I have a dozen or so Lews reels ranging from high to mid range in price and I would say Half of these have issues with the anti reverse bearing slipping. Jerk , jerk, slip, CUSS or as I'm pulling a Jackhammer from the lake the resistance alone makes it slip, and my all time favorite is when I'm popping my line to free a hung bait, NICE timing.
My question is does anyone else have this problem? I had a couple Shimano's do this and I stopped buying those and went to Daiwa and have had ZERO issues BUT I keep lucking into Lews at a FANTASTIC price and the dumb butt in me keeps thinking maybe these won't slip.
Daiwa from here out for this guy.