1 speed vs 2 speed reel

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by stairman

the tackle stores that do reel repairs love for you to be taking your two speed reels with all those nice seawater collection devices...I mean bearings out through the surf ....I had a sx avet that had bearings seize after just five or six trips but have 30 year old jig masters that take a licking and keep on ticking that has been on forty or fifty trips with no work other than a good hosing off.
I have not taken any "good" reels on the yak since.A well lubed and drag washered 500 high speed in the "jr" size will kill almost any thing at lajolla.You don't reallly need the line capacity of the bigger reels as your sleigh ride will keep the fish close.

but then I'm an old fart so what do I know!

I'm right here with this one. I have two reels that always go fishing with me in the big seas, and they are both Jigmasters. I have caught Yellowtail, Yellow Fin, Dorados, and anything else on these and they never quit.

Someday I may buy a 2 speed, but I'm in no rush to do so. Trust me no matter how fast you think you are reeling that iron in, it's still not faster than the fish can swim.