Reply To: Used gear

There are FATC guys that sell things from time to time. I would trust them, unless his name is Judas, then Kenny would send someone from Chicago to make the deal good. I think a rod is pretty easy to judge the quality, unless it is bamboo. Reels, I am not sure what to look for. Outward appearance for wear, but then there is the drag mechanism. Not sure what to lookout for. Another thing would be to ask if the reel is CNN machined. Then the reel would have some tight tolerances. That still does not answer the question about the drag.