Sougayilang Fishing Reel 13+1BB Light Weight Ultra Smooth Aluminum Spinning Fishing Reel with Free Spare Graphite Spool

This fishing reel performs better than any I have ever used. Very smooth reeling, no hanging up on casts, paid out line perfectly each time. Great performer and Great value.

This is a really nice reel. It feels smooth, has a relatively smooth drag, and it looks and feels very well made. And despite all this, the cost was quite low. I've spent far more on reels, but I don't know that I've ever received this kind of value for the money spent.I bought the XY1000 reel. I paired it with a 6' 6" ultralight rod, intending to use it for crappies. It works great for that and balances well. As you can see in the picture, an occasional bass joins the party! And the reel's drag was up to the challenge for bigger fish like this on 4 lb line. The size of the reel is good for this application... I like to "feather" the line with my index finger during the cast, and this reel's size makes that convenient. As a side note, I REALLY like the hexagon cutout pattern on the side of the spool. I want my reels to function great and care less about the looks, but it's fun to have one that works great and looks cool, too.Overall I'm very happy with this purchase.For the ratings below... Light weight: It balances well on my rod so the weight is good for me. Value is off the charts and I'd give that 6 stars if I could. Durability: So far so good. I've caught many fish on this reel over ~3 months and it's been perfect so far.

I ordered this up for a new 5'6" ultralight rod I purchased. It's not a fancy rod and since it is ultralight, I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a reel. For the money, this is a decent reel.I got it to target small pan fish like bluegill but occasionally hook into decent size bass so I loaded it up with 6 lb braid and run 4 lb leader.The quality was better than i expected for the price. It its very smooth and casts well, too. My only complaint is that it is heavy. Really heavy. I ordered a 1000 size and it feels about the same as my 3500 size Pflueger Supreme XT's. The weight made the reel/rod combo feel very unbalanced in my hands. Enough that I returned it. It would probably be a great option for light action 6' or 6'6" rod, just too heavy for my set up.

Very well made and and excellent price. Very easy to use - gotta catch em all!!

Great reel, very smooth and light

Very well built. Good price point.

I live in north Idaho and do a lot of pike and smallmouth fishing on big lakes. I’m usually a Daiwa or Abu guy but took a gamble on this one just to see what it was about. The thing was always popping up under “fishing reels” every time I searched.The good: it works. The reel does what it needs to do most of the time, and the bearings are probably about the best part of the whole thing. Its very smooth, but also large and has some weight to it, so it balances ok when pitching plastics for finesse work. I’ve hooked and landed some nice smallmouth on it and it did well. Appearance is quite nice. For sure a “copy” of other manufacturers but I like the ported spool look.The bad: the spool sits really high on the threaded rod. It could legitimately sit closer to the body of the reel about a 1/4” more, I don’t know why it was designed so long!!! The bail also slaps the first retrieve of the line after the cast or any time there is slack, sometimes not winding it really well and even causing some knots by sending the line UNDER the spool and wrapping it around the shaft (also because the spool sits too far away from the body of the reel, see above). This means you have to disassemble the spool, unwrap the line from the reel shaft, reset the spool and reapply the drag nut. It got so annoying that I only use the reel for a back-up finesse set-up. If I had to cast crankbaits with this thing all day I’d probably return it. Also, the drag is extremely vague when setting it and when a fish pulls line on you. It just kind of… slips. No clicks or any indication that you have any control over losing line. I don’t believe it could handle the big pike we get up here, some of the big 6lb smallies made it seem inadequate.All in all, it’s a reel that works. Does it work well? I guess. Would I buy another? Probably not, but if I did it would only be for a back up.

Pretty good reel so far. Really smooth and quiet