlash will increase to occur the easiest method I found in increasing casting distance with any line diameter is to tie a lure on the end of the line then holding the rod about hip level release the casting bar or button and if tge lure does not fall slowly loosen the tension knob on the reels handle until the reels spool starts moving and the lure starts falling to the ground if the lure falls very fast and drops to the ground and the reels spool keeps turning the tension knob is to loose tighten the knob so that the lure falls but not to fast where when the lure hits the ground the reel spool keeps turning it should stop immediatly if the tension is set correctly if set to loose then again backlash will occur more frequently thats how I learned to set the correct tension resulting in further casts with less backlashes with any line diameter thanks for the info and all you do Thanks Steven

Being a big fan of tossing topwaters for bass, I looked forward to putting them through their paces

With Ardent's new Drag Tracking Technology the levelwind drive gear is locked to the main drive gear while the reel is in fish fighting drag mode, this causes the levelwind to move in concert with the rotation of the spool and keeps the levelwind eyelet aligned with the line position on the spool

This design creates a more connected, powerful feel