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<blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 486764" data-attributes="member: 337"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/256439535109" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/itm/256439535109</a>[ATTACH=full]84103[/ATTACH]I bought, and still have, this color/model 5500C from Sioux Sporting Goods in Bismarck in late 70s. It came with different size reeds a guy had to change out. Yes, reeds... little lengths of reeds on shafts that centrifugal force would force out to create friction on a drum. The faster the spool spins the greater the resistance of the reeds on the drum. Quite the relic but it was the one to have back in the day.Spent years baitcasting in MN for LM bass from a canoe with my brother in the 80s. Until we bought a boat that made other species worth pursuing.When MagForce came out we jumped on it. Monstrous improvement over reeds. That said, after a while, you pretty much start backing off the magnets because they cost you distance. At some point you pretty much prefer to &quot;cast naked&quot; and deal with the rare backlash when you get distracted somehow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guywhofishes, post: 486764, member: 337"] [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/256439535109[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" width="480px"]84103[/ATTACH] I bought, and still have, this color/model 5500C from Sioux Sporting Goods in Bismarck in late 70s. It came with different size reeds a guy had to change out. Yes, reeds... little lengths of reeds on shafts that centrifugal force would force out to create friction on a drum. The faster the spool spins the greater the resistance of the reeds on the drum. Quite the relic but it was the one to have back in the day. Spent years baitcasting in MN for LM bass from a canoe with my brother in the 80s. Until we bought a boat that made other species worth pursuing. When MagForce came out we jumped on it. Monstrous improvement over reeds. That said, after a while, you pretty much start backing off the magnets because they cost you distance. At some point you pretty much prefer to "cast naked" and deal with the rare backlash when you get distracted somehow. [/QUOTE]

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