Originally Posted By: Boone
The Shimano Bantam 1000 plus is the reel you are looking for. It has the switch on the front to shift back and forth between level wind and knucklebuster. I have two for the salt and they work great. Again they haven't been made in awhile so you have dig hard to find them.

He's looking for a crank over-ride like the D models have.
The early Bantams are an option to look at however.....I cut my teeth on these.

Some have a slide type switch and some have a rocker switch.

In silent rehearsal I would say to myself "Set the hook and get him on the drag".
Sometimes that's hard to do in a timely, orderly fashion when suddenly all hell breaks loose and Mr. Big is goin' back to the ocean like a runaway freight train grin


Edited by Direct-Drive (09/01/10 09:07 PM)
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