I personally have the gen 3 Revo Winch and I absolutely love it! I was a little skeptical with the weight loss from the previous gen Winch's. I however, was pleasantly surprised! I now own 3 of them to take care of all my medium to deep cranking!!! I've continuously heard good things about the Lews ...

X's 2 on Ish's Phat frog!!!! I have fished pretty much all hollow body frogs out there, and I absolutely love these frogs! Ish got it right with these frogs! I love the size, the fact that they are just a touch bigger than the usual is great, but not as big as some of the other brands bigger models....

Personally I have had Gen 1, 2, and 3 STX's and also Winch's, and I love them all. However, like other people have said it depends on how you intend to use them. If you are dedicating rods and reels just for cranking set ups I would def go with the Winch! I love my STX reels, they are a better all a...

I personally own two EXO's in the 5:3:1 ratio for cranking. I was extremely hesitant when buying these due to all the horror stories that are out there about Quantum. The fact that I have two should tell you how I feel about these reels. I bought one first, liked it so much I went out and go another...

Personally, I have never been a "Quantum guy" and have actually been a little leery about buying anything from them. However, recently I did buy two of the EXO's 5:3:1 for cranking, and I couldn't be happier. Over the past five years or so I have used Abu Garcia pretty exclusively (but I also have a...