Probably not much now. I would invest in reel covers going forward. You can remove them when you want to use each combo. Put them back on when you are done fishing or transporting your gear. I have reels that are 5-10 years old that have been fished quite a bit and could pass for new. The only loss...

First off, please forgive me if I make any incorrect assumptions or you think my observations were incomplete or straight up wrong. I can only speak to what I have observed during my experience with this reel. I got my Bantam a little over a month ago and I love it. Super smooth, casts like a dream....

Well, as a bank fisherman (98% of the time) I have to carry my rods around and I sometimes make mistakes. I have unfortunately dropped my Bantam once and got a nice chip in the paint for that. Yesterday as I was taking the rods out of my car, the frog I had hooked on the reel came loose and I tried ...

I'm a righty and I fished spinning reels with left hand retrieve my whole life. Seemed only right to use left hand retrieve baitcasting reels. You perform hooksets and feel bites and structure contact with your dominant hand/arm. Why would you do anything different? The only thing you're doing with ...

I need another reel and I'm not sure what to do. I've got an HG Bantam and HG SLX. I love the Bantam for everything except flipping... it doesn't seem to, IDK, start spinning the spool as fast as the SLX. The SLX is a joy to flip with. I use it for my weightless plastics and T-rigs. I use the Bantam...