RichZ wrote:
duty-honor-country wrote:
question- considering the incessant amount of tangles and backlashes
with ANY bait casting reel,

You are blaming your own shortcomings on the hardware. Sad.

I tried to learn to use a baitcaster but spent too much time unraveling
the rats nest tangles in the reel. I use a spinning reel on a medium
action rod for virtually everything I fish for.