Very smooth and well built. Nice with minimum line capacity. Learning how to skip a baitcaster is a challenge but the reel is up to it. Nice small profile and the perfect amount of support bearings including the handle. Highly recommend Lews SP Pro reel!
Good reel for flipping, skipping, pitching, and finessing. For finesse , I buy a 330 yard spool of 8 pound stren magnathin for 10 bucks. I can then spool it 5 times with 66 yards for 2 bucks a pop!
Appears to be of high quality, and once I got the settings corrected for 'skipping', it did not backlash as much (still does some but I think that's to be expected to some level). I'd say the cost was a good value and I would recommend it.