If youre choosing your first baitcaster specifically for pike, focus on how the reel balances on the rod, how much line the spool holds, and how comfortably it handles the lure weights you throw most often
They come from a machinist cooking plastic in his kitchen, a wood carver in an East Tennessee garage, a pipefitter watching a tuna documentary in a motel room, and an artist who thought bass deserved something that moved the way nothing else had ever moved before
And I also recognise my limitations, as my education and work experience has always been tied to the written word
They are stacked in such a way that when pressure is applied, the pressure will dissipate outward and slope downward
Abu also made a BM version which is a little newer, but not much, and it is basically the same reel