great little reel, mag brake worksexcellent, dont bass fishbut use it to throw light lures to crappie and white bass. should be very good for drop shotting.

The Revo MGX can be had forclose to $200 and its very nice. I bought 3 and couldn't be happier. Very light and amazingly smooth.

Don't let the nay sayers dampen your enthusiasm. The LTZ really throws light stuff amazingly well.

Most of my fishing is done with l and ul bait casters and one of my favorite rods is built on a batson walleye blank. 6'2' rated for 1/4 oz and up to 10 lb line. Its a very nice and versatile light rod thats does a lot of things very well.

thanks , I knew I saw them somewhere.

Looking for one similar to the one they used before the Fuji. Better yet a new reproduction,I saw some in a catalogue a while back, just can't remember where.

Do any of you know where i can find vintage reproduction reel seats. I am looking for something similar to a fen wick lunkerstik.

Abu makes one and zpi sells a spool and mag brake setup.

Make a sleeve out of a scrap piece of blank or another way that I like is put cork (I use burl) on the blank where the reel seat is to be placed and turn it to the proper diameter for the seat. I think this looks good and works great.

Awesome reel. Ijust wish you didn't have got drop the price of a new handle in addition to the costly reel. Still very nice!

The conquest is an awesome reel but I have a hard time figuring out how to use it enough with the gear ratio and the 76cm handle. i sure wish they would have made a couple more changes, especially at the price point. My conquest 51 is the best made reel I own but Irarely use it.

the setup with 3 out of 10 magnets will work, you can get by with less than 3, but only when you are not casting for max distance. i have found if you want to throw hard for max distance you need more magnets or more pressure on the spool end via cast control knob, which seems to defeat the purpose ...

you can get neodymium rare earth magnets from dealers online in a variety of thicknesses and they are much cheaper. Let me know what size you need, i probably have some extras that I would give you. PM me if I can help.

i think you will like the avail mag brake MUCH better with more mags. The number they send is not enough brake throwing light baits. My conquest 51 was an absolute squirrel with the avail default setup. i bought a bunch of magnets online and filled the brake holder and the reel cast very light baits...

I haven't been able to use the ss air much due to shoulder surgery. I was very impressed the little I used it spooled with 50 yds of yozuri hybrid 6#. It threw very light baits extremely well and just seemed like a keeper.