gene's custom fishing rods RX8 Series 7'6" Spinning 7’ Medium Mod Okuma GLS Custom Spinning Rod

With over 50 years of using both style reels, I can tell you this you need both

Precise flipping and pitching allow you to place soft plastic baits exactly where bass conceals themselvesbeneath docks, in weed, around submerged trees, or other cover

Be careful not to hook them in the brain or you will kill them

If you simply pressed the roller bearing out and installed a 2500C drive, you'd need a custom nylon bushing with larger OD to replace the black one in my second photo above

I concentrate on these areas in the 5- to 12-foot zone

the widespread distribution, long run timing and expansive migration range put these special fish within easy reach of anglers from the coast to central Idaho