b'J ust like any sport or hobby,Hooked up on a solid fish anglers become brand loyalwhen softbaiting using the when they use a product,Rockman SW3000XG.and it catches them good fish and keeps performing over a continued period.This is only natural, and we are fortunate that there is now a lot of fishing reels on the market to cater for varied methods and budgets.There are however many fishos who believe that you pay for what you get and if you spend top dollar, you can have the best fishing reels.However, not all anglers can fish with Stellas or Saltigas.When it comes to reels for softbaiting here in Godzone, the most popular spin reels in the 2500-4000 sizes would be in the $200 - $400 range, which will give you a decent quality reel with higher drag rating than a reel in the sub $200 range.However, kiwi anglers are always on the lookout for a decent reel with good features from higher spec reels that are more affordable, and recently I was given such a reel to try which has quietly impressed.Firstly, this reel was imported directly, and I am naturally suspicious of such reels as with no local agent or warranty for piece of mind, it could be deemed a risk to fish with such a reel.This reel is built for heavy duty saltwater use and when you hold it, it feelsHEAVY DUTY SALTWATER REEL alone, it sounds a decent reel.very solid and capable ofThe Lurekiller Rockman SW3000XGThis reel is built for heavy duty and yes, I know its a classic name!saltwater use and when you hold taking on good fish.TheIs a full metal, high speed saltwaterit, it feels very solid and capable of ball knob handle feelsseries reel with a whopping 15kgtaking on good fish.The ball knob carbon drag.It has 9+1 bearings,handle feels great in hand and with great in hand and withmachined brass drive gear, sealeda nice smooth drag, the 3000 sized a nice smooth drag drag system, carbon washer and fastreel is ideal for softbaiting and is 6:2:1 retrieve for working your lurethe smallest in the range of sizes in back in quickly.So, on these featurestheir line up going up to 10,000. /FISHINGINGODZONE67'