On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Tom Nakashima wrote:

Does anyone here fish with a Galvan reel?

I have the Torque in the size for 5-6 wt but have spooled up 4 weight
line. The funny thing about the reel is that given all its openings and
holes I was worried that it would be rather weak. But actually, the ribs
are quite beefy. I fell down on the reel (instinctively I help onto my
rod but also landed on my rod hand as it hit the large rock that I slipped
on) and the spool fell off and there is a slight nick on the drag
adjustment. I was very impressed with the toughness of this reel.

Drag is more than adequate for 6 wt quarry. The Torque doesn't forward
free-spool like the open back Galvan - the latter is very useful for
quickly picking up loose line when a fish is on the hook.

Mu