Who manfatures fishing reels in the USA?

If your reel is new, or almost new, you probably need new line. As braided line is used, the coating wears away, and friction between the line and the bail increases. When that happens, the line may not glide over the bail to fully seat on the roller. This is only my opinion, I think monofilament ...

You can read about the various spinning reels here... Reels for Spinning

Very cool. What is it, and where was it caught? Did that thing have a name? Was it a fish that everyone in the area was intent on catching?

If you ask me, electric reels are the cheater's way to fish. I go after fish with muscle. It is a lot like using crossbows in hunting: it just isn't the sportsman's way!

For rainbow trout in streams: Morning: I like to yse a 1/0 thin wire hook, load it with either dough balls or salmon eggs, leave at least 2' of line tied directly to the hook, a stop and a sliding sinker less than an ounce. Early afternoon: either flies or deep running jigs with very few feathers ...

This is a very debatable topic, but several fisherman that catfish seriously, seem to favor a Penn or an ABU Garcia round reel types. They choose these types because of their great strength for pulling in some heavyweight catfish. For smaller cats, (less than 5 pounds) if it feels good, casts good ...