Not a myth. Some reels are much better at reducing line twist more than others. I have not had any line twist issues in 8 years. All my reels have 2 bearings in the line roller. Of course when you start looking for reels with twin roller bearings the price goes up. A whole lot of reels don’t even have one line roller bearing...they just have a bushing.
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