Sougayilang Fishing Reels Round Baitcasting Reel - Conventional Reel - Reinforced Metal Body and Supreme Star Drag

Ive tried many , many other Reels in my lifetime and I gotta say I'll put these reels up against Amb..... any day of the week , Awesome Quality, very smooth casting Reel , long cast are no problem with this reel , I now have 4 of these reels , if your a bass , or catfish fisherman this the reel, but just like all reels I cant stress enough after 57 years of fishing the right size line makes all the difference in the world.....

I love it perfect for catfishing

The reel came in a box with a parts diagram on the box. No instructions of where to write to get replacement parts. One negative in my mind.The reel is all metal and seems substantial and solid. Black side plates, golden spool, with golden adjustment knobs, (attractive to look at)Inside most of the parts are brass except dor the levelwind gear and the clicker gear. At $49.95 this is not bad at all especially if you are planning to remove the levelwind altogether to make it a surf casting specialist reel like I am.The cast control knobs ( 2 of them ) are better and more effective than the Kastking Rover 60s but not as good or effective as those found on an Abu 6500 C. Then again you're talking $49.95 vs $139.95.The drag advertised 30 lbs which I didn't believe but to my surprize it delivered 37.7 lbs on a pull test. On a 5 lb drag setting it was a little jerky over a 20 yard walk test.The Abu 6500 only claims 15 lbs and delivers 14.7 so there you go. This reel is $49.95.I put abiut 350 yards of 65 lb Power Pro line on the reel and added it to a 10 ft medium light surf rod rated for 1oz to 5oz weights and went to the field.Right out of the box, as is I was able to cast 2 oz & 3 oz sinkers 105 to 111 yards with one breakoff and one bitds nest out of 21 total casts.Casting it compares favorably to the Abu 6500 out of the box. I will say the levelwind assembly is noisey and robs you of significant distance.I had to set the spool tension a little higher than I wanted because of the somewhat ineffective centrifugal brake.Future plans for this reel include removing the levelwind and all gears associated with it. Removing the centrifugal breaks and adding a knobby mag brake.I may or may not swap out the bushings on the spool for a set of dry run ceramic bearings.There isn't a lot of roon for a knobby mag.6mm to 8mm at max. An N52 magnet at this size should do the job.I fish the surf in the Gulf of Mexico with Redfish, Spotted Sea Trout, and Flounder being my most common target species.The reel should be able to handle them without any problem but with this high drag strength you will need 50 to 80 lb braid to keep from the heavy but sticky drag.Over all at $49.95 this is not bad at all

The main reason I bought this off-brand reel is that it has a clutch lever (the part you operate to take the reel in and out of gear), instead of a clutch button.Most reels of this type either have a button or a bar that when depressed puts the reel in free spool. The button or bar stays down until the handle is turned and the reel is then in gear.This reel has a lever that you can take the reel in or out of gear simply by flipping it. Also the lever will automatically be flipped into gear if the handle is turned. This is a better design, because as reels get used they get dirt and stuff into the mechanics, and push button reels will sometimes get stuck in free spool, because the button will not pop up when the handle is turned,If a push button gets stuck in the down position, the reel must be taken apart to fix it. This puts an end to fishing with that reel for the day.With this reel if it gets stuck in free spool, you simply flip the lever and you are in business.

First off I do love the color and look of this reel on my Madkatz rod. I'm just not happy that clicker is not working and the drag is slacking when reeling in fish it just struggles and slips and struggles on 20# cats. It is a affordable and works for the most part just don't expect to catch big fish with it.UPDATE: dec 17 2023NO contact back from anyone, I finally opened up real to check out a few thing and this reel does not have carbon drag washers and the drags clicker is just a poor design and slips very easy out of spot. And now my handles are loose aswell. I give this reel 0 stars folks my 20 year old Abu Garcia are still better then this reel. And every other cast it get backlash reel is going in the dumpster cant even find upgraded parts for it.

The real looks very nice. Functions were all there except the drag disc inside the reel was contaminated with some type of rubber that was locking up the internal drag disc. After cleaning and lubricating the star drag components the real seems to be fine now. Quality control was slightly off on this real.

ok so good build quality, strong, cast far, ect and most importantly its cheap. what you give up for the price is a good breaking system. you will be using your thumb and maybe a glove. this is not the best choice if you have never used a bait caster and arent experienced in fishing and fixing ratnests of line. but if you want a good build quality cheap reel that can reel in a large catfish, pike, muskie, salmon, ect on 60-100lb braided line then this is a good choice. it can hold a lot of line, but i have only tried braided so far. when reeling in a small 5 in fish it is actually very hard to tell if you have a fish on the line. fished in very dirty muddy conditions and the reel hasn't had any issues or rust. has a clicker. caught a large channel cat on it and reeled it in very easily.

Yes, I did buy one of these in a size 40. Fishing with this reel has been fruitful in bringing home a stringer of fish. Nothing big yet, but several times I have brought home fish with zero backlash. I was able to adjust the spool to accommodate a change in weights and baits, in light to heavy and heavy to light. You can use this reel with confidence.