Team Lews Pro Fishing Reel - ICAST 2015

Glenn May: Hey folks, Glenn May here with BassResource.com. I'm here at the 2015 ICAST Show in the Lew's booth here with Gary Remensnyder, here to talk about the brand new reel they got coming out here. When is this gonna be available again?

Gary Remensnyder: This is available now.

Glenn: Now?

Gary: Yep.

Glenn: Well, tell me about it.

Gary: Nothing better than that, right?

Glenn: Yeah.

Gary: Yeah, this is our new Team Lew's Magnesium Baitcast Reel. The cool thing about this is that it's 5.3 ounces, yet you get the advantage of a metal frame. At Lew's, we're really trying to make everything lighter, faster, and stronger because that's what the angler wants these days. So this reel really is the essence of that. It's got a magnesium frame, it's got 11 premium sealed bearings, it's got a carbon fiber handle, and it's really got some cool features that we'd like to call out.

One is this patented hook keeper that's built right into the frame that solves a lifelong problem that we all have, is where you gonna put your bait when you're done. It snaps right back in, up out of the way, and so that's a really cool patented technology that we developed.

Glenn: That is awesome. That is really cool. I've never seen that before.

Gary: Then the other new technology that we have, we call our Speed Dial here, this solves another problem. As an angler spools up all their reels at the beginning of the season, they might put braid on some, fluorocarbon on others, and mono on others, but when they pull those out of the rod locker they might not remember exactly what they put on the reel. This Speed Dial here allows them to just simply dial it in and gives them an indicator of what they had put on the reel at the beginning of the season. So when they go to pick up that reel and rod to fish, they can look at the side and say, "Okay, that's exactly what I have on there." So more innovation. With Lew's . . .

Glenn: No more tape?

Gary: That's right, no more tape that falls off and then you wonder what you've got. We're trying to be innovative at Lew's, lighter, faster, stronger, but also solve problems, like the hook keeper built in and this line indicator on the side of the reel.

Glenn: Now what is that gonna retail for?

Gary: This is gonna retail for $279. This is our highest-end reel, but it is a magnesium frame, 5.3 ounces, very, very lightweight . . .

Glenn: What's the gear ratio?

Gary: We have three different gear ratios that this actually comes in. So we've got a super high-speed, high-speed, and then a cranking speed. And it also comes in left-hand as well as right-hand retrieve.

Glenn: All right, well you knew my next question then. Lot of people like the lefties. So awesome, awesome. Great product. Guys, you gotta check this thing out. This is awesome.