me and my buddies have used spinning reels, "crappie reels", even neat little reels that I brought back from a church trip to russia, but nothing works as good for the price as a shakespeare durango spincasting reel from wally world (3.94) They do a better job of keeping the line from tangling than the small open-face crappie reels and they are a lot cheaper. They all break when you step on them in the bottom of the boat.
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