That's if you're familiar with working your inline reel to gradually increase line. It's actually a unique advantage to like fly reels, schooley type of spools. Yes you can do it with a spinning reel too, but you have to be familiar with the adjusting of your reel and do it efficiently.
That bushing for the reel center hole should be less in length than the distance thought the reel hub, helps with a fine tuned drag. When ready for final assembly, lube all contact points with your favorite. With that plastic mount removed, install a guide as Kevin related, in an earlier post.
The reel is not bad, but you get what you pay for. It is a real cheap way to get into inline reels and see if they are for you. Yes, the drag stinks, but you can just palm the open side like a fly reel. My bait clicker broke but I never really used it anyway. I would suggest taking the reel apart and de-greasing, then lubing it up with better stuff. I have one and pulled up about a 3.5lb LMB ...
13 Descent in line reel They are about the same as the other inlines in their price range. If you clean them up and add a thin washer under the drag wheel and a small o-ring between the handle and the drag they work ok. I only fish for panfish so I don't have the drag set very tight.
Ugly stik dock runner I figured the reel on those are junk, but some you tube videos have some big fish being landed with the stock unit. I now wish my local dicks wasn’t out of stock on okuma reels that are on clearance, at least their size 25. I know I’ll find decent replacement reels at a good price. Logged