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Message: <blockquote data-quote="loosescrew" data-source="post: 523372" data-attributes="member: 37131">All of the reels we see these days are just Chinese made clones it seems. My best or favorite reels have always been either older American made Penn reels or those still made in Japan. My go-to saltwater reel is my Penn 650 SS, I own 10 or more of them. A few I bought back in the early 90's, a few I picked up used over the years. Most of my rods are a mix of various brands for different fishing situations.As someone who fishes both fresh and saltwater, one of the first things look for is an all metal body. That puts the Pursuit and many other Chinese reels out of the picture.There's nothing worse than hooking a huge fish and feeling that you don't have a real that can handle it. From years of experience, I'd always rather fork over $80 for a good used American made Penn or Japan made Daiwa. I've tried various modern reels but always go back to my older reels. Penn hasn't been the same old Penn now for 20 or so years. I still surf fish with my Diawa Million Max 4000 from 1978 or so and two green Penn 710 reels. After spending a ton of money on fancy reels with all the new gadgets I realized it was all just a waste of money and I catch just as many fish with less problems with the older tackle.</blockquote>