Lew's Wally Marshall Pro Target Spinning Rod, 16-Ft 3-Pc Fishing Rod | Tournament-Grade IM8 Blanks with Stainless Guides & Dri-Tac Grip

Zebco finally made a serious spincast reel. Heavy duty, retrieves like lightning, zero tangles, and I've used 20# braid, down to 4# mono and everything in between on the spool. Casting is a smooth, easy, second nature throw. Use it like a bait caster, it will perform exactly the same. Instead of a steel stud doing the winding (like your old Zebco 33), it uses a roller bearing, which makes the retrieve feel like glass.My arthritic hands almost gave up fishing, until I watched a couple You Tube videos starring this reel. Now, I've only need to cast and reel. No pulling over the bail, no thumb pressure. Just push the button, swing, and release the button. Yes, just like when you were a kid---only everything is grown up! It hurts more to tie on a new lure, than it does to fish!Last year, my brother and I kayaked down the Russian River in California, while hitting all the brush and snags along the way. Four really nice salmon (C&R), and my limit of trout, on a tiny yellow Rooster Tail. The reel easily handled it all.

I grew up using Zebco reels. The quality of the reel is still great. I don't really care for the rubber covered line release on today's Zebco reels but that is a small factor in my rating. The reel still works great, and the line will not backlash.

This is a high dollar reel that in my opinion is somewhat cheaply made. The top cover is made of very nice materials, but the bottom half of the reel not so much. It made of plastic and it looks like the plastic part didn't mold well 😞. The rubber button on it will probably be the first thing to go bad. I do reel repair and I see all the time these rubber buttons tear or just fall apart and then you can't replace them. I do like the rubber button, I just don't like you can't buy the parts to replace it. The reel does seem to reel very smooth and the best drag on a Zebco I've seen. I'll keep the reel and fish with it but I'm disappointed with the quality for the price.

I always considered Zebco to be low end, but this reel changes my mind. It is a very solid and sturdy reel with smooth action and quiet winding and casting. Good grip and reversable handle are nice. Definitely happy i added this to my collection. I mounted it on a 7 foot Shakespeare medium action rod and the combo is great for bass and pan fish.

At the age of 70, I am fairly set in my ways. I've been bass fishing since the age of 13, and in all my years, I have mastered the use of the bait casting reels. And honestly, I've become somewhat of a snob when it comes to baitcast reels. However, with age comes steadily-worsening eyesight. While I seldom backlash any longer, when I do it has become increasingly difficult to clear them. I don't spend my time fishing just to clear a bird's nest backlash.While shopping for my second fishing rig, I stumbled across the Zebco bullet. Yeah, a spincast reel. Most bass fishermen would rather get skunked than be seen using a Zebco OR a spincast reel for that matter. But after reading about them when I got home, I found it on Amazon and purchased it.Zebco is known for their simple, cheap and cheaply-made reels. Zebco decided they were going to build a spincast reel for upper-tier guys. This thing cost 100 bucks and is twice as heavy as most any other baitcasting reels. The all metal design (but not the thumb trigger, it's plastic) construction makes this reel built like a bulldozer. However, it is a dream to cast and it takes up a whopping 30 inches of line per turn of the handlre. While the gear ratio is 5.1 to 1, the amount of inches per turn is equal to my Lews baitcaster at 6.4 to 1.I fell in love with this reel and honestly, I don't care what others might say. While they are picking out backlashes, I keep on fishing. My personal best was 5lbs 3oz bucketmouth and this reel stood up to that fight perfectly.Is it worth a hundred bucks. Yep...Every penny.

I grew up with a Zebco closed-face spinning reel, and had many fishing adventures with it. That old reel literally lasted >25 years and finally died recently. I decided to go with Zebco again, I prefer closed-face reels and I wanted the best one that money could buy.This one is ~$100 dollars, but it is absolute trash. It felt nice in the hand but it broke literally less than 1 month after use. When I press the casting button, it no longer works, one of the gears must have come loose or something. What a waste of my money. I bought a new $30 reel from a different company and so far it's been working fine. Never again will I go with Zebco.

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I'm disappointed with the Zebco Bullet. My initial concerns before purchase were price and weight... It was a hefty price tag for a spincast reel, but I decided to pay the price for a product that I'd hoped would last for several years. And it's a heavy reel, but I accepted the awkward feel that it created with the rod and equated the weight to quality construction. Unfortunately, my reasoning didn't work out. Within weeks, the handle padding wore off. Within months, it sometimes just didn't feel as smooth as I thought it should. Then at about the 1-year mark, the anti-reverse stopped working. I'm going back to the lower priced Zebco spincast reels. They will still catch big fish, and if they wear out, I can buy 2 or 3 of them for the price of one Bullet.

Works as it should very impressed with this fishing reelQuick delivery

Always the best spin cast available. Smooth and reliable. Great for kids and adults alike.

Love the real it is everything that they say it is but besure to buy new line to make sure you don t lose your fish

All metal gears. Bought one for the missus, she deserves the best spincaster on the market. Wasn't impressed with Daiwa's offering. The Bullet feels solid and is smooth, but weighs almost twice as much as her Zebco 33. The drag works, but can be tricky to dial in. The only plastic is the thumb trigger. Pairs well with a 6'6" or 7' medium-heavy baitcasting rod.

Very hardy. Reels in very fast.