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Originally Posted by numbskull
I've been using a VS150 this spring. Not thrilled with it.
Light, solid little reel for sure, but the drag adjustment is less precise than the ZB (it ramps up pressure too fast), the line lay is awful even with an attempt to hump the line on the initial fill up, it is leaking oil at the main seal (I've had a ZB do this as well), but the thing I like the least is repeated line snags on the roller during casts. Unless I position the spool extended and the roller to the left I get trouble. Needing to think about and check the spool position before each cast is annoying although it probably will eventually become automatic. I've never had this issue with the other manual pickup reels I own (706, ZB25, ZB22) and I think it has something to do with the light line on the 150 and the narrow spool lip/pickup roller clearance.
Is this an issue with the larger VS reels? Is there a way around it I've not figured out?
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Never had that issue with my VS250. I agree that the line lay is poor and the drag is same as you mention. I hate the way line peels off the reel when the drag is pulled too. Always feels like it's going to get fetched up and stick.
I picked up a ZX25 after the season last year and haven't thrown it yet but the drag is definitely far superior.