Not so fast Stam. I have a fly reel that if you're not careful the spool won't fully click into place. I've been on the river casting away had the spool come out of the cage and into the river. Then again, that might be operator error.

Commenting on the drag system, I think Bauer reels makes one of the best sealed drag systems I've seen. The Konic drag by Lamson is pretty ingenious, but, I wonder how it would hold up to a hot bone fish, or other big game fish. There doesn't look like enough material to dissipate the heat with the drag set playing a big hot fish that will take you into your backing in 0.5 seconds flat.