Cabelas RLS+ Review: My Personal Thoughts Pros: Affordable Good build quality Strong drag Great line capacity Cons: Some parts wear over time Not good in salt water Easy to accidentally pop the spool off In my time fishing Cabelas RLS+ fly reels, theyve done pretty well for me
I've used this 4.5" Allcocks centrepin reel a lot over the years with cane rods, however, when I bought a Mordex Merlin reel the same size and sold the Allcocks reel
But once I got my mitts on the example shown here in the Chopper graphics (new for 2014) and spent some time with it over the last few weeks, I realized that theyre on to something
Of course, its very subjective and its worth making the point that its very dependent on what your last helmet was like and the sort of bike you ride (fairing or naked, upright our crouched position etc.)
The Nike collars are always bad, but they become so much worse when you mix in two nonsensical vertical lines
Its most significant negative is the weight with a non-vented back panel