It's a pretty strong mid-sized reel. I never had one myself, but I had an old green one that belonged to my cousin apart once. If I remember right, it has the same type (tho smaller) gear set-up as the 704/06, bronze main and stainless pinion.
Best used with 15# mono or 14# Fireline.
There was a guy named Chris Richard, who used to be one of the regulars on WMI and SOL in the early days, who designed a manual pick-up conversion. Haven't seen him around in years. That was the only mod I'm aware of.
Bottom line--it's the reel that holds the all-tackle bass record
